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SECOND EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
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large wooden coffins of the Roman period. One is that of Cleopatra, 
of the family of Soter, the other of Soter himself, an archon of Thebes, 
in the reign of Trajan ; and the outer, inner case, and mummy of a 
female named Shepshet, about B.C. 700. 
Tn the upper part of the Cases just mentioned are placed personal 
ornaments, amulets, and scarabaei, chiefly found with the mummies. 
The scarabaei frequently bear the names of kings, showing probably 
that the persons interred had borne office under those monarchs. The 
most remarkable are some small scarabaei in Division 95, with the namee 
of Cheops and Chephren, the kings who built the Great and the Second 
pyramids, and several large scarabaei of the reign of Ameuophis III. ; 
one (No. 4095) recording the number of lions slain by the king within 
a certain period; the other (No. 4096) relating to his marriage with 
Queen Taia, and the extent of his dominions. 
Returning to the Wall Cases, we find mummies of sacred animals as 
follows : — Cases 52, 53. Mummies of cynocephali, jackals, and cats. 
Cases 54, 55. Mummies of sacred bulls and of rams, the heads 
and principal bones only embalmed. Mummy of the Antelope 
Dorcas (Linn.). Cases 56, 57. Mummies of the Ibis, sacred to Thoth : 
and specimens of the conical, covered pots in which they were 
deposited. Case 58. Mummies of crocodiles, emblems of Sebak, and 
of snakes, emblems of Isis. Case 60. Mummies 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 ^Ethiopians ; the other the victories of the same 
monarch over some Asiatic nations. 
SECOND EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
The Egyptian antiquities are placed on the East side, the 
other being at present occupied by the Slade and other 
Collections of Glass, Roman and Etruscan Pottery, &c. 
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
These are further illustrations of the Sepulchral remains of 
Egypt, of which the larger portion is placed in the First 
Egyptian Room. 
Cases I- 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 
