5l ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF TFE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



9. Painted limestone stele, on which are depicted 

 funeral scenes, &c., of Ptah-hetep. Vlth dynasty ; 

 about B.C. 3200. 



10. Two limestone stelse made for the princess Nefert. 



Vlth dynasty ; about B.C. 3200. 



11. Massive rectangular wooden coffin made for 



Sebek-hetep, the son of Set-Sebek. On the 

 inside are painted a number of chapters from an 

 early Recension of the Book of the Dead, and a 

 figure of the celestial Nile. This is an important 

 addition of the small collection of coffins of the 

 Xlth dynasty in the Museum. About B.C. 2600. 



12. Wooden coffin painted black, with hieroglyphic 



inscriptions in yellow ; the name of the deceased 

 is not given. Xlth dynasty ; about B.C. 2600. 



13. Wooden figure of a priest and high official called 



Theta. I Vth dynasty ; about B.C. 3800. 



14. Wooden figure of a woman walking. Before the 



Vlth dynasty ; about B.C. 3000. 

 1.5. Wooden figure of a man seated fanning a fire ; 

 about B.C. 3600. 



16. A collection of about one hundred and fifty flint 



objects, including sacrificial knives, scrapers, 

 awls, flakes, heads for spears and arrows, and 

 tools, the use of which is unknown. All these 

 come from the pre-dynastic and other graves 

 near Abydos, and may be dated tentatively at 

 B.C. 5000. 



17. A collection of vase stands in breccia, diorite, and 



other hard stones from the early graves near 

 Abydos, Date unknown. 



18. Fine mottled stone pillow. IVth dynasty ; about 



B.C. 3800. 



19. Flint model of an animal. 



20. Flint saw (?). 



21. Bronze objects : — 



1. Sixteen heads for axes, of various shapes and 



sizes. 



2. Two chisels. 



3. Spear head. 



4. Knife with rough wooden handle. 



5. Mirror, very fine work. 



6. Twelve arrow-heads, some with tangs. 



7. Two libation vases with leaf-shaped spouts. 



XXIInd dynasty ; about B.C. 1000. 



8. Two ferrules for sceptres. 



9. Two fip-urcs of the ichneumon. 



