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4. Red ware flat-bottomed vase, with line decorations. 



5. Long, narrow, red w^are jar, with decorations in white 



outline. Rare. 



6. A stone vase in the form of a hippopotamus. 



7. Stone vase, with small base, and two " ear " handles. 



8. 9. Mud figures of a woman lying back with her arms 



raised ; the hair is dressed in curls. These may 

 be intended for standing figures of the steatopy- 

 gous class. 

 10, 11. Two baked mud figures of girls with bodies 

 decorated and painted, and wearing headdresses of 

 unusual form. Each clasps a wine jar with her 

 left arm. 



12. Painted baked mud figure of a man of the " cane- 



phoros " class. 



13. Upper part of a mud figure of a woman carrying a 



pot on her head. 



14. Rough figure of a man standing on some object. 



Nos. 3 — 14 belong to the Predynastic or Archaic 

 Period, and Nos. 1— 14 all come from a very early 

 cemetery in Upper Egypt. 



TV. — 1. Portion of a painted stele of an ofiicial, with the pre- 

 nomen of Nebhepra (Mentuhetep). 



2. Portion of a votive figure of King Nebhepra, which 



was dedicated by the Aiiii-ast priest, Nekht-en- 

 Amen. On the back are four lines of text con- 

 taining a prayer for the union of soul and body. 



3. Portion of a stele with a representation of Nebhepra 



presenting wine to Hathor, Lady of Thebes. 



The above three objects came from the temple of 

 Mentuhetep at Thebes. Xlth dynasty. 



4. A massive red and yellow breccia bowl for holding 



unguents or food. This is one of a series of which 

 three others are in the British Museum. From 

 the tomb of Khent at Abydos. 1st dynasty. 



5. Grey granite kneeling figure of Mentu em-hat, the 



son of Nes-Ptah, a tribal chief, duke, mayor and 

 phylarch, and fourth prophet of Amen-Ra, king 

 of the gods at Thebes. The figure holds a tablet, 

 on which the worship of Tem and Tem-Khepera is 

 represented, and below the reliefs are cut several 

 lines of a hieroglyphic version of a hymn to Ra. 

 From Karnak. XVIIIth dynasty. 



6. Blue glazed porcelain coflin and cover, and sliahti 



figure of Amen-mes, a royal scribe, governor of 

 the palace, overseer of the Treasury, and fan- 

 bearer at the right hand of the king, who 

 flourished about B.C. 1500. This coffin is of the 

 shape and style of the large anthropoid coffins 



