r0 0M.] EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. ^ 
this and the following cases ; one of these boxes contains several 
of these objects, and those at the ends of the shelf one each ; on the 
boxes are represented the deceased adoring the genii of the dead; 
the scarabseus, emblem of the Sun ; the head of Osiris, chapters of 
prayers taken from the great ritual of the dead. The second of these 
boxes was 'presented by G. R. Gwilt , Esq. 
Shelf 2. Sepulchral figures in porcelain, representing the dead 
equipped for that portion of his ordeal in the future state where he 
ploughs and sows the Auru, surrounded by the great waters and canals 
of the mystical Nile ; holding a hoe in each hand, and a cord attached 
to a basket of seed with which he sows the fields, slung on his left 
shoulder; they all contain a similar formula, with the name and titles 
of the dead, and a prayer taken out of the great ritual relative to their 
destiny in the future state. From the great numbers deposited with 
the dead, it has been conjectured that they were offered by the relatives 
of the deceased. Among them are several of Seti Menephtah I., and 
of priests, scribes, military and civil functionaries. 
Shelf 4. Similar sepulchral figures in terracotta. Small models 
of sarcophagi and mummies, found deposited with the dead, and 
supposed at one time to be embalmers’ models. In terracotta and 
wood. . 
Cases 4, 5. Sepulchral boxes of the same nature as those already 
described in Cases 1 — 3. 
Shelves 2, 3. Sepulchral figures, in arragonite and calcareous stone, 
of various functionaries ; on one of Panehsi, a royal scribe, is a memo- 
randum of how many the sculptor made in one month. 
Case 6. Shelf 1. Sepulchral box for holding the small figures of 
the dead, dedicated to Osiris, for Amen-as-anch. Wood. 
Shelf 2. Similar box, of a female named Nasarut, daughter of 
Uasarkan, singing woman of Amen-ra ; on it female deities. 
Shelf 3. Sepulchral box of Hesi, a female attached to the worship 
of Amen-ra ; a box as late as the Roman period, adorations to Osiris 
and the genii of the Amenti ; of Iri-har-ni, a bard ; the genii of the 
dead. Wood. < , 
Fragments of sepulchral boxes, with figure of Isis ; another with a 
priest worshipping Osiris ; and fragment, with an inscription. 
Shelf 4. Sepulchral tablet of Mui, adorations to the sun in his boat 
and to Osiris. Wood. 
Similar clay coffin, containing a wooden model of a mummy. 
Case 7. Shelf 1. Sepulchral boxes ; of Sensao, priest of Amen-ra, 
holding several offices ; on it are the standard of Osiris erected by Isis 
and Nephthys, inferior deities, &c. : of Thothates, a priest; on it repre- 
sentations of Isis, Nephthys, and inferior deities. 
Shelves 2, 3. Various sepulchral figures in wood, similar to those 
described Case 1. 
Shelf 4. Sepulchral boxes ; one with tricoloured stripes, the other 
with two gryphons seated at the side of a gate. Wood. 
Cases 8, 9. Shelf 1. Sepulchral tablets of wood ; of a person not 
named; adorations to Ra, Osiris, and other deities; of Hesi-khebi, 
an assistant priestess of Amen-ra, adorations to Ra; of Iri-a-haru, a 
priest, adorations to Ra and to Isis ; of Petas, a priest, adoring Ra and 
