60 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 



20, 21. Two bronze figures of Hap, or Hapi, the Nile-god, 

 on which are cut the names of Amasis II., king 

 of Egypt from B.C. 572 to 527. They probably 

 formed a portion of the decoration of a wooden 

 casket. Rare objects. XXVIth dynasty. From 

 Thebes. 



22. Bronze stamp, bearing the name of Darius I., king 



of Egypt about. B.C. 521. From the Oasis of 

 Khargah: 



23. Haematite Gnostic amulet, engraved with a figure of 



the lion-headed serpent Khnoubis, etc., and a 

 figure of an animal-headed deity holding a drawn 

 sword. Graeco-Roman Period. 



24. Stone Gnostic plaque, perforated and of unusual 



shape, engraved with figures of deities, an animal, 

 and linear characters. Grseco-Roman Period. 



25. Solid bronze ornament of a temple door in the form 



of the head aud bust of a goddess wearing a tiara 

 of flowers or serpents. Grseco-Roman Period, 

 iii. — 1. Blue porcelain figare of the ibis of Thoth. 



2. Porcelain atchat, or " sacred eye,"' in hollow work. 

 3-5. Steatite lion on an oval base, steatite scarab and a 

 glass paste scarab. Nos. 1-5 belong to the New 

 Empire. 



iv. — 1. Limestone slab on which is cut a list of all the 

 principal off'erings, about 90 in number, which 

 were made to the dead on great festivals. IVtb 

 dynasty. About B.C. 3t)00. 



2. Stele with decorations in the style of the " false 



door " in a mastaha tomb. IVth or Vth dynasty. 



3. Cylinder seal of User-en-Ra, a king of the IVth 



dynasty. Probably from the royal tomb. 



4. Cylinder seal of Utcha, a king otherwise unknown. 



Ilird or IVth dynasty (?). 



5. Black stone cylinder of a private person. Archaic 



Period. From Abydos. 



6. Leather quiver filled with reed arrows tipped with 



bone. Unique. Probably of the Predynastic 

 Period. 



7. Head of a " Canopic " jar painted blue and red. 



From Thebes. XVIIIth dynasty. 



8. Coptic sepulchral inscription. 9th century A.D. 



v. — 1. Black granite seated figure of a high official who 

 flourished under certain of the kings of the IVth 

 dynasty. Found at the back of the pyramid of 

 Mycerinus at Gizah. About B c. 3500. 

 2. A group of limestone statues, of an unusual class, 

 of the three-headed god Bes-Hathor-Horus, and 



