1808.] gj^g [Lesley. 



Mummied antelope horns, in bitumened cloth (140). 

 Mummied bi-ead, two large pieces (432, 433). 

 Bitumen fragment from Thebes (129). 



IV. FUNEREAL OBJECTS, DOMESTIC TOYS, TOOLS, &C. 



Censer ; a unicjue specimen. A female arm in wood, with 

 hawk's head at the elbow ; the hand holding an incense burner 

 in shape of a reversed scaraba?us, with six receptacles for in- 

 cense. " Incense was offered to the sun under the name of 

 Osiris three times dailj', viz : resin at the rising, myrrh at the 

 meridian, and a mixture called kuphi at setting." Plutarch on 

 Isis and Osiris, p. 73 (1). Also, the extingiiisher of a bronze 

 Coptic incense burner (446). 



Incense burner, surmounted b}^ a cupid, having discharged his 

 arrow. Cinque-cento (520). 



Tongs, bronze (458), skewer and iron ring (459), wooden 

 tweezers (470), ancient wooden instrument of two pieces, like a 

 paper holder (461). Utensils of Coptic Church, four on one 

 ring (457). 



Knife, bronze, with wooden handle (425). 



Nail, bronze, old (894). 



Sickle, iron, with wooden handle, of the same shape with those 

 now in use. This very remarkable object was found in an 

 ancient tomb at Thebes (142). 



Arrowhead of iron (398). Spearhead, small, bronze (596). 



Engraving instruments, bronze (77, 78, 79). 



Cubic measure in stone, see Lepsius and Brugsch (47) ; in 

 ebony, 3^ inches long (382) : same (396). 



Half-ounce weight, the ancient Egyptian 5 Kat. The only 

 one yet found. 



The ancient Egyptian 5 kat, or ^ outen weight, the only one 

 yet found, and from which has been determined the precise value 

 in weight' of the "kat" and "outen" so frequently mentioned 

 in the hieroglyphical inscriptions ; it weighs 45^ grammes. In 

 an article written on this weight b}^ Mr. Chabas, he remarks, " Je 

 dois a Tobligeance de Mr. Harris une communication qui nous 

 ])ermettra d'elucider ce point important (the value of the a1)ove 

 weights) de la metrologie pharaonique — le savant antiquaire a 

 achete a Thelies un poids, de la forme d'un cone tronque', pose' sur 

 sa base la plus etroite, et courronne d'une calotte spherique : la 



