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ROOM IX. 
Antiquities, 
hand, and in front of the figure is the head of 
Orus. Presented, in 1767* by the Earl of Bute . 
No. 4. A fragment of an Egyptian Deity, 
similar to No. 10, 
No. 5. A sphinx, represented according to 
the custom of the Egyptians, without wings. 
Presented , in 17^7 > by the Earl of Bute, 
No. 6. A capital of an Egyptian column. 
Presented , in 1805, by Earl Spencer. 
No. 7* An Egyptian monument, in which 
are sunk two square tablets, one of which is left 
blank, and in the other are represented two female 
figures standing side by side. These tablets are 
surrounded by hieroglyphics. From the collec¬ 
tion of Sir Hans Sloane . 
No. 8. A figure of Isis, the size of life. She 
is represented sitting on the ground, resting her 
arms upon her knees, and holding an ear of corn 
in her right hand. In front is the head of 
Orus. 
No. 9. A mutilated Egyptian figure, kneeling 
on a square plinth, round which is a border of 
hieroglyphics. 
No. 10. A large statue of an Egyptian Deity, 
sitting in a kind of chair, and resting its arms 
upon the thighs. In the left hand is held the 
sacred instrument, called the Tau, The head of 
this Deity is that of a lion, the rest of the figure 
is human. The disc and the erect serpent’s head 
have 
