ROOM.] EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 241 
Three vases, coarsely painted, with figures of genii, probably of the 
Roman period, and vaulted covers, on which are seated jackals, and 
square orifices. Terracotta . From the Earl of Belmore's collection. 
Two vases of the genius Hapi. 
Cases 14 19. Inner coffin of Pesbes, door opener of the temple of 
the Sun; on it is Netpe ; the judgment of the dead before Osiris; 
symbolical eyes, and other ornaments. Wood. From the Earl of 
Belmore's collection . 
Inner coffin of Ameniriu, auditor of the palace of the queen 
Amenartas, daughter of the king Kashta, 26th dynasty ; on it are the 
rams representing the soul— the judgment and embalmment scenes of 
the dead. From the collection of Sr. Anastasi. 
Coffin and mummy of Chons-thoth, a singing boy of the Grseco- 
Egyptian period: the face gilded, and body covered with various 
divinities. From the collection of Sr. Anastasi. 
Inner coffin of Anchsennefer, or Onkhsennofre, a female ; the face 
coloured pink, the body covered with hieroglyphics and scenes, on a 
yellow ground. Wood. From the collection of Sr. Anastasi. 
An inner coffin of a mummy, much mutilated, but which has been 
of the very finest style, elaborately decorated with paintings, and var- 
nished. From the collection of Sr. Anastasi. 
In this case are several figures of Ptah-Soeharis- Osiris, standing 
on pedestals, some with small cavities in the shape of boxes and covers’, 
in which were deposited small detached portions of the body. ChieJbj 
from Mr. Salt's collection. 
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 
I ft. in. h. 
Cases 20, 21. Shelf 1. Sepulchral vases, similar to those in Cases 
12, 13. Pottery. 
Shelf 2. Small sepulchral tablets, with inscriptions. 
Shelves 3, 4. Sepulchral cones of brick, stamped with inscriptions, in 
bas-relief. They contain the names and titles of the functionaries in 
whose times they were deposited. These have been supposed to be 
stamps or seals — but appear to be rather votive objects deposited with 
the dead. 
Cases 22, 23. Shelf 2. Inscriptions in enchorial and Greek lan- 
guages on fragments of pottery, chiefly receipts, under the early em- 
perors. From Elephantina. 
Shelf 3. Fragments of pottery, with inscriptions in hieratic and 
Coptic. 
Shelf 4. Inscriptions in Greek and Coptic on fragments of calcareous 
stone and pottery. They are principally religious, and of the Christian 
period. 
Cases 24 — 27. Large Egyptian vases, in terracotta ; one re- 
markable for being covered with a demotic inscription. 
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