EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES. 55 



period of the rule of the priest kings in Egypt. 

 The initial vignette shows the queen in the act 

 of adoring (Ij " Amen-Ea Harmachis," and (2) 

 " Osiris, the dweller in the underworld, the great 

 god, the lord of the Tuat," a fact which proves 

 that the priests of Amen exalted their god above 

 all the ancient cosmic and funeral gods of 

 Egypt. Some of the texts in this papyrus 

 are drawn from works other than the Book of 

 the Dead in vogue during the XVIIIth, XlXth, 

 and XXth dynasties, and the illustrations are 

 typical of the period. Palaeographically the 

 document is of great value, for its approximate 

 age being known, it may be made a fixed point 

 for the comparison and dating of other similar 

 papyri. 



9. A bronze libation vase, inscribed with the names 

 and titles of the princess Auset-em-khebit; 

 about B.C. 1000. From Der el-bahari. 



10. A bronze libation vase, inscribed with the names 



and titles of Nesi-ta-neb-asher, a princess and 

 priestess of Amen ; about B.C. 1000. From 

 Der-el-bahari. 



11. Green basalt scarab from the network on bandages 



over the breast of the mummy of Nesi-Khensu, 

 a princess and priestess of Amen ; about B.C. 

 1000. This interesting object is inscribed with a 

 version of Chapter XXX. B. of the Book of the 

 Dead, wherein the deceased prays that her heart 

 may not be separated from her in the Hall of 

 Osiris, and that no false testimony maybe borne 

 against her. From Der el-bahari. 



12. A small wooden coffin containing a mummified 



portion of the body of Sutimes, the " scribe of 

 the treasury of the god Amen " ; about B.C. 

 1000. From Der el-bahari. 



13. Wooden ushahti figure of the lady Aai, inscribed 



with part of the Vlth chapter of the Book of the 

 Dead ; XXVIth dynasty ; about B.C. 600. 



14. Green glazed porcelain ushahti figure of an 



inspector of the farms of Amen, inscribed with 

 the Vlth chapter of the Book of the Dead ; 

 XXVIth dynasty ; about B.C. 600. 



15. Green glazed porcelain plaque, inscribed with the 



name Psammetichus ; XXVIth dynasty ; about 

 B.C. 600. 



16. Bronze sistrum ; very fine work. From Tell 



Basta. 

 0.97. d4 17. Mould 



