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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
the long lock of hair over his right ear, the rest of the 
head having been close shaven. 
No. 93. Bust of a female from a colossal statue of 
white stone. 
No. 94. Lower part of an erect statue of Bubastes. 
No. 95. A votive column, on which is an inscription 
in Greek to the great God Serapis at Canopus. It was 
brought from Aboukir. Presented , in 1807, by Dr. Ban¬ 
croft , Jun. 
No. 96. Blank . 
No. 97« Blank . 
No. 98. Thirteen sepulchral vases, surmounted by 
heads of some of the four genii of Amenti (or the lower 
regions). Among them are two complete sets of four 
each, as they were generally placed in the tombs. All 
from Thebes. Presented by J. Gardnor Wilkinson , Esq ., 
1834. 
Nos. 99 to 115. On these shelves are sepulchral vases, 
tablets, and various Egyptian antiquities; chiefly from 
Mr. Salt's collection . 
Upon No. 115, is a small headless figure of a priest 
of Ammon, seated on the ground, and resting his arms, 
upon his knees. An ear of corn is held in the left 
hand, and in front of the figure is the head of Isis on the 
top of a sceptre. Presented , in 1767, by the Earl of 
Bute . 
No. 116. Seven objects. Presented , in 1817, by Cap¬ 
tain Caviglia , viz.: 
A small hawk of very coarse work, found in front of 
the Great Sphinx. 
A Greek inscription erected in front of the Great 
Sphinx, by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. 
A small lion, found in a temple between the paws of 
the Great Sphinx. 
A tablet of hieroglyphics, found in front of the Great 
Sphinx. 
A lion very rudely sculptured ; it is supposed to have 
stood on one of the walls between the paws of the Great 
Sphinx. 
The impression of a human foot carved in stone, with 
the letters NEKO0 engraved over it. Found in front of 
the Great Sphinx. 
