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phonetic values of ideographic signs. It is of the highest 

 interest as being the only document bearing upon the system 

 by which the Egyptians arranged their syllabary. 



The second papyrus is of the nature of a Calendar. It 

 contained a synoptical list of the twelve months of the year, 

 with the names of the festivals, the 30 days of the moon 

 with the corresponding lunar divinities, the names of Upper 

 and of Lower Egypt, with the lists of priests and priestesses 

 of the sanctuaries in these nomes, the names and titles of the 

 sacred animals, and a table of all the state dignitaries. All 

 these fragments were found at Tanis. 



Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration 

 Fund. 



II. — A lead oval object with floral design. 



Presented by the Rev. T. R. Laurence of Alexandria. 



III. — A green glazed Egyptian porcelain figure of the god 

 Bes (so called from the leopard's skin in which he is often 

 clad), the patron of music, dancing, and jollity. He holds in 

 his right hand the symbol of life, and in his left that of 

 might. 



Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., c.b. 



IV. — A board from a sepulchral box or chest inscribed with 

 a figure of Thoth pouring out a libation, and with an inscrip- 

 tion containing the name of an unknown pretender to the 

 title of Emperor. 



Presented by F. G. Hilton Price, Esq. 



V. — 1. A blue glazed figure of Mut, the great goddess of 

 Thebes, in Egyptian porcelain. 



2. A green glazed Egyptian porcelain figure of a lion. 

 Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., c.B. 



VI. — Two modern imitations : 



1. A bronze figure of the god Shu. 



2. A bronze figure of the goddess Ta-urit (Thoueris). 



Presented by F. G. Hilton Price, Esq. 



VII. — 1. Two burnt clay bricks inscribed with the name of 

 Pi -net' em. 

 2. A collection consisting of — 

 A wooden figure of a man, 

 9 fragments of glazed Egyptian porcelain, 

 2 disks in mother-of-pearl, 

 A silver pin, 

 2 reed rings, 



2 armour scales, 



3 ivory dolls, 



■5 terra-cotta moulds, 



A sandstone object with design. 



30 objects in ivory, 



A Byzantine 



