66 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



5. Black granite portrait figure of an Egyptian official ; 

 very fine work. Found near the Serapeum at 

 Sakkarah. 1st or 2nd century a.d. 



6, 7. Two painted coffins in a rather poor state of pre- 

 servation, but of importance because of their form 

 and decoration, and because they help to fill the 

 gap in the series between the Xlllth and the 

 XVIIIth dynasties. They are the only examples 

 of their period in the British Museum. From the 

 Earl of Carnarvon's excavations at Thebes. 

 XVIIth dynasty. 



8. Slice of calcareous stone with the representation of 



the head of Amen-hetep IV., the " heretic king," 

 in sunk relief. The face is clearly a portrait, and 

 was intended to serve as a model for the sculptors 

 in the new capital of Khut-en-aten. From Tell- 

 el-Amarna. XVIIIth dynasty. 



9. A group of wooden figures representing men plough- 



ing with oxen. From a tomb at Al-Barshah. 

 Xllth dynasty, 



10. A group of painted wooden figures representing a 



company of men winnowing corn. From a tomb 

 at Al-Barshah. Xllth dynasty. 



11. Bronze figure of Khensu Nefer-hetep, inlaid with 



gold. This god was a popular favourite at Thebes 

 about B.C. 1000, and he was believed to drive away 

 evil spirits and cast out devil*. A very rare 

 bronze. From Thebes. XXth or XXIst dynasty. 



12. Alabaster pillow or head-rest of Seni, a high official, 



who flourished at Memphis under the Vth or Vlth 

 dynasty. Traces of the lapis-lazuli paste where- 

 with the hieroglyphs were inlaid are still visible. 

 From Gizah. 



18. Alabaster writing tablet, or palette, of the scribe 

 Seni, with hieroglyphs inlaid with lapis-lazuli 

 paste. Vth or Vlth dynasty. From Gizah. 



14. A collection of 778 scarabs, being a section of a large 



collection of which the greater part is already in 

 the Museum. The scarabs, from which the greater 

 part of the blue and green glaze has been removed 

 by contact with the soil, belong to the period 

 immediately following the Xlllth dynasty, in- 

 cluding that of the reigns of the Hyksos kings. 

 On the bases of many are cut the names, devices, 

 figures of gods, monograms, &;c. peculiar to the 

 Hyksos Period, and showing the influence of 

 Semitic ideas and beliefs. Chiefly from the 

 neighbourhood of San (Tanis). 



15. A collection of 95 scarabs belonging to various 



periods, and containing many very fine examples 



