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Tin. Fi(iLRi:. 349 according to Champollion. His white skin, his straight nose, and the tattooing upon his arms all help to prove this (Figs. 272 and 273). He is dressed in a long robe, bordered with a rich fringe and covered with ornaments. This robe is held up by a large knot over the left shoulder, but it leaves one half of his body with- out a covering. His profile is very curious ; the nose is large and Fig. 276. — Winged figure. Desctiplicn. vol. ii. pi. 92. aquiline, his beard curled and wavy, and down by his right ear hangs one of those side locks which were, in Egypt, the peculiar property of infancy. Long tresses hanging down on each side of the brow, and two fringe-like bands passing round the head complete this strange head-dress. The individual in the second figure appears to be an Ethiopian