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and others. They have been assisted in their researches ; 

 and twenty thousand two hundred and forty-six objects 

 have been issued to them for study. 



II. — A cquisitions. — Purchases. 

 i. Egyptian : 



1. Seated limestone figure of an official called 



Nef er-hi ; of the IVth dynasty ; about B.C. 3766. 

 From Sakkarah. 



2. A door from the tomb of Khnemu-hetep, at Sak- 



karah, of the reign of Userkaf, a king of the 

 Vth dynasty ; about B.C. 3566. 



3. A door from the tomb of Sennu, a priestly official 



who flourished in the early part of the Vlth 

 dynasty : about B.C. 3200. 



4. White limestone shrine dedicated to Osiris by 



Pa-suten-se, an official who lived during the 

 reign of Amen-em-hat IV. ; about B.C. 2266. 

 The shrine was opened in ancient days, and the 

 statue of the god which had been placed therein 

 was removed. From Medum. 



5. Granite altar dedicated to the temple of Amen in 



the Apts (Karnak), by Amasis I., the first king 

 of the XVIIIth dynasty ; about B.C. 1700. From 

 Karnak. 



6. Head of a black granite statue of a queen of 



XVIIIth dynasty. From Thebes. 



7. Green basalt statue of Harua, an official in the 



service of Queen Amenartas, wife of Piankhi, 

 an Ethiopian King of Egypt; about B.C. 650. 

 From Kurna. 



8. Upper portion of a limestone statue of a priestess 



of Isis ; about B.C. 400. From Sakkarah. 



9. Fragment of a granite statue of a priest holding a 



shrine, on the back and sides of which is a por- 

 tion of a trilingual inscription in hieroglyphics, 

 Greek and Latin ; of the Ptolemaic period. 

 Found at Tyre. 



10. Limestone stele of Katchkatcha, inscribed with a 

 hymn to Ka-Harmakhis ; of the XVIIIth 

 dynasty ; about B.C. 1500. From Akhmim. 



]1 Three limestone stelae, with rounded tops, in- 

 scribed with figures of the deceased persons for 

 whom they were made adoring the rising and 

 setting sun ; the texts are hymns based upon the 



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