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FIRST EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
Div. 4. Reed from betvi-een the bricks of the walls of Sais. 1 ft. 
1 in. 1. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson. 
Fragments of plaster, with a flower painted. Presentedhy the same. 
Fragment of stucco, imitating syenite. 5 in. 1. Presented hy the same. 
Smoothing tools; one has its own figure engraved on it. Wood, 
in. 1 ., 65 in. 1 ., 2 ^ in. h. 
A cylindrical box containing stucco. Wood. 4 in. h., 4 in. dr. 
Brushes for colouring walls, of fibres of palm leaves. 7 to in. 1. 
Stamp for bricks, with hieroglyphics, for the granaries of the temple 
of Phtah. Wood. 8 in. 1. 
Oval stamp, with the name of Amenophis III. Wood. 
Fragment of fresco painting from the walls of a tomb, having part of 
the figure of a king, of females, and child, and inscription. Stucco. 
CASES 42, 43. BASKETS, TOOLS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Oval baskets. Palm leaves. 1 ft. SJin. dr., 1 ft. 7m. h.; 
1 ft. 5^ in. di\, 9 in. h. 
Mallets used by the Egyptians for hammers. Wood. .10|- in. to 
1 ft. 2 in. h. One found in the masonry of the Great Pyramid at 
Abooser. Presented by Col. Howard Vyse and J, S. Perring, Esq ., 
1840. 
Long rectangular staves, inscribed with the name of Har-piphai. 
Wood. 2 ft. 9 to 1 ft. 44 in. 1. 
Bag, found in the larger basket. Leather. 
Div. 2. Set of tools found in the same basket, consisting of— 
Drill bow, 1 ft. 1\ in. 1. ; saw, 1 ft. 3^ in. 1.; drill, 10 to 9 in. 1. ; 
chisel, 10 in. 1.; bradawl^ 34 in. 1. ; horn for water or oil, SJ in. 1. ; 
hone, 3 in. 1.; roll of prepared leather, 6 in. b. ; drill breast-plate, 24 
in. 1. With this set was one of the mallets in Div. 1. 
Another set of tools found in the smaller basket, consisting of— 
Adze, 6 f in. h., 85 in. b. ; chisel, 1 ft. I 4 in. 1. ; drill, 9 in. 1.; 
bradawl, 4f in. 1.; knife, 9^ in. 1.; axe-blades, 9^ to 34 in. 1. ; handles 
of tools, 8J in. 1. With this set was a mallet in Div. 1. The blades 
of the preceding tools are of bronze. 
Other tools or models:— 
Chisels, IO 5 to 8 ^ in. 1.; saws, II 4 to 11 in. 1.; adzes, 6 J in. h. 
74 in. 1. ; hatchets, 1 ft. 6 to 1 ft. 5 in. 1. 
The blades have been attached by linen bandages and an adhesive 
composition. On the blades of the larger, and handles of the smaller 
tools, is generally inscribed a line of hieroglyphics relative to Thoth- 
mes III. 
Model of an axe or hatchet, painted. Wood. 1 ft. 7 in. 1. 
Knife-handle. Wood, 4 in. 1. 
Horn for holding water or oil. 4f in. 1. 
Handles of tools. Wood. 8J in. to 7J in. 1. 
Blades of chisels and other tools. Bronze, 4|- to 4J in. 1. 
Kails. Bronze. 4^ to I 4 in* h 
Mason’s chisel, found at the Sarabut el Khadem. 
Hone, found at the Sarabut el Khadem. 
Bradawl; the iron blade of a late era. Wood. 4^ in. 1. Pre^ 
sented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson, 1834. 
