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monks can be identified. The spellings of many 

 names are unusual. From Upper Egypt. Vllth 

 to IXth century A.D. 



13. Upper portion of a stone shrine from a church in 



Upper Egypt, dedicated to Saints Michael and 

 Gabriel. On the edge is a leaf-design in relief. 

 IXth century A.D. 



14. Memorial slab of Apa Taho and his brethren, with 



leaf-design, a Coptic cross, and rosette. IXth or 

 Xth century. 



1.5. Sepulchral stele, with rounded top, on which is 

 sculptured the figure of a woman. Inscribed in 

 Greek and Demotic. Grseco-Roman Period. 



16. Sepulchral stele, sculptured with the figure of a man 



wearing Roman dress. Roman Period. 



17. Small Apis Bull stele. From the Serapeum at 



Sakkarah. Ptolemaic Period (?\ 



18. Marble slab inscribed with magical Gnostic characters 



and symbols, and the seven vowels arranged in 

 the form of an inverted triangle. This object 

 was used as an amulet for a house. Early 

 Christian Period. 



19. Rectangular board, inscribed with a funerary (?) 



text ; it was probably used as a tombstone. 

 Period uncertain, 



20, 21. Two blue glazed porcelain arms and hands which 

 were probably laid on the dead as amulets. 

 XXVIth dynasty. 



22. Portion of a porcelain dnkh, or cross. Late Period. 



23. Bronze kneeling figure of a priest, with inscribed 



plinth. Very fine work. XXVIth dynasty. 



24. Bronze figure of the Goddess Neith, with silver eyes 



inlaid. Very fine work. XXVIth dynasty. 



25. Bronze figure of Bast, holding a figure of her son 



Nefer-Temu, and wearing an segis. Probably 

 unique. Very fine work. XXVIth dynasty. 



26. Bronze figure of an animal, with raised tail. Pro- 



bably unique. XXIInd dynasty. 



27, 28. Two large wooden plasterers' tools. Late Period. 



29, 30. Two wooden pillars from a sepulchral chest. Late 

 Period. 



iii. — 1. Stone ushabti figure of Ptah-nefer-her, inscribed with 

 the " Suten ta " formula instead of the version 

 of the Vlth Chapter of the Book of the Dead 

 which is usually found on such figures. XXIInd 

 dynasty. 



