62 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



15 Chalcedony cylinder of the Persian Period. 

 Scene ; A god (Auramazda ?) standing 

 beneath the winged disk from which shoot 

 forth two thunderbolts, which the god 

 grasps, one in each hand. On each side 

 of him are winged and eagle-headed 

 attendants bearing offerings. Very fine 

 workmanship. B.C. 450. (No. 102,060.) 



III. — Presents. 



i. The south wall of the chapel of the largest and most 

 important pyramid of the Northern Group of the 

 Pyramids of the Island of Mero'e, in the Sudan. 

 This pyramid was built for one of the great Queens 

 of Meroe, who bore the title of " Candace," pro- 

 bably during the first or second century of the 

 Christian Era, and its chapel and fore-courts and 

 pro-pylons were sculptured with elaborate reliefs, 

 representing the queen's funeral procession, the 

 offerings made in the tomb, &c. The queen's 

 name is nowhere found on the walls in hiero- 

 glyphics, and the cartouches, which are sculptured 

 in high relief, and in a very prominent place, have 

 not been filled up. At one end of the wall the 

 queen is seen seated by her consort, whose name 

 also is unknown. She wears a fringed garment, 

 with ropes and tassels, and on her arms are elabor- 

 ately ornamented armlets. The reliefs on the 

 other portion of the wall represent a table of 

 offerings, the Hall of Osiris, the Judgment Scene, 

 rows of divine and other figures making offerings 

 and pouring out libations before the queen, who 

 is also seen leading four bulls for sacrifice. The 

 reliefs on the wall are typical of the best class of 

 funereal sculpture in the island of Meroe, of which, 

 before the arrival of this object, there was no 

 example in the National Collection. 



Presented hy the Government of the Sudan, 1905. 



ii. A. A valuable collection of miscellaneous antiquities 

 from Der - al - Bahari, among which may be 

 mentioned : — 



1. Three black granite portrait statues of 



Usertsen III. Xllth dynasty. 



2. Sandstone tablet of Pa-ser. 



3. Colossal statue of Amen-hetep I. as Osiris. 



XVIIIth dynasty. 



4. Tablet with reliefs of Amen-hetep I. and 



Menthu-hetep I. XVIIIth dynasty. 



