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^EGYPTIAN GALLERIES. 
case, with five lines of hieroglyphics down the front, the 77th chap¬ 
ter of the sepulchral ritual; the face has been gilt; probably about the 
period of the 26th dynasty. Arragonite. Thebes, From Mr. Sams's 
collection. 
No. 3. Sarcophagus of Sa-atu, or Nesa-tu, a scribe and priest of the 
temples of the acropolis of Memphis; covered with inscriptions and 
figures of various divinities who address the deceased; from the side 
excavation of a tomb made in the age of the 26th dynasty at Gizeh, 
commonly called Campbell’s tomb. Presented by Col. Howard Vyse, 
1839. 
No. 4. Colossal head of a divinity or king wearing the tesher., 
or possibly the pschent, discovered with No. 6, in an excavation 
made by Mr. Salt in a line with the vocal Memnon and its com¬ 
panion at Gournah, and possibly from a Colossus placed before a 
door of the palace of Amenophis III., w'hose features it much re¬ 
sembles, in that quarter. Brownish breccia. From Mr. Salt's coU 
lection. 
No. 5. A group, representing the monarch Har-em-hebi ( Horus), 
of the 18th dynasty, standing under the protection of Amen-ra. 
Dark granite. 
No. 6. Colossal head, exactly resembling No. 4, and probably 
from a similar statue ; many of these statues stood facing the great 
colossi in the intervals of the front column of the Pro pylon ; from 
Gournah. Brownish breccia. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 7. t A colossal head of a ram, emblem of the divinity 
Amen-ra, in his form as Chnumis. This is from one of the colossal 
rams which were placed as a dromos to the Pylon of Harem-^hebi 
(Horus), of the 18th dynasty, at Karnak, and were sculptured in the 
reign of that monarch. Sandstone. 
No. 8. Statue of the god Hapi, or Nile, bearing an altar of liba¬ 
tions, from which hang down water-fowd and plants. At the side 
is a figure dressed as a priest, and on the back a dedication from 
Sheshank I. {Shishak)., of the 22nd dynasty, to Amen-ra. Karnak. 
Sandstone. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 9. f Colossal fist from the ruins of Memphis ; it is supposed 
to have formerly belonged to one of the statues which, according to 
Herodotus, stood before the Hephaesteum, or temple of Phtha, at 
Memphis. Bed. granite. 
No. 10. f Tire chest of the sarcophagus of the monarch Necht- 
her-hebi, or Her-necht-hebi (Amyrtseus, of the 28th dynasty, or 
Nectabes, of the 30th). The subject of the Sun, attended by various 
divinities passing through the hours of the day, is represented on the 
exterior, w^hile inside are various usual sepulchral deities. From the 
mosque of Saint Athanasius, at Alexandria. Breccia. 
No. 11. A figure of a gryphon or hawk-headed sphinx, the emblem 
of the divinity Munt-ra, found by Belzoni, in the great temple of 
Ibsamboul or Aboosimbel, built by Rameses H. From Mr. Salt's 
collection. 
No. 12. Monument found amidst the ruins of Karnak; it was 
placed on a pedestal of white stone, in a small temple, in the 
north-east angle of the w’all inclosing the great temple, probably 
close to the granite sanctuary; on each of the broad sides is the 
