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emblems of Sebak, and of snakes, emblems of Isis. Case 60. Mum- 
mies of snakes and fish. 
In Cases 61, 62, are specimens of unburnt bricks, some stamped 
with the names of kings of the 18th and 19th dynasties. 
Cases 63, 64. Fragments of mummy-coffins and sepulchral tablets. 
Over the cases on the East and West sides of the room are placed 
casts from sculptured and painted bas-reliefs, at the entrance of the 
small temple of Beit-Oually in Nubia. One represents the -victories of 
Rameses II. over the jiEthiopians ; the other the victories of the same 
monarch over some Asiatic nations. 
SECOND EGYPTIAN EOOM. 
The Egyptian antiquities are placed on the East side, 
the other being at present occupied by the Temple Collection. 
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
These are further illustr^itions of the Sepulchral remains of 
Egypt, of which the larger portion is placed in the First 
Egyptian Room. 
Cases 1-11. Sepulchral tablets of painted wood, small models of 
sarcophagi and mummies, and boxes for holding sepulchral figures, as 
well as a large collection of the figures themselves. The latter are 
formed of wood, alabaster, stone, or porcelain, and have inscribed upon 
them a religious formula, as well as the name and titles of the deceased. 
They are supposed to have been deposited in the tombs by the relatives 
of the person who was buried. Some of the figures in the collection 
have the names of Sethos I., Amenoph III., and other kings. Cases 
10, 11. On the central shelves are models of the funeral boat in which 
the dead were conveyed to the sepulchres. 
Cases 12, 13. Sets of sepulchral vases, four in number, in which 
were placed the viscera of the dead, divided into four portions, and 
separately embalmed ; their covers are formed into the heads of the 
four Genii of the Amenti, to whom the respective portions were 
dedicated. 
Cases 14-19. Wooden coffins, elaborately ornamented, and a wooden 
case painted black and yellow, which contained a set of vases. 
Cases 20, 21. Sepulchral vases similar to those already described. 
Cases 22, 23. Cones or bricks stamped with inscriptions, containing 
the names of functionaries, and which probably formed part of the 
construction of the tombs. Inscriptions written on fragments of 
pottery, in the Greek and Enchorial characters, chiefly receipts for pay- 
ments during the Roman period. 
Cases 24-28. Wooden figures of Ptah Sochari, and Osiris Pethempa- 
mentes, made hollow to enclose the papyri deposited in the tombs. 
In one of the table-cases, in the middle of the room, are placed 
various objects in porcelain and glass, principally from the coverings of 
mummies. In the other table-case are at present placed small 
Assyrian antiquities, which it is proposed shortly to remove. 
