263).

Standing upright, they might almost be taken for two of the caryatid statues from the first court at Medinet Habu, though on a smaller scale.

The bodies are represented as bandaged, and but vaguely indicate the contours of the human form.

The shoulders and bust of each are covered with a kind of network in relief, every mesh standing out in blue upon a yellow ground.

The hands emerge from this mantle, are crossed upon the breast, and grasp the _Ankh_, or Tau-cross, symbolic of eternal life.