56 AdOouNts, Etc., of the British iviusEtJM. 



7. Stele of Peta-Nefer-hetep. Ptolemaic Period. 



8. A collection of 655 scarabs, amulets, plaques, etc., 



of all kinds. Vlth to XXVIth dynasties. 



9. Painted wooden ushahtiu box of Shepsmes-en- 



khensu, a priestess. XXVIth dynasty. 

 10. A large leaden cross, set up to commemorate the 

 monks Macarius, Severus, Thote, Shenuti, and 

 others in the year 650 of the Era of the Martyrs, 

 i.e., A.D. 934. The letters, figures, etc., are in 

 relief. A rare object. 



vi. — 1. A large, massive " false door " from the mastaha 

 tomb of Asa-ankh, a high official who held the 

 rank of Smer-uat and Utcheb, or chief high-priest 

 of Horus, under King Tet-ka-Ra, who reigned 

 about B.C. 3330. This very important object is 

 probably the finest example of its class in Europe. 

 It is covered with texts which record the titles 

 and offices of the deceased, and is of value for 

 purposes of grammar and philology. Vth dynasty. 



2. The base and capital of a granite column which 



was one of the four that supported the roof of the 

 portico in front of the P5a'amid of King Unas. 

 About B.C. 3000. 



3. A massive grey granite sarcophagus of the " anthro- 



poid " class, of Uah-ab-l^a, a controller of the 

 revenue of the district of Memphis, and scribe of 

 the taxes. The inscriptions are archaic in character, 

 and many of the words are spelt as in the texts 

 written under the Vth dynasty. The deceased pro- 

 bably fiourished in the reign of Psammetichus I., 

 about B.C. 640. XXVIth dynasty. 



5. Hard stone statue of Uah-en-Menthu, holding a 



tablet inscribed with a hymn to the Sun-god. 

 The deceased was high-priest of Menthu, and 

 presided over the administration of the temples 

 at Thebes during the reign of Hatshepset, about 

 B.C. 1600. From Thebes. XVIIIth dynasty. 



6. A gilded coffin of Hent-Mehit, a lady of high rank, 



and priestess of Amen-Ra, the great god of Thebes, 

 and gilded mummy covering, with figures of the 

 gods cut in hollow-work, and backed with a layer 

 of the purple linen of Egypt. From Thebes. 

 XXIInd dynasty. About B.C. 1040. 

 Assyrian : — 



i. — 1. Bronze figures of the Elamite King, Kudur-Mabug, 

 who reigned over Elam about B.C. 2,000, carrying 

 on his head a vessel filled, probably, with off'erings, 

 and performing a ceremony which seems to have 

 been similar to that performed by the canephoros 



