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on T2 boards and is in a state of jDerfect preservation. (No. 

 502, 503 of MSS. Catalogue.) 



Roll of hieratic writing. A romance translated by M. Chabas 

 (501). 



Roll of hieratic Avriting, very old. Translated b}^ M. Brugsch 

 (500.) 



Pap3^rus, funereal, hieratic, on a board 1' 9" long (506). 



Papyrus roll, hieratic, small, well preserved (488). Four 

 others, about the time of the siege of Troy (496-499). And 

 other fragments (504). 



Papyrus, hieroglyphic, extract from the Dead Book, on a board 

 21 feet long (505). 



Papyrus leaf or reed with hieratic writing (515). 



Two pieces of papyri with demotic writing (486, 48*1). Frag- 

 ments of several papyri, hieroglyphic, hieratic and demotic, 

 (592). 



Two rolls containing several books of the Iliad beautifully 

 written. Tryphon's grammar written on the reverse. This curi- 

 ous papyrus was found b}^ Mr. Harris in Tryphon's tomb at 

 Ma'abdey (494, 495). With it, the mummied arm of the author. 

 The papyrus was grasped by the hand (493). Also (No. 9t). 



Two amulet papyri neatly rolled up, tied and suspended from 

 the ears of mummies (484, 485). 



Greek papyrus ; part of an oration against Demosthenes re- 

 specting the mone}' of Harpalus ; three boxes, containing 32 

 fragments on 11 plates (501, 508, 509). Nine plates of fragments 

 of a Greek pap^anis of Apollodorus (514). Four plates, each 

 containing a Greek horoscope (510, 511, 512, 513). 



Papyrus reeds (490, 491) ; stem of the reed (489) ; four branches 

 of the reed and flower (492). 



II. TABLETS, &C. 



The Funereal tablet of Pdsher-en-piah (30 inches b}- 25) who 

 died in the 11th year of the reign of Cleopatra 6th, when she 

 was associated with Ccesarion in the government B. C. 43. The 

 figures and hieroglyphics are in beautiful preservation, and are 

 thus explained and translated by S. Birch, Esq: " The deceased 

 Pirot, or Pasher-en-ptah who is styled a lord (erpa) chief, royal 

 chancellor, sole counsellor, divine father, and chief of the attend- 

 ants on the altar, son of Petbast, (or Petbuliastis) and Ilerankh, 

 kneels on both knees, wearing a skull ca]), with the mystical lock 



