The canopy belonging to the Thirteenth Dynasty bed is much more simple, being a mere balustrade in cut and painted wood, in imitation of the water-plant pattern with which temple walls were decorated; the whole is crowned with an ordinary cornice.

In the bed of Graeco-Roman date (fig.

266), carved and painted figures of the goddess Ma, sitting with her feather on her knee, are substituted for the customary balustrades.

Isis and Nephthys stand with their winged arms outstretched at the head and foot.

The roof is open, save for a row of vultures hovering above the mummy, which is wept over by two kneeling statuettes of Isis and Nephthys, one at each end.