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beautifully ornamented with coloured glass-beads, 
some of which still remain, was taken out of 
the coffin above-mentioned. That on the right 
hand, the face of which is gilt, and the other 
parts of the body ornamented with paintings, 
was taken out of the coffin which will be des¬ 
cribed in the next number. In the lower part of 
this case is a small Egyptian coffin of a square 
form; it contains the mummy of a child. The 
lid and sides of this coffin are covered with 
paintings. 
No. 3. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, 
found in one of the catacombs at Sakkara, about 
four leagues from Cairo, and sent to England, in 
the year 1/22, by Col. William Letkieullier , 
who bequeathed it to the Museum. 
No. 4. A collection of vases, usually known 
by the name of Canopuses. The lids are se¬ 
verally ornamented, either with a head of Isis, 
Osiris, a hawk, a wolf, or a baboon. 
No. 5. A collection of Egyptian idols, in 
bronze ; among them are two sistrums. 
No. 6. A collection of Egyptian idols, in 
wood ; Egyptian idols of Roman work, appa¬ 
rently of the lime of Hadrian ;—idols and amu¬ 
lets of the Basilidians, who spread their myste¬ 
rious doctrines, and practised their magical arts, 
in Egypt, from the time of Hadrian to the fifth 
a century; 
ROOM VIII. 
ANTlfiUlTHS. 
