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IV. — 1. A set of four stone Canopic jars, with covers in the shape of the heads of 

 Amset, Hapi, Tuamantef, and Qebhsenuf, the four children of Horus. Thfe inscrip- 

 tions on the outsides are unusually long. From Hawara in the Fayi'ini. 



2. Blue glazed porcelain Bes and ape, from Hawara. 



3. Mummy of a girl, with portrait, from Hawara. About A.D. 350. 



4. One hundred and forty-one Greek ostraka, inscribed with receipts for taxes, 

 lists, &c., written chiefly during the first century after Christ, from Karnak ; and 

 40 Greek and Demotic tesserae, from Panopolis. 



0. Two terra-cotta models of potters' houses. Period of the XXVTth Dynasty, 

 about B.C. 550. 



6. Twenty-one Gnostic gems, inscribed with figures of Abrasax and mystic legends. 



7. Four wooden cat cases, leaden figure of a god, black stone torso, collection of 

 gold and hard stone necklaces from Thebes, and granite head of a statue. 



V. — 1. Seventeen hundred tablets and tablet-fragments, from Kouyunjik and 

 other places in Mesopotamia. Those inscribed in Babylonian belong chiefly to the 

 reigns of Samsu-satana and Ammi-zaduga, about B.C. 2200. 



Presents. 



I_ — 1. Granite head of the seated colossal statue of Osorkon II., about B.C. 950. 



2. Lower half of the seated colossal statue, inscribed on the pedestal with the name 

 and titles of Osorkon II., about B.C. 950. 



3. Granite column, with palm capital, inscribed with the names and titles of 

 Rameses II. and Osorkon II. 



4. The upper half of a colossal statue of Rameses II., which originally formed part 

 of a pillar. 



0. Bas-relief, with portraits of Osorkon II., and his wife, from the Temple of Bast. 



6. Three fragments of granite shrines of the time of Nectanebus I., B.C. 380. 



7. Grey granite seated figure of a scribe who lived during the reign of 

 Amenhetep III., B.C. 1550. 



All the above are from the great Temple of Bast, at Tell Basta (Bubastis). 

 Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



II.— 1. Glass bead necklace. Roman Period. 



2. Three terra-cotta objects from Palmyra. 



3. Leather fragment inscribed in Hieratic. 



4. Stone mould from Meroe ; and other objects. 



Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



III.— 1. Portrait head of Ptolemy Soter. About B.C. 320. 



2. Bas-relief, inscribed with figures of Ptolemy Soter and the goddess Hathor. 

 Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



IV.— 1. Linen shirt, from Thebes. XlXth Dynasty, about B.C. 1330. 

 Presented by C. Drury Fortnum, Esq., d.c.l. 



V. 1. Bronze cat case, with two figures of cats upon it, from Sakkara. XXVIth 



Dynasty, about B.C. 1330. 



Presented by John Evans, Esq., p.s.a. 



VI. 1. Alabaster jar for unguents, from Thebes. XlXth Dynasty, about B.C. 1330. 



2. Limestone kneeling figure, from Thebes. XlXth Dynasty, about B.C. 1330. 



3. Limestone kneeling figure, from Thebes. XlXth Dynasty, about B.C. 1330. 



4. Kneeling figure of Nub-se-anch-Amen, Xllth Dynasty, from Thebos. About 

 B.C. 2500. 



Presented by the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle. 

 0.74. E 3 VII. — 1. Wooden 



