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inland with crystal and obsidian. Grseco-Roman 

 period ; about a.d. 300. 



40. Terra-cotta mould for making figures of Sekhet. 



From Akhmim. 



41. Twelve hundred and fifty astroka, inscribed in 



Greek and Demotic. From Karnak and Elephan- 

 tine. 



42. A wooden box, containing sandals, cushions, comb, 



shell, KoJil pot and stick, hair pin, alabaster 

 jars full of unguents, etc., which belonged to 

 Ani's wife Thuthu, a priestess of Amen ; about 

 B.C. 1400. 



44. Two boxes for holding stone and wooden ushahtiu 



figures of the lady Anhai, a priestess of Amen ; 

 about B.C. 900. The Book of the Dead, written 

 for this lady, was purchased by the Museum 

 some years ago. From Thebes. 



45. Painted wooden coffin of a priestess of Amen; 



about B.C. 900. From Der el-Bahari. 



46. Painted wooden coffin of Pen-sennu, son of Shaq- 



shaq ; after B.C. 500. From Thebes. 



47. Rectangular wooden cofl&n, and mummy with 



gilded face ; of the Christian period. 



48. Hard wood leg of a chair or throne in the shape 



of a sphinx seated ; of the Ptolemaic period. 



49. Large painted wooden inscribed scarab from a 



mummy ; of a late period. From Akhmim. 



50. Wooden figure of a man driving a bull. From 



Akhmim. 



51. Five fragments of papyri inscribed in Demotic. 



52. Two silken mummy (?) bandages inscribed in 



Arabic in Cufic characters ; of the Vlllth — Xth 

 century, A.D. From Akhmim. 



53. A cast of the famous wooden statue of the IVth 



dynasty, generally known as the Shekh 

 el-Beled. 



ii. Assyrian : — 



1. Fragment of a tablet, inscribed in Persian cunei- 



form ; a rare object. 



2. A haematite cylinder seal, inscribed with figures 



of the Sun-god and mythological beings, and the 

 sacred tree. Very fine work ; about B.C. 500. 



3. Six Babylonian cylinder seals, inscribed with 



proper names, etc. 



0.107. E 4 4. Eighteen 



