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13. Blue glazed faience plaque with rounded top, 



inscribed with the names of Amenophis III. and 

 his Mesopotamian wife Thi ; about B.C. 1450. 

 This plaque was probably inlaid in an alabaster 

 slab. 



14. Three blue glazed faience jars for holding intes- 



tines of the dead ; about B.C. 1000—800. From 

 Thebes. 



15. Ram in steatite. From Thebes. 



IG. Round diorite table-top. XXIInd dynasty. (?) 



17. Ivory stibium pot in the shape of two lotus 



columns ; about B.C. 1400. From Thebes. 



18. Steatite case for holding mummied frogs. 



19. Three strings of fine amethyst and glass beads. 



20. Bronze figure of the god Set, originally gilded. 



From Thebes. Figures of this god are very 

 rare. 



21. Bronze mirror in an ivory handle. 



^2. Bronze kher^J sceptre, inlaid with figures of 

 silver. XXIInd dynasty. From Der el- 

 Bahari. 



23. Terra-cotta tablet. From Tell el-Amarna. 



24. Bead cap. Restrung in modern times. 



25. Four pieces of needlework. From Akhmim. 



26. Painted coffin of Tche-Hera ; about B.C. 1000— 



800. 



V. — 1. Part of a bone carding comb. From Akhmim. 



2. A collection of glazed plaques for inlaying. 



From Thebes. 



3. Alabaster vase in the form of a duck. From 



Thebes. 



4. Wooden stamp inscribed " Herakli." 



5. Wooden paddle. 



6. 'Black granite figure of a man seated. Early 



period. 



7. Large ostrakon inscribed in Demotic. 



8. A collection of terra-cotta vases and other vessels 



inscribed with unknown characters. 

 VI. — 1. A large collection of Babylonian tablets. 



2. Two hundred tablets and fragments. From 

 Kouyunjik. 



Presents. 

 I.— 1. A very fine and perfect monolithic granite 

 column with palm leaf capital, inscribed with 

 the names and titles of Rameses II. and 

 Menephthah I. ; about B.C. 1330. Height about 

 18 feet. From the temple at Heracleopolis 

 Magna. 

 <>-108. ^ D2 2. Two 



