at Karnak, 87, 88-9, 230. Axe,-- battle, 327, 329. iron, 304. stone, 201. Axûm, obelisk at, 106. Ba, or Bi, the soul, 111, 112. abode of the, 128. abode of the, its decoration, 142, 156-7, 162-5. following the sun at night, 159. statuettes to serve as body for, 167. transmigration of, 164. Bab el Mandeb, 109 (note). Ba-en-pet, 196 and note. (see IRON). Bakenrenf (see TOMB). Bakhtan, stela of, 109 and note. Bari, or boat of the Sun, 108. Barks, sacred and funerary, 66, 77, 95, 108, 159, 164, 166, 249, 301, 329-30. Basalt, 42, 127, 169, 196, 236, 237, 252. Basilisk, 201 (see URAEUS.) Bas-relief,-- Abû Simbel, 229. Egyptian forms of, 197-9. gems, 249. gilded, 313. ivory, 273. models for study of, 197. New Empire, 228-9. painting of, 205-6. preparation of walls for, 192-3. Roman period, 245. sketches for, 193-5. speos of Horemheb, 232. Tell el Amarna, 231. Temple of Abydos, 232. Tomb of Seti I., 232. (See PAINTING, SCULPTURE, and WALL-SCENES.) Bast (see GODDESSES). Bastions, 28, 29, 32. Battlements, 14, 24, 25, 32, 50. Beads, 168, 247, 261, 324. Beams, 6, 30. of stone, 140. Beard,-- false, of statue of Horemheb, 233. of sphinx, 208. Bedawîn, 20, 42, 101. Beds, 281, 292. funerary, 292-4. Beer, at funerary feast, 180. Beetles (see SCARABAEI). Begig, obelisk of, 105. Beit el Wally (see TEMPLES and HEMI-SPEOS). Beni Hasan (see TOMBS). Beni Sûef, 38. Berlin Museum, parure of jewels at, 322. Bersheh (see TOMBS). Bes (see GODS). Bezel, of rings, 321-2, 331. Bi (see BA). Bird, human-handed, 91. Birket el Kûrûn, lake of, 38, 39. Blocks, building,-- dressing, 47, Notes 6 and 7. in pyramids, 132, Note 15, 139, Note 33. raising, 49. sizes, 49. working, 49, Note 7. Boats, toy, 282. transport by, 45, 132. (See BARKS.) Bonding, 48-9. Bone, work in, 272-3. Book of Knowing that which is in Hades, 172. Book of Ritual of Burial, 157. Book of Ritual of Embalmment, 157. Book of the Dead, 129, 157, 165, 172-5, 205, 284-5. Book of the Opening of the Mouth, 165. Bowls, of blue glazed pottery, 268. Bracelets, 249, 276, 308, 324-5, 331, 332. Braces, 298, 327. Bread,-- making of, depicted in tombs, etc., 124, 127, 224. offerings of, 166. Breccia, 42, 236, 254. Bricks,-- baked, 4. for pyramids, 132. glazed, 4, 270, Note 4. in civil and military architecture, 46. making of, 3-4, Notes 2 and 3. of mud and straw, 3, 114. sun-dried, 3, 21, 113-14, 145. without straw, 113, 145. Brickwork,-- civil and military architecture, 46. dikes, 38. domestic architecture, 3,5-6. enclosure walls of temples, 67, 87. foundations, 48. mastabas, 113, 114. panels, 22. pyramid-mastabas, 145-6. undulating courses, 22, 27. Bridge of Zarû, 35. Bridges, rarity of, 35. British Museum, 171, 270 (note), 272 (note), 295, 303. Brocade (polymita), 303. Bronze, 105, 195, 196, 248, 260, 261, 304 _et seq._, 328. Bronzes, 307-12. Brush, hair, 203.