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4. Vase with gold cover, secured with gold wire and 



a seal. 



5. Vase with gold cover secured with a wire. 



6. A collection of copper vessels and copper models 



of tools, weapons, etc. 



7. Limestone stele inscribed with the name of 



Bener-ab. 



8. A very interesting collection of miscellaneous 



objects consisting chiefly of inscribed plaques, 

 stellae, jar-sealings, painted vases, bowls, pins, 

 etc., found in very early graves at Abydos, 

 and belonging chiefly to the period of the 1st 

 and Ilnd dynasties. They illustrate the state of 

 civilization in Egypt at that period, and are of 

 importance for the study of the later develop- 

 ments of art and sculpture. 



Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



II. — 1. Two scarabs. 

 2. Four ostraka. 



Presented by Sir John Evans, K.G.B., F.R.S., etc. 



III. — Ten palaeolithic flint celts, knives, etc., from the 

 Wadi esh-Shekh, Somaliland. 



Presented by H. W. Seton-Karr, Esq. 



IV. — A collection of fifty-two blue glazed porcelain 

 ushabtiu figures, etc. of various periods from 

 B.C. 1000 to B.C. 550. 



Presented by the late Captain F. Myers. 



V. — A miscellaneous collection of portions of stelae, 

 steatite scarabs, earthenware vases, etc. of 

 various periods. 



Presented by Mrs. M. J. Hawker. 



VI.— A gold standing figure of the goddess Mut, the Lady 

 of Asher, at Thebes. 



Presented by Mrs. G. Ashley Bodd. 



E. A. Wallis Budge. 



