218 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
smaller and more elegant are supposed to have held unguents, perfumes, 
&c. , for the toilet ; the larger and coarser, domestic objects, as wine, 
eatables, &c. ; others again contain varnish, bitumen, &c. The follow- 
ing appear most worthy of remark : — - 
Div. 1. Two vases, one having in front the prenomen Merenra, stand- 
ard, and titles of a king prior to the 12th dynasty; the other, those of 
Re-Nofrekah, or Nepercberes, of an old dynasty, assumed by Sabaco, 
first king of the 25th dynasty. Arragonite. 8 to 5| in. h. 
Div. 2. Vase, with the name of Noubem-tech, a princess. Arra- 
gonite. 4.^ in. h. 
Small vases in the shape of wine-glasses. Arragonite. 4# to 4 in h 
Ahydos. 
Div. 3. . Circular table; on it eight vessels of various forms, all 
inscribed with the names and titles of Atkai. Arragonite. 1 ft. I a 
in. dr. Abydos. 
Slab, with the following objects: — two bottle and four crucible- 
formed vases; a peculiar object, bifurcate at one end; a piece of 
basalt. Calcareous stone. 6f in. 1., 41 in. d. Abydos. 
Vase ; on the neck a female face. Arragonite . 9 in. h. 
Memphis. 
Vases or cups in the shape of the shell Indina Nilotica. Arraqonite * 
5 to 4| in. 1. Abydos. 
Div. 4. A large vase, with the name of the king Un-as or Hen - 
7ias; supposed by some to be Obnos or Onnos of the 5th dynasty. 
Arragonite. 1 ft. l£ to 8£ in. h. 
Vase, mouth broken off, with name and prenomen of Tbothmes 
III. 5 in. h. Arragonite. 
Diota, with flat three-handled cover; an inscription states that it 
holds “8 hno and 6 parts.” Arragonite . 10| in. h. Lower Egypt. 
CASES 24, 25. VASES. 
Div. 1. Bowls. One bears an inscription relative to Atai or Atkai. 
Basalt , compact feldspar , arragonite , §*c. 4£ to 2f in. h., 11^ to 5| 
in. dr. 
Jar-shaped vase containing the names and titles of the queen Amoun- 
ertais. Compact feldspar . 5 in. h. 
Div. 2. Small flat vases or cups, in shape of the fish chsetodon. 
Steatite , arragonite. 4£ to 4£ in. 1. 
Lamp found near the Pyramid of Reegah. Green porcelain. Pre- 
sented by Col. Howard Vyse, and J. S. P erring. Esq., 1840. 
Vases in the shape of the pine cone. Pottery. 4J to 5 in. h. 
Green vitrified vase, with name and prenomen of Thothmes L 
4 in. h. Steatite. 
Vase, blue, with a pattern. Porcelain , or opaque glass. 3f in. h. 
Vase, with two projections, perhaps intended to represent eyes. 
Porcelain. in. h. Memphis. 
Large blue bowl : without, petals of flowers ; within, a square 
divided into triangles, the alternate ones darker; in each corner 
a stem of five lotus and papyrus flowers, alternately. Porcelain . 
10 in. dr. 
Bowl ; on it the names and titles of Rameses II. or III. (Sesostris), 
