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Presents. 

 I. — 1. A large limestone slab covered with a layer of 

 plaster, upon which is painted a scene repre- 

 senting the chair of State, and its bearers, and a 

 number of the officers of the household of 

 Tehuti-hetep, a governor of the nome Hermopo- 

 lites in Upper Egypt in the Xllth. dynasty ; 

 about B.C. 2500. 



2. A series of limestone fragments from the tomb of 



Tehuti-hetep, on which are depicted scenes 

 relating to the agricultural and industrial 

 operations which were carried out on his estate. 



3. A series of painted limestone fragments, inscrip- 



tions, etc., from the tomb of Tehuti-nekht, a 

 governor of the nome Hermopolites in Upper 

 Egypt in the Xllth dynasty ; about B.C. 2500. 

 The above objects are from El-bersheh. 



4. Limestone fragment, inscribed with the name of 



the city of Bah. From Tell Baklieh in Upper 

 Egypt. 



5. A fine bronze figure of the cat-headed goddess 



Bast standing, with four kittens upon a pedestal. 

 In the left hand, the goddess holds an segis, and 

 in the right a sistrum. The sides of the pedestal 

 are inscribed with a dedication to the goddess, 

 and the eyes are of gold inlaid. This interesting 

 object is probably the work of the period 

 between the XXIInd and XXVIth dynasties. 



Presented hy the Committee of the Egypt 

 ^Exploration Fund. 



II.— Ir Bronze figure plated with silver. Found on the 

 hill at the foot of Lebanon, near Tyre. 



2. Stone fragment with cartouche of Nekau, King 



of Egypt, B.C. 612. 



3. Archaic stone head. 



Presented hy Sir A. Wollaston Franks, k.c.b. 



III. — 1. Blue painted terra-cotta ushahti figure. 

 Presented hy John Ward, Esq. 



IV. — 1. A rectangular slab of alabaster, 14| by 11 in., 

 with figures of three men in relief, being part of 

 one of the bas-reliefs representing ths building 

 of the palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, now in 

 the British Museum. 



Presented hy F. Whelan, Esq. 

 0.97. v.— 1. A Babylonian 



