154 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



2. A granite head of a life-sized statue of a prince- 



priest, who flourished about B.C. 600. The face 

 is clearly a portrait, and the execution of the 

 work is good, and the whole treatment of the 

 head suggests that it was made at a time when 

 the Egyptians were endeavouring to free them- 

 selves from the conventionalism in sculpture 

 which had become so marked after the downfall 

 of the XX th dynasty, about B.C. 1100. 



3. Circular alabaster base of one of the pillars of the 



shrine w^hich Rameses III., about B.C. 1200, 

 built in honour of the god Khonsu at Thebes, 

 near the temple of the Southern Apt, or the 

 modern Luxor. The base is inscribed with the 

 name and titles of Rameses III., and with a 

 dedication to the god of the temple. 



4. Bronze figure of the god I-em-hetep, the Imouthes 



of the Greeks, of very fine workmanship. The 

 god is represented in the form of a seated man, 

 and, in allusion to his great learning, he holds an 

 opened roll of inscribed papyrus on his knees. 

 The man I-em-hetep flourished under the Ilird 

 or lYth dynasty at Memphis, and about B.C. 3500 

 he was deified, and declared to be the son of 

 Ptah, the patron god of Memphis. His fame 

 grew under succeeding dynasties, and in the 

 Grseco-Roman Period his name passed into the 

 religious and magical literatures of the time as 

 a word of power. 



5. A collection of 2.33 scarabs which belong to the 



period that lies betv.een B.C. 3500 and B.C. 1800. 

 Of these, 102 are inscribed with royal names, 

 and this portion of the collection is of the 

 first importance, both archseologically and 

 historically. Among the finest examples may be 

 mentioned the scarabs of : — 



1. Khafra. IVth dynasty. B.C. 3650. Con- 



temporaneous vrork, 



2. Three scarabs of Usertsen I. Xllth 



dynasty. B.C. 2G00. 



3. Scarab of Amenemhat II. Xllth dynasty. 



4. A scarab nncl cylinder of Usertsen III. 



Xllth dynasty. 



5. Two cylinders, one quatrefoil cylinder, a 



large bead, a cowroid, and a scarab of 

 Amenemhat Til. 

 G. Four scarabs of Kha-nefer-Ra Sebek-hetep 

 XIII th dynasty. 



