muzzles constituting the pillow, while the tails were curled up under the feet of the sleeper. Many of the heads given to the lions are so noble and expressive, that they will well bear comparison with the granite statues of these animals which Amenôthes III. dedicated in his temple at Soleb. The other trades depended upon the proportion of their members to the rest of the community for the estimation in which they were held. The masons, stone-cutters, and common labourers furnished the most important contingent; among these ought also to be reckoned the royal servants--of whose functions we should have been at a loss to guess the importance, if contemporary documents had not made it clear--fishermen, hunters, laundresses, wood-cutters, gardeners, and water-carriers.* * The Cailliaud ostracon, which contains a receipt given to some fishermen, was found near Sheikh Abd el-Qurneh, and consequently belonged to the fishermen of the necropolis. There is a question as to the water-carriers of the Khirû in the hieratic registers of Turin, also as to the washers of clothes, wood-cutters, gardeners and workers in the vineyard. [Illustration: 048.jpg THE SWALLOW-GODDESS FROM THE THEBAN NECROPOLIS] Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by Lanzone. Without reckoning the constant libations needed for the gods and the deceased, the workshops required a large quantity of drinking water for the men engaged in them. In every gang of workmen, even in the present day, two or three men are set apart to provide drinking-water for the rest; in some arid places, indeed, at a distance from the river, such as the Valley of the Kings, as many water-carriers are required as there are workmen. To the trades just mentioned must be added the low-caste crowd depending oh the burials of the rich, the acrobats, female mourners, dancers and musicians. The majority of the female corporations were distinguished by the infamous character of their manners, and prostitution among them had come to be associated with the service of the god.* * The heroine of the erotic papyrus of Turin bears the title of “Singing-woman of Amon,” and the illustrations indicate her profession so clearly and so expressively, that no details of her sayings and doings are wanting. [Illustration: 049.jpg THE GODDESS MABÎTSAKBO] Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by Lanzone.