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which was the companion of the great obelisk standing in the advance 
of the granite sanctuary, was erected by the queen-regent, Fla-asu, the 
sister of Thothmes IL and III., monarchs of the 18th dynasty, in 
whose minority she reigned, in honour of her father, Thothmes L, 
to the divinity Amen-ra. She is represented on the triangular part 
of the Apex, crowned by Amen-ra, who addresses her. The large 
hieroglyphics below are part of her names and titles. Coloured in 
imitation of red granite. 
2. Cast taken from one of the side lines of the great inscription; 
Thothmes III., a monarch of the 18th dynasty, offering oil to the god 
Amen-ra. 
3. Cast from one of the side lines of the same obelisk, representing 
the queen regent Hat-asu, and Amen-ra. 
4. Cast from another part of the same obelisk, representing the 
same regent offering to Amen-ra. 
5. Cast from a monument at El-Assasif; on it the monarch 
Thothmes II. standing, wearing the tesher, holding a sceptre in 
his left hand, and in his right a mace, and emblem of life. Behind is 
a symbolical figure, having on its head the standard of the king : above 
the head of the king soars a vulture, emblem of victory. The hiero¬ 
glyphics contain the names and titles of the king. 
6. 7. Two casts taken ft-om a part of the tomb of Thothmes III. in 
the valley of the Biban el-Molook. They represent an inferior 
divinity called Pet-mut-f. 
8. Cast taken from the wall of the entrance passage of the tomb of 
Sethos II. in the Biban el-Molook. The monarch, wearing the tall 
plumes, ursei serpents, solar disk, and goats’ horns, and draped in a 
transparent garment with a royal apron, stands offering two vases of 
wine to some divinity, probably Ra, but the hand and the tarn or 
kukufa sceptre of the god are only visible. The hieroglyphics are 
names and titles of the king, and part of an address to the god. 
The above were casts, made in Egypt by Mr. Bonorai, under the 
direction of Mr. Hay, and coloured by the former gentleman after 
originals. 
FIRST EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
UP STAIRS. 
The wooden figures in Cases 1—4 are generally found in tombs; 
the bronze are offerings, or objects of private worship; the porce¬ 
lain and small figures of stone are all perforated, to attach to the 
network or the necklaces of mummies. 
The reader will find explanations of names and titles in the glossary 
appended. 
CASES 1, 2. DEITIES. 
Div. 1. Amen-ra, the Egyptian Jupiter, seated |^on a throne. 
On the throne are cynocephali, uraeus and lotus sceptres, and at the 
back Amoun seated between Khons loh and another deity. Sand¬ 
stone. in. h. (No. 3.) 
