Lesley.] ryn [1868. 



substance est line pierre d'nii gris noiratre que M. Harris iiomme 



" serpentine dii desert " Snr la calotte est gravee 



nne legende dont le dessin ne permet pas le dechiflrement . . . 

 Hereusement il ne pent exister le nioindre doute sur le sens de 

 I'inscription gravee sur la partie conique. On y lit en effet 

 (translation) "Kat 5 dii tresor d'or." Nous apprenons ainsi 

 que nous aA^ons affaire a un poids de 5 " kat " proveuant des mag- 

 asins royaux, et pent etre menu a un etalon depose daus ces 

 magasins ou les pharaons entassaient leur richesses. II ne s'agit 

 pas i9i d'un monument fabrique pour un usage commemoratif, 

 ou fiineraire, comme la plus part des coudees qu'on a retrouve, 

 mais d'un poids exact, ayant reellement servi a un pesage officiel 

 d'objet precieux. Cette circonstance augmente uotablement 

 I'interet qui s'attache a cette mesure antique. Mr. Chabas goes 

 on to calculate the weight, which is established at 45^ grammes, 

 and then proA'es by means of a translation of a gold account, 

 from Mr. Harris' large papj'rus of the annals of Rameses IT. 

 that the 5 " kat " weight formed half of an " outen," thereby 

 fixing the value of this latter weight. [See ' Note sur un Poids 

 Egyptien, &.C., par M. F. Chabas.]* 



Coptic weights, copper (51), 9838 grains ; (5*1), 174 grains ; 

 (58) 137| grains. 



Touchstones, Lj^dian stone, chrysites, used by the ancient 

 goldsmiths for testing the genuineness of gold (53, 54, 55, 56), 

 the latter much worn and covered with gold on one side, 

 from long use. 



Mouldstone with the figure of a duck (136) ; bronze crucible 

 with a long handle (445). 



Inkstand bearing name of Amosis, royal son (62) ; inkstand 

 in hard wood, 13 inches long, bearing cartouche of Sabaces I. of 

 XXYth dynasty, B. C. 7H, and other hieroglyphics, \evy dis- 

 tinctly made (132). Wooden inkstand 11;^ inches long, with 

 pencil, and red and black pigments, no inscription (144). 



Kohl stand and pencils of the time of Amenoph II, III. 

 (XVIIIth dynasty), B. C. 1404, 1403 (42). Kohl stand, alabas- 

 ter, a long vase embraced by an ape, with pencils (327). Kohl 



* In il recent discovery of the table silver of some Roman General (proliably 

 Varus) near Hikleslieini, in Prussia, Dr. Benilorf of Gottingen lias deciphered 

 twenty-four inscriptions in ancient Roman characters engraved on the vases, 

 which will go far to set at rest the vexed question of what the llomun weights 

 really were. 



