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  ANNUAL. 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Exodus 
  v, 
  18, 
  where 
  the 
  oppressed 
  Israelites 
  are 
  told, 
  " 
  there 
  shall 
  

   no 
  straw 
  be 
  given 
  you, 
  yet 
  shall 
  ye 
  deliver 
  the 
  tale 
  of 
  bricks." 
  In 
  

   the 
  ruins 
  of 
  Pithom, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  cities 
  where 
  the 
  Israelites 
  were 
  em- 
  

   ployed, 
  three 
  kinds 
  of 
  brick 
  were 
  discovered, 
  some 
  with 
  stubble, 
  some 
  

   with 
  straw, 
  and 
  some 
  without. 
  Among 
  the 
  paintings 
  of 
  Thebes, 
  one 
  

   on 
  a 
  tomb 
  represents 
  brick-making 
  captives 
  with 
  "taskmasters," 
  

   who, 
  armed 
  with 
  sticks, 
  are 
  receiving 
  the 
  " 
  tale 
  of 
  bricks 
  " 
  and 
  urg- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  the 
  work. 
  Judging 
  from 
  the 
  monuments, 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  

   making 
  sun-dried 
  bricks 
  was 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  modern 
  times. 
  

   The 
  clay 
  or 
  mud 
  was 
  mixed 
  with 
  the 
  necessary 
  amount 
  of 
  straw 
  or 
  

   stubble 
  by 
  treading 
  it 
  down 
  in 
  a 
  shallow 
  pit. 
  The 
  prepared 
  clay 
  

   was 
  carried 
  in 
  hods 
  upon 
  the 
  shoulders 
  and 
  shaped 
  into 
  bricks 
  of 
  

   various 
  sizes. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  some 
  geological 
  and 
  agricultural 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  on 
  the 
  shelf. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  case 
  are 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  busts 
  and 
  statues, 
  viz 
  : 
  

  

  Bust 
  of 
  Amenophis 
  II, 
  King 
  of 
  Egypt 
  about 
  1450-1425 
  B. 
  C. 
  

  

  Human-headed 
  Sphinx. 
  With 
  head 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  and 
  body 
  of 
  a 
  lion. 
  

   Made 
  of 
  limestone 
  and 
  only 
  partly 
  finished. 
  The 
  headdress 
  is 
  that 
  

   of 
  a 
  royal 
  person, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  symbols 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   ostrich 
  plumes 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  uraei 
  or 
  asps 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  solar 
  disk 
  

   and 
  horns 
  of 
  Hathor 
  in 
  the 
  rear. 
  On 
  the 
  shoulders 
  are 
  carved 
  in 
  flat 
  

   relief 
  the 
  sacred 
  beetle 
  or 
  scarabaeus 
  and 
  the 
  image 
  of 
  Apis 
  support- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  solar 
  disk. 
  On 
  the 
  breast 
  is 
  the 
  scorpion, 
  the 
  special 
  emblem 
  

   of 
  the 
  goddess 
  Selk 
  or 
  Serk; 
  and 
  the 
  jackal, 
  emblem 
  of 
  Anubis, 
  the 
  

   conductor 
  of 
  the 
  dead. 
  Around 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  wound 
  serpents, 
  and 
  a 
  

   crocodile 
  appears 
  between 
  the 
  forefeet. 
  Under 
  the 
  belly 
  and 
  sup- 
  

   porting 
  the 
  lion 
  is 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Phthah. 
  Keceived 
  from 
  the 
  National 
  

   Institute. 
  Height, 
  24 
  inches 
  (pis. 
  25 
  and 
  26). 
  

  

  Royal 
  Head. 
  Of 
  the 
  eighteenth 
  dynasty 
  (about 
  1550-1350 
  B. 
  C). 
  

   Cast 
  of 
  an 
  original 
  of 
  granite 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  London, 
  

   England. 
  

  

  Kameses 
  II, 
  King 
  of 
  Egypt 
  about 
  1300-1230 
  B. 
  C. 
  Supposed 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  the 
  Pharaoh 
  of 
  the 
  Oppression. 
  Cast 
  of 
  an 
  original 
  of 
  

   black 
  granite 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Turin, 
  Italy. 
  

  

  Statuette 
  of 
  the 
  god 
  Osiris. 
  Egyptian 
  god 
  of 
  the 
  dead. 
  Cast 
  of 
  

   an 
  original 
  of 
  dark 
  green 
  basalt 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Cairo, 
  Egypt. 
  

  

  Queen 
  Hatshepset 
  (Hatasu). 
  Daughter 
  of 
  Thothmes 
  I 
  and 
  co- 
  

   regent 
  with 
  her 
  brothers, 
  Thothmes 
  II 
  and 
  Thothmes 
  III 
  of 
  the 
  

   18th 
  dynasty 
  (1516-1481 
  B. 
  C). 
  Cast 
  of 
  an 
  original 
  of 
  granite 
  in 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Cairo, 
  Egypt. 
  

  

  Statuette 
  of 
  the 
  goddess 
  Isis, 
  wife 
  of 
  Osiris. 
  Cast 
  of 
  an 
  original 
  

   of 
  dark-green 
  basalt 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Cairo, 
  Egypt. 
  

  

  Thothmes 
  III, 
  King 
  of 
  Egypt 
  about 
  1500 
  B. 
  C. 
  Cast 
  of 
  an 
  origi- 
  

   nal 
  of 
  gray 
  granite 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Turin, 
  Italy. 
  

  

  