EGYPTIAN GALLERIES. 
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monarch Thothmes III., of the 18th dynasty, standing, and holding 
with one hand the deity Munt-ra, and with the other the goddess 
Athor, who is placed at the short side; from the much lower bas-relief 
of the deities, it appears that they have been sculptured in the place 
of some others originally there. Syenite. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 13. Hawk-headed gryphon or sphinx, emblem of the god 
Munt-ra, the companion of No. 11, found by Belzoni in the great 
temple of Ibsamboul or Aboosimbel, built by Rameses II. Sandstone. 
No. 14. Fractured Colossus, apparently, from the features, of the 
monarch Amenophis III., and probably from the edifice erected by 
that monarch in the Gournah quarter of Thebes. Black granite. 
No. 15. Colossal head of a king wearing the pschent, found with 
the arm. No. 55, detached from a colossus lying in the sand in the 
Kamak quarter of Thebes; the features resemble those of Thothmes 
III. Discovered by Belzoni in 1818. Red granite. From Mr. 
Salt's collection. 
No. 16. Lower part of a seated colossal figure of the goddess Pasht, 
or Bubastis, bearing the names and titles of the king Amenophis III., 
and w’hich has formerly been one of the statues from the edifice of that 
monarch at Kamak. Black granite. 
No. 17. Coffin in the shape of a mummy of Seveksi, a person of 
the sacerdotal caste, in the time of one of the later dynasties. 
Basalt. From the collection of Signor Anastasi. 
No. 18. Sarcophagus of Pa-neter-hent, a standard-bearer. Sye¬ 
nite. From the collection of Signor Anastasi. 
No. 19. Head and upper part of a statue of Rameses II. (Se- 
sostris), wearing a cylindrical diadem of ursei, of fine execution ; 
traces of colour still remain on this bust. The hieroglyphics down 
the back are part of the address of Amen-ra, and of the name and 
titles of Rameses. Brought from the edifice at Gournah, formerly 
called the Memnonium of Thebes, and hence popularly called 
“the young Memnon.” Presented by Henry Salt, Esq., and Louis 
Burckhardt, Esq., 1817. 
No. 20. Slab, which has been placed between two columns of a 
temple, sculptured on both sides, and surmounted on one by a cornice 
of uraei serpents, and on the other of vultures. On it the monarch 
Psammetichus I. is represented kneeling and offering cakes of bread 
to a serpent, a cow-headed, and another divinity, all seated on square 
pedestals, the door-keepers of the mystical gates of the Aahru, or 
Elysium. The hieroglyphics contain the names and titles of the 
king, and the speeches of the divinities; from Alexandria. Basalt. 
Presented by King George the Third, 1766. 
No. 21. Colossal statue of Amenophis III., monarch of the I8th 
dynasty, the same king who is represented by the vocal statue, seated 
on a throne. His names and titles are inscribed on the front of his 
throne and on the back of the statue, having the name of Amen in¬ 
serted in place of another name erased throughout. Found, in 1818, 
in the Memnonium at Thebes. Black granite. From Mr. Salt's col- 
lection. 
No. 22. Slab which has been placed between two columns of a 
temple, surmounted on one side by a cornice of uraei, and of vultures 
on the other; on it the monarch Nectanebo, of the 30th dynasty, b.c. 
