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II. — A cq'^iisitions. 

 i. Egyptian : — 



1. Portions of bas-reliefs from the tomb of an official 



who flourished in the reign of King Antef-uah- 

 ankh, one of the later kings of theXIth dynasty, 

 about B.C. 2500, which consist of : — 



i. Upperportion of alimestone stele, inscribed, 

 ii. Lower portion of a stele, with figures of 



two men in relief, 

 iii. Inscribed slab. 



iv. Slab, with two male figures making offer- 

 ings in relief. 



V. Slab, with a female figure bringing 

 offerings. 



2. Red granite head of a king wearing the crowns of 



the South and North. Xllth dynasty. About 

 B.C. 2500. 



o. Seated alabastar figure of Rameses III. (?) with the 

 attributes of Osiris. XXth dynasty. About 

 B.C. 1150. 



4. Gold ring of Amen-hetep IV. (Khu-en-Atenj. 



XVIIIth dynasty. About B.C. 3430. 



5. Large bronze axe-head, inscribed. XVIIIth 



dynasty. 



6. Two copper bowls. Date uncertain. 



7. Bronze box for a small mummied hawk, with four 



figures of the hawk of Horus wearing double 

 crowns on it. XXIInd dynasty. About B.C. 

 1050. 



8. Porcelain human-headed hawk, symbol of the 



soul, with outspread wings inlaid with blue, red, 

 and yellow paste. A rare object. XXIInd 

 dynasty. About B.C. J 000. 



9. A fine collection of scarabs, scaraboids, cylinders, 



&c., many of them inscribed with the names of 

 Egyptian kings from Tetkara, of the Vth 

 dynasty, about B.C. 8350, to Psammetichus ]I., 

 about B.C. 596, and of princes, priests, private 

 persons, and others from the Xllth to the 

 XXVlth dynasty. Several are inscribed with 

 religious formulae, wishes, &c., and others are 

 decorated with patterns of various kinds. One 

 of the most remarkable objects in the collection 

 is a scarab of the famous Hyksos king Khian, 

 about B.C. 1800 ; scarabs inscribed with the 

 name of this king are vevy rare, and this 

 specimen is the finest known. 



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