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EGYPTIAN ANTEROOM. 
T\o. 824. Greek Christian sepulchral tablet of Nikea, deceased, 
the 19th of Pauni, the 5th Indiction. Sandstone. Presented hy 
Lyttleton Annesley, Esq., 1854. 
No. 825. Coptic tablet, much mutilated, dated in the sera of Dio¬ 
cletian. Marble. Presented by Lyttleton Annesley, Esq., 1854. 
NORTH-WEST STAIRCASE. 
The visitor nexts ascends to the collections of smaller Antiquities, 
preserved in cases in the Western Galleries of the upper floor. 
Against the walls of the staircase are several Egyptian papyri, framed 
and glazed, some written in the hieroglyphic, others in the hieratic, 
and others in the demotic or enchorial character. The upper floor is 
entered by the 
EGYPTIAN ANTEROOM. 
On the North, or left-hand side, is— 
The plaster cast, from the end of the North Wall of the great edifice, of 
Rameses II. at Karnak, representing Rameses vanquishing the Tahennu, 
one of the most northern enemies of Egypt. The monarch, v/earing a 
casque upon his head, stands in his chariot, and has caught one of the 
chiefs of his enemies by a bow-string round the neck, while he stoops 
down and is about to decapitate him with his falchion. The enemy are 
in flight, and many lie about dying or wounded. These people wear on 
their heads two feathers, and a cloak made of the skins of animals, or a 
sash round the loins; in some sculptures their eyes are blue, and their 
hair red. Their arms are bows and spears. Behind the monarch is a 
royal standard-bearer. 
On the left hand side of the door leading to the Northern Zoo¬ 
logical Gallery is placed— 
A plaster cast of a subject on the tomb of Seti, or Sethos L, king 
of the 18th or 19th dynasty, commonly called Belzoni’s tomb, in the 
Biban el-Molook, at Thebes. It represents the monarch Sethos L, 
holding a crook and w^hip, introduced by the god Horus, into the 
presence of Osiris, seated upon his throne. Behind Osiris is the Land 
of the West, the abode of blessed souls, typified as a goddess, having 
on her head the hieroglyphic for “ West,” standing, and regarding the 
king. 
On the right side of the door is placed— 
A cast taken from the side wall of the entrance of the tomb of 
Merien-phtha, of the 19th dynasty; the monarch, draped in a trans¬ 
parent garment, and wearing on his head the atf, stands addressing 
Ra, who grants him life, endurance, and the crown of the sun: 
above, in the cornice, is the Hut or celestial sun as a globe with 
ureei serpents and wings; below are emblems of life and endurance. 
The hieroglyphics in this cast contain the names and titles of the deity 
and king, and the speeches of the former. From the Biban el-Molook, 
or \alley of the tombs of the kings, at Thebes. 
On the southern wall of the vestibule, in a frame-work, are the 
following—. 
1. Cast of the Apex of the fallen obelisk at Karnak; the original, 
