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to whom all cattle were sacred. 1 ft. 7 in. h., 1 ft. 11 in. 1. ; 1 ft. 
8J in. h., 2 ft. 4 in. 1. ; 1 ft. 6 in. h., 2 ft. 5 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of gazelles, impure animals, emblems of Typhon and Ty- 
phonian divinities. 9^, 10^ to 11 J in. L Thebes. 
Div. 3. Mummy of a small ram, sacred to and emblem of 
Amoun-ra ; only the head and some of the bones are preserved. 1 ft. 
1 in. h., 1 ft. 8 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of rams, unrolled, or in bandages. 1 ft. 1 in. 1. 
Mummy of a lamb. 11 in. h., 1 ft. 2 in. 1. Thebes. 
Head of a sheep. 
CASES 56, 57. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Mummies of the ibis. 1 ft. 9 in. h. 
IJiv. 2. Mummy of the black ibis, and two eggs. 1 ft. 1| in. 1. 
Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson , 1834. 
Bones of the ibis. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson , 1834. 
Mummies of the ibis, 1 ft. 3 to 9 in. 1. 
Div. 3. Mummies of the ibis, 1 ft. 9 in. 1. 
Eggs of the ibis. 2^ in. 1. Presented by Sir J. G . Wilkinson , 1834. 
Div. 4. Conical pots, with their covers, containing mummies of 
the ibis, sacred to Thoth. Red earthenware. 1 ft. 4 in. 1. Sakhara. 
CASE 58. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Mummies of crocodiles, emblems of Sevek or Sabak; one 
has been unrolled. 1 ft. 5 to 1 ft. 6 in. 1. Thebes. 
Div. 2. Mummies of snakes or siluri, emblems of Isis, in shape 
of cakes with maeander patterns. 
Div. 3. Mummies of snakes in the form of oval cakes. 11 in. to 
4 in. 1. 
Rectangular case with a lizard at top and two small rings ; in it was 
found the skeleton of the small snake lying near it. 2f in. 1. Bronze. 
Thebes. 
Rectangular case with a hawk-headed urseus snake on the top, which 
has held some animal mummy. 7| in. 1. Bronze. 
Div. 4. Snake mummies bandaged in shape of oval cakes. 
CASE 59. COFFIN, ETC. 
Coffin of Irioui, in the form of a mummy. The subjects on it 
are similar to those on the coffin of Ataineb in Case 38; at the 
back is a figure of Athor. 6 ft. 6 in. h. Bequeathed by Col. William 
Lethieullier , a.d. 1755. 
Figures of Osiris Pethempamentes, used as cases for papyri. These, 
which are always portions or copies of the great funeral ritual of the 
Egyptians, in hieroglyphic or hieratic characters, were either con- 
tained in the bodies of these figures, or else in small cells, with a 
lid fitting to the body. Wood , covered with bitumen. 2 ft. 2 in. to 
1 ft. 8^ in. h. 
case 60. 
Div. 1 — 2. Mummies of snakes bandaged in shape of oval cakes. 
Div. 3. Mummies of snakes bandaged in shape of oval cakes. 
Mummies of fish bandaged, and some unrolled. 
Div. 4. Mummies of Siluri, or bayad fish, with their bandages. 
