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12. Scarab of the lion hunts of Amen-hetep III. 



About B.C. 1450. 



13. Scarab of Amen-hetep III. and Queen Thi. 



14. A fine linen model shirt, with a figure of the Cow- 



goddess Hathor worked in it. B.C. 1500. 



15. Three glazed and painted vases. Roman Period. 



16. Bowl in fine bronze^ with grotesque heads as handles. 



Roman Period (J). 



17. Circular object in mother-of-emerald, inscribed 



with the name of a Roman Emperor in hiero- 

 glyphics. 



18. An altar, with an inscription in demotic on the 



edge. 



19. Three inscribed Gnostic gems. 



20. A collection of glass beads of the Roman Period. 



21. Limestone base of a pillar, which has been hollowed 



out and made to serve as the apse of a small shrine 

 in a Coptic church. The decoration consists of 

 birds, plants, &c. in low relief. Vllth to IXth 

 century A.D. 



22. Two Coptic stelaj. IXth century A.D. 



— 1. A hard dark granite statue of Sen-Mut, the famous 

 architect and builder of the temple Tcheser 

 Tcheseru, i.e., the " Holiest of the Holy," of Queen 

 Hatshepset, who reigned over Egypt about B.C. 

 1550. Sen-Mut was the " Chief of Works " in all 

 Egypt, the " Chief Craftsman of every trade," and 

 he was the Overseer of the House wherein the 

 tribute in gold paid by the Sudan was stored. 

 The Queen adopted male attributes and attire, and 

 she appears in this statue as the " Young Horus," 

 whom the architect holds on his knees. 



2. A glazed porcelain draught-board, one end of which 

 is ornamented with two ducks' heads, with their 

 beaks in opposite directions. One row of squares 

 is ornamented with the hawk of Horus, two 

 symbols for " god," three symbols for " god," the 

 sign for " water," and three nefers, i.e., triple 

 "good luck," or "game." The other squares on 

 this sid3 are blank. On the other side each square 

 contains a circle, with the centre clearly marked 

 by a dot. One end of the board is broken. The 

 object was found at Babylon. (No. 102,396.) 



8. Glazed stone scarab set as a bezel in a gold ring. 

 XVlIIth dynasty, B.C. 1600. 



4. Lion-headed earring in gold. Ptolemaic Period. 



