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317. A group of four wooden soldiers, each carrying a bag 

 of food on his back and a long, flat spear-head 

 and cudgel in his hand. Xlth dynasty. From 

 Asyut. 

 318, 319. Two large fragments of the alabaster coffin of 

 Rameses IV, on which are cut scenes and texts 

 from the Guide to the Other World called " Am- 

 Tuat." From the king's tomb in Biban al-Muluk. 

 XXth dynasty. 



320. Portion of a large painted slab, either from the wall 



of a tomb, or from the side of a sarcophagus, on 

 which are cut in low relief figures of ducks, and 

 other water-fowl, the teh bird, the lizard, etc. 

 The scene represented is a part of a papyrus 

 swamp. XVIIIth dynasty. 



321. Stone sepulchral stele, on which is cut in relief the 



model of an ancient mastabah door, with frame- 

 work, etc. 



322. Limestone capital of a pillar in an ancient Egyptian 



temple, which was hollowed out and used as a 

 font in a Coptic church. From Sakkarah. Vlth 

 century a.d. 



323. Limestone Coptic gravestone ornamented with a 



cross, flower, and a leaf-work border. 



324. Limestone Coptic gravestone, on which is sculptured 



a figure of a man, within a leaf-work border. The 

 name of the deceased appears to have been 

 erased. 



325. Limestone Coptic gravestone ornamented with a dove, 



a pediment, a wreath, crosses, etc. Inscribed 

 €IC 0€OC. 



226: Limestone Coptic gravestone made for Apa Dorothe, 

 and ornamented with a wreath, a cross within a 

 circle, etc. There is on it also a roughly sculptured 

 figure of the deceased. 



327. Limestone Coptic gravestone of Isaac, an official in 



the Monastery of Saint Jeremiah at Sakkarah, 

 ornamented with an elaborate foliated design. 



328. Limestone Coptic gravestone of Victor, a monk, 



ornamented with a pediment, cross, etc. 



329. Limestone Coptic gravestone of Eulogius, a priest, 



with an inscription in Greek. 



330. Limestone Coptic gravestone, with a Greek inscrip- 



tion, and ornamented with doves, etc., sculptured 

 in relief. 



331. Limestone Coptic gravestone, sculptured with linear 



designs and a foliated border ; a space for an 

 inscription is left blank. 



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