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HALL 9. 
EGYPTIAN ARCHEOLOGY. 
In this hall are installed the extensive collections brought to- 
gether by Mr. Edward E. Ayer and others : 
CASE L — Contains five mummies of younger persons. One 
of these is remarkable in having a portrait painted on wood sub- 
stitued for the usual mask, and another has the wrapping re- 
moved, so that a good idea of the state of preservation may be 
gained. 
CASE 2. — Mortuary papyrus of a lady named Isty. 
CASE 3. — In the small floor case are mummies of two 
young children with elaborate gilt masks. 
CASE 4. — Contains neatly prepared mummies in their origi- 
nal coffins, one of which is wood, and one, a unique specimen, of 
interlaced bulrushes. 
CASE 5. — Two mummies of women in plain wooden coffins. 
Ptolemaic period 325 to 44 B. C. 
CASE 6. — Coffins and mummies of a lady named Tentat. 
Thebes xxii Dynasty, 10th century, B. C. 
Presented by “The Railroad Table of the Chicago Club.’’ 
CASE 7. — Mummy case, containing the body of a lady named 
Dje-Mut-esankh. Thebes xxi Dynasty (about lODO B. C.) Pre- 
sented by Mr. James W. Scott. 
CASE 8. — Mummy case of a lady named Naja-Rames. xxxii 
Dynasty, B. C. 700. Presented by Mr. F. H. Winston. 
CASE 9. — Mummy of a man named Pu-Nefer. xix Dynasty. 
B. C. 1200. 
CASE 10. — Mummy of a lady named Men, in coffin with 
light colored lid with yellow stripes, containing inscriptions ; 22d 
dynasty, B. C. 1000. 
CASE 11. — Casts of Egyptians rulers, etc. 
CASE 12. — Busts and fragments of stone statues. 
CASE 13. — Tomb tablets of stone of various periods. 
CASE 14. — Mummy of woman in a stooping position. 
CASE 15. — Mummies of cats, dogs, jackals, hawks, alliga- 
tors, etc. 
CASE 16. — Wooden mortuary offerings. 
CASE 17. — Ushebti figures of wood and implements of iron. 
