114! SECOND EGYPTIAN ROOM. [ UPPER 
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 ;is 
follows : — Cases 52, 53. Mummies of cjnocephali, jackals, and cats. 
Cases 54, 55. Mummies of sacred bulls and of rams, the heads 
and principal bones only embalmed. 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. 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. 
Cver 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 l-ll. 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 rehgious 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 
laesLY the names of Seti I., Amenophis III., and other kings. 
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 heads of the 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 20-23. Sepulchral vases similar to those already described. 
