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12. Bronze triad of lioness goddesses, Sekhet, Menhi, 



and Tefnut. Rare example. 



13. Group in bronze ; bitch with young. Rare example. 



14. Gnostic amulet in jasper. 



15. Large bier cloth, ornamented with human and other 



figures worked on a coloured ground with rosettes, 

 &c. About A.D. 500. 



16. Coptic inscription. 



Wooden writing case, with decorated reed pens. 



Artists' palette in ornamented leather, with a 

 support for the wrist, water-vessel, and cavities 

 for the reed brushes. These objects were found 

 at Akhmim, and belong, probably, to the Vlllth 

 century A.D. 



iii. — 1. Limestone stele, -sculptured with figures of the 

 deceased praying to the Day- Sun and the Night- 

 Sun, and inscribed with the text of a hymn in 

 16 lines, which contain unusual spelling of hiero- 

 glyphic words. About B.C. 400. 



2. Granite sepulchral stele, with a bilingual inscrip- 



tion in hieroglyphics and demotic ; above is a 

 figure of the deceased worshipping six gods. 

 Ptolemaic Period. 



3. Large sandstone stele inscribed with 11 lines of 



text recording the dedication of certain offerings 

 to the Cow-goddess Hathor at Karnak, by the 

 Emperor Tiberius. On the upper part of the stele 

 is a figure of the Emperor standing before the 

 goddess. 



4. Granite base of a statue inscribed with the car- 



touches of Queen Shep-en-Apt, Amenartas, and 

 Piankhi. About B.C. 700. 



5. Large red and white mottled stone bowl of the 



Archaic Period. About B.C. 4000. 



6. Arragonite bowl. Archaic Period. About B.C. 



4000. 



7. Two models of a hippopotamus in flint. Archaic 



Period. 



8. Porcelain handle of a sistrum dedicated to Thoth 



by a king. XXVIth dynasty. 



9. Granite figure of a Cynocephalus ape. About 



B.C. 800. 

 10. Lapis-lazuli scarab of the singing-woman Hent. 

 About B.C. 1200. 



"11. A group of 32 scarabs inscribed with the names of 

 high officials who flourished during the first six 

 dynasties ; many are of considerable archaeological 

 importance. From Sakkarah. 



