Apis bull, 60, 80; killed, 61, 81; eaten, 61-81; burials, 81

Atys, myth of, 73-5, 86

BA-BIRD, royal, 84 Bast, priest of, 113

Bata character of, 36, 68-9, 73; a type now seen, 68; temptation of, 41, 73; mutilation of, 47, 73; death of, 56, 79; transformed as a bull, 58, 80; killed, 61, 82; transformed as a tree, 61, 73; killed, 63; trahsiormed as a child, 64, 74, 84; dies, 65; wife of, created, 51, 78; taken away, 55; at the king's table, 61, 63, 80; rides with the king, 63; vengeance on Bata, 61, 63; condemned, 65, 85; nature of, 78

Beer frothing, a portent, 48, 56

Blood, drops of, 61, 73, 82; not to fall on ground, 82; seat of life, 83

Blue crown, 62, 83

Book of the Dead, 124

Boxes nested, 95, 129

Bread-making, 38, 69