96/189 In the former, two accommodating lions have elongated their bodies to form the framework, their heads doing duty for the head of the bed, and their tails being curled up under the feet of the sleeper. 265 .-- Carved and painted mummy canopy.] [Illustration: Fig. 266 .-- Canopied mummy-couch, Graeco-Roman.] [Illustration: Fig. 267 .-- Mummy-sledge and canopy.] [Illustration: Fig. 268 .-- Inlaid-chair, Eleventh Dynasty.] The bed is surmounted by a kind of canopy, under which the mummy lay in state. |