64 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BEITISH MUSEUM. 



12-14. Three agate seals engraved with figures of horse- 

 men, ibexes, etc. Sassanian period. 



[Nos. 103,003, 103,032-3.] 

 15. Native bronze figure of a deity standing on a 

 low pedestal and holding a cup in the right hand. 

 Period and provenance unknown, 



[No. 103,001.] 



-HiMYARITIC : — 



1. Two large native inscriptions in the Himyaritic 



character of the early period. About B.C. 1000. 



2. Portion of a native inscription and dedicatory text. 

 3-5. Three fragments of native inscriptions. About 



B.C. 700. 

 6-8. Three white alabaster heads of male statues from 

 niches in the rock tombs of Sanaa. Archaic 

 Period. 



Nos. 1-8 come from Sanaa and sites in the 

 neighbourhood of Southern Arabia. 



9. Stone amulet with magical lines and inscriptions. 

 From Hadhramaut. 



10-13. Two metal rings inscribed with names, and two 

 Pehlevi rings for sealing purposes. Period un- 

 certain. 

 14. Portion of a bronze figure of a camel. Very rare. 

 Period uncertain, but probably pre-Christian. 



III. — Presents. 



1. Mummy and coffin of a priestess of Amen-Ra, the 



king of the gods, at Thebes, who flourished about 

 B.C. 850-750. The name of the priestess is not 

 found on the coffin, but it is probably written on 

 one of the inner swathings of the mummy. The 

 mummy is in a perfect state of preservation, and 

 the swathing has been carefully done. The coffin 

 is painted inside and out, in bright colours, with 

 the figures of the gods who were specially selected 

 by the Brotherhood of Amen to be the protectors 

 of the dead, and with the funerary symbols 

 characteristic of the period. Found at Der al- 

 Bahari. From the Amherst Collection. 



Presented hy Lady William Cecil (Baroness 

 Amherst of Hackney). 



2. Group of objects from an Egyptian tomb consisting 



of worked flint scrapers, a mace head, white stone 

 mace head, 2 clay mace heads, 2 stone models of 



