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Div. 3—4. Linen cloths of various sizes and shades, and of different 
texture.^ Some have a selvage of blue lines. 4 ft. to 1 ft. (> in. K 
Specimen of Egyptian linen bleached by the modern process, aiid 
portion of the original. 6 in. b. Presented by Mr ./ Dodd 
Portions of bandages from a Graeco-Egyptian mummy, with leaden 
seals, on which is a bearded head, of the time of the Antoninus, and the 
word Copros. 
Skeins of thread, some dyed of a reddish colour. 
Spindles and knitting needles. Wood. 94 to 9 in. I. 
Spindles ; one has a base of plaster, on which is inscribed the symbol 
“ Ement ; ” others are wrapped in cloth; and one is attached to a 
skem of thread. Wood. 1 ft. 1 in. to 10 in. 1. 
Needles for sewing. Bronze. 3 to 3\ in. 1. 
Hackle for dressing flax or hemp. Wood. 4 in. sq. 
CASES 46-— 50. MUMMIES, COFFINS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Mummy of a female? On the head is a gilt mask, and 
round the neck a coloured oskh. 4 ft. 8^ in. 1. 
Mummies unrolled and wrapped up again. 
Large heads and pieces from coffins. °Wood. 
Coffin, of which the cover and upper end is of a far earlier epoch 
than the sides. On it is a deceased priest in adoration to Osiris, 
Anubis, Amset, Hape, Sioumautf, and Kebhsnauf. In it is the mummv 
of a child. Sycomore. 2 ft. 11 in. 1., 10 in. b., 1 ft. 4 in. h. 
Small coffin, in which is the mummy of a child, 2 covered with 
painted linen, representing the face of the deceased, Kebhsnauf and 
feioumautf, &c. 1 ft. in. 1., 54 in. b. 
Coffin, containing the mummy of a child. 1 ft, 74 in 1. 5- 1 - 
in. b. 2 *’ 2 
Div. 2. Sides of a coffin, covered with representations of deities ; 
among which are the judgment scene, the burning pool of the Amenti’ 
and the boat of the sun. Wood. 5 ft. 10 in. 1,11 in. h. 
Part of the mummy-shaped coffin of king Men-ka-re, the My- 
cennus or Mencheres of the Greeks, builder of the third pyramid. 
Wood. 4 ft. 2 in. 1. Found in the third pyramid by Col Howard 
Vyse, 1837, and presented by him in 1838. 
Part of a body, supposed to be that of king Men-ka-re, found 
in the third pyramid by Col. Howard Vyse in 1837. With a fragment 
of its woollen wrapper. Presented by Col. Howard Vyse , 1838. 
Skull, and part of a woollen wrapper, from the quarries at Mokattam. 
Presented by Dr. J. Bowring , 1838. 
Mummies of children. 2 ft. 8 in. h., 1 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Cases for holding a foetus, in shape of Osiris Pethempamentes seated. 
Wood and stone. 54 in. h. 
Finger, sheathed in silver or silver gilt, from a mummy. 2J in. 1. 
Tress of hair in its bandages. Linen. 2 ft. 3 in. 1. Thebes . 
Mummied hair from the heads of men, in oval cakes. 6 in. 1. 
Div. 3. Part of the lid of the coffin of Taihreri, a female ; on it 
are depicted the judgment scene of the Amenti, the embalmment 
scene, &c. In the interior are Netpe and the Hat. Sucomore. 4 
ft. 3 in. h. 
