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FIRST EGYPTIAN ROO:.I. 
CASES 52, 53. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Mummies of cynocephali or dog-headed baboons, animals 
sacred to loh-Thoth and Khons-ioh, and chiefly worshipped at Her- 
mopolis. 1 ft. 8 in. h., 1 ft. 7 in. h. Thebes. 
Div. 2. Head of the cynocephalus. in. 1. Thebes. 
Mummies of jackals or dogs with long, upright ears, emblems of 
Anubis. 1 ft. 3 in. to 1 ft. in. h. Thebes. 
Head of a dog, animal sacred to Anubis, enveloped in bandages. 
7|-in. h. 
Head of a dog, unrolled. 5J in. h. 
Div. 3. Mummies of cats. The male was the emblem of the sun, 
the female of Pasht or Bubastis, the lion and cat-headed deity. 1 ft, 
9 in. to 11 in. h. Thebes. 
Wooden case, in shape of a cat seated on a pedestal. One contains 
a mummy of that animal. 1 ft. h. 
Cats, unrolled. 1 ft. 8 in. to 1 ft. 10 in. 1. Thebes. 
Figures of cats, emblems of the goddess Pasht or Bast; found in 
the cat mummy-pits at Abouseir. Bronze. 
Pedestal of a cat, in shape of the hieroglyphical name of Bast, the 
goddess to whom cats were sacred; found in the cat mummy-pits at 
Abouseir. Wood. Presented by A, C. Harris, Esq, 
Various fragments of cats. 
CASES 54, 55. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1—2. Mummies of bulls, consisting of the head and some of 
the principal bones. On the forehead is the triangular mark of Apis, 
to whom all cattle were sacred. 1 ft. 7 in. h., 1 ft. 11 in. 1.; 1 ft, 
8J in. h., 2 ft. 4 in. 1. ; 1 ft. 6 in. h., 2 ft. 5 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of gazelles, impure animals, emblems of Typhon and Ty- 
phonian divinities. 9^, 10J to 11^ in. 1. Thebes. 
Div. 3. Mummy of a small ram, sacred to and emblem of 
Amoun-ra; only the head and some of the bones are preserved. 1 ft. 
1 in. h., 1 ft. 8 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of rams, unrolled, or in bandages. 1 ft. 1 in. 1. 
Mummy of a lamb. 11 in. h., 1 ft. 2 in 1. Thebes. 
Head of a sheep. 
CASES 56, 57. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Mummies of the ibis. 1 ft. 9 in. h. 
Div. 2. Mummy of the black ibis, and two eggs. 1 ft. 1 in. 1. 
Presented hy Sir J. G. Wilkinson, 18M. 
Bones of the ibis. Presented hy Sir J. G. Wilkinson, 1834. 
Mummies of the ibis, 1 ft. 3 to 9 in. 1. 
Div. 3. Mummies of the ibis, 1 ft. 9 in. 1. 
Eggs of the ibis. 2^ in. 1. Presented hy Sir J, G. Wilkinson, 
1834. 
Div. 4. Conical pots, with their covers, containing mummies of 
the ibis, sacred to Thoth. Bed earthenware. 1ft. 4 in. 1. Sakkara. 
