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Baghdad. They are chiefly fragmentary figures from a more extensive 
series, some on a large scale, and retaining remains of colour. Two 
horses' heads, facing the window, are richly and carefully finished. 
Below these is the only slab obtained by Mr. Layard from 
Khorsabad ; it is in black marble. 
In the centre is for the present placed a monument, not belonging 
to the Khorsabad series, a seated figure in black basalt, found by Mr. 
Layard about fifty miles below Nimroud on the Tigris, in the great 
mound of Kalah Shergat, which is supposed to be the site of Ashur, the 
primitive capital of Assyria. The age of this sculpture is uncertain. 
The North side of the Assyrian Transept opens into the 
EGYPTIAN GALLERIES. 
The monimients in this collection constitute on the whole 
the most widely extended series in the range of Antiquity, 
ascending to at least 2000 years before the Christian sera, and 
closing with the Mohammadan invasion of Egypt, A.D. 640. 
The larger sculptures are placed in two great galleries witli 
a connecting or Central Saloon, and in a Vestibule at the 
Northern extremity. They have been arranged, as far as 
possible, in chronological order, according to the succession of 
dynasties recorded in Manetho. 
The smaller sculptures, consisting chiefly of sepulchral 
tablets, have been brought, as far as practicable, into the same 
order as the larger monuments. These tablets record the 
names and titles of the deceased, who are represented upon 
them performing acts of homage to various divinities. Thougli 
of great value to the student of the language and history 
of Egypt, they do not pjossess such interest as to detain the 
general visitor. Their probable age, and the names of the 
persons to whom they were erected, will be seen on their labels. 
The Egyptian collection has been formed partly from the 
donation, by King George III., of the antiquities obtained 
at the capitulation of Alexandria ; and partly by acquisitions 
from the Earl of Belmore, Mr. Salt (including the discoveries of 
Belzoni), and M. Anastasi. It has been further enriched by 
presents from General Howard Yyse, the Duke of Northum- 
berland, the Marquis of Northampton, and others. 
The localities from Avliich the sculptures have been prin- 
cipally derived are as follows : — The earlier sepulchral monu- 
