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II. — Acquisitions. 



The number of objects acquired during the year amounted to about 8,340, exclusive of 

 the contents of 30 boxes from Babylonia not unpacked. Of these, the most remarkable 

 are : 



In the Egyptian division : — 



An electrum figure of the god Khonsu or Chons. Presented by Thomas Biddle, Esq. 



A limestone tablet, with adorations to the god Khem or Amsi. 



A blue porcelain figure of Aiemhotep or Imouthes. 



A bronze figure of Osiris, with four uraei pendant fi'om the atef, crown. 



A bronze figure of Harpocrates, Avalking, inlaid with good. 



A green porcelain figure of Thoueris ; fine work. 



A bronze bull, Mnevis ; from Thebes. 



Bronze head and neck of cat, with scarab on forehead, and pendant in shape of £eo-is of 

 Bast ; from Tel Basta. 



Green porcelain hippopotamus, painted over with lotus flowers ; from Thebes. 



Limestone figure of a hawk ; fine work. 



Brown stone locust. 



Limestone trial slab of sculptor, with royal bust ; from the Fayoum~ 



Green basalt figure of Khama-har, walking, a functionary of the time of the 26th 

 dynasty. 



Fragment of glazed tile, with the prenomen of Rameses III. of the 20th dynasty ; from 

 the Tel-el- Yahoudeh. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



White steatite pedestal of a figure engraved with the title of a priest. 



Bronze mirror, with handle in shape of a goddess ; from Thebes. 



Glazed steatite vase for holding siibium, with name of Amenhotep ; from Thebes, 



Gold bezel of a ring, with figure of a goddess. 



Pearl oyster-shell, pierced for a pendant, inscribed with the name of User-tcsen, one of 

 the monarchs of the 12th dynasty ; from Thebes. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. 

 Chester. 



Portion of a porcelain collar, the counterpoise. 



Stone scarabseus with the name of the god Amen ; from Edwa In the Oasis. 



Glazed steatite scarab, with the figure and prenomen of Thothmes III. of the 18th 

 dynasty. 



Porcelain fragment of a ring, wnth titles of Amenmes, a monarch of the 20th dynasty. 



Green basalt jar; from Thebes- 

 Green porcelain vase, with lions in relief on the rim. 



Porcelain fragment of a vase, with prenomen and titles of Tirhakah ; from Thebes. 



Porcelain head of a sceptre, uas, or so-called Kukupha sceptre. 



Flint flake saw ; from Tel-el- Yahoudeli. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Trap hammer-head ; from Ghizeh. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Four granite hammer-heads; from Philfe. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Bronze seal for branding, with hieroglyphs, "The temple of Amen"; from Thebes. 



Part of porcelain oval seal for victims. 



Wooden circular stamp, with handle in shape of a toad ; from the Fayoum. 



Wooden portion of a cylindrical box, inlaid with ivory and painted flowers of a water- 

 plant; from Thebes. 



Wooden handle ; from Thebes. 



Wooden hackle ; from Elephantine. 



Porcelain handle of cylindrical shape, from the model of a sistrum, inscribed with the 

 name and titles of Psammeticus II. of the 26th dynasty ; from Tel Basta. 



Two porcelaia models of sistra, each with head of the goddess Athor ; fine workman- 

 ship ; from Tel Basta. 



Porcelain draughtsman in shape of the head of the god Bes. 



Porcelain draughtsman, with heads of lion and jackal. 



Wooden pectoral plate, with adorations to Osiris ; from Thebes. 



Bronze needles ; from Sakkarah. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Fragments of linen from the mummy of Merenra, monarch of the 6th dynasty ; found 

 in one of the pyramids at Sakkarah. Presented by W. Flinders Petrie, Esq. 



Blue porcelain staflf, inscribed with the name and titles of Khuenaten, the disk- 

 worshipping monarch of the 18th dynasty ; from Hadji Kandal. 



Wooden board from a coffiu, inscribed, with the cartouches of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, 

 and Horus. 



Wooden case for a mummied fish in shape of the fish Tetrodon or Fahaka ; from 

 Sakkarah. 



Bronze cases for holding the mummies of eels and lizards ; from a Tel (or mound) near 

 Kahoub. 



Papyrus in the Hieratic character, giving an account of issues of corn at the time of 

 the 19th or 20th dynasty. Presented by Edward T. Baldwin, Esq. 



Linen bandages, with Hieratic inscriptions, from mummies ; from Thebes. 



0.63. C 4 Gold 



