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SLADE COLLECTION. 
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Cases 24-30. Wooden figures of Ptah Socharis, and Osiris Pethempa- 
mentes, made hollow to enclose the papyri deposited in the tombs. 
Cases 31, 3Q. Cones or bricks stamped with inscriptions, containing 
the names of functionaries, and which probably formed part of the 
construction of the tombs. A hydria, or water-vase of alabaster, from 
Alexandria, lamps and vases. 
In Table Case A are various objects in porcelain and glass, prin- 
cipally from the coverings of mummies, and inscriptions traced on 
stone, porcelain, and wood. 
In Table Case B are portions of the outer coverings of mummies, 
and objects of the Greek and Roman period : amongst them are 
receipts for taxes. 
In Table Case C are objects found in Egypt of the Christian period ; 
Christian inscriptions; some specimens of beaded work; bronze plates, 
with Himyaritic inscriptions, from Arabia; some objects from Bethle- 
hem and Mount Sinai ; and Gnostic amulets. 
In Table Case D are various specimens of tiles from Tel el Ya- 
houdeh or Onias, with the name and titles of Rameses III., Asiatic 
and negro prisoners, and other subjects. 
In Table Case E are specimens of Egyptian glass : amongst thera 
vases in brilliant colours resembling the specimens discovered in 
Greece and Italy, one inscribed with the name of Thotmes III. 
In Table Case E are specimens of ivory and other objects of the 
Greek and Roman period. 
In the detached Cases 101, 102 are sepulchral boxes, tablets, and 
models of boats. ' S. BIRCH. 
GLASS COLLECTIONS. 
On the West side are placed the collections of ancient and 
more recent Glass, including the very valuable collection 
bequeathed to the British Museum in 1868 by the late 
Felix Slade, Esq. This collection is for the present exhibited 
to a great extent in a separate series, as an acknowledgment 
of so munificent a bequest. 
It has been thought convenient to collect into the same room 
the other collections of Glass in the Museum, excepting the 
Assyrian. It has not, however, been found practicable to 
arrange the collections in any chronological order. 
It ma}^ be sufficient to state, that the Ajitique Glass from 
the Slade Collection is placed in Table Case F, and the 
Upright Central Case L ; that from the Temple Collection in 
Wall Case 54, 55 ; that from the General Collection in Table 
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