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SECOND EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
Set of sepulchral vases for Nekhtmutf, a functionary; white, with 
black outline. Terracotta, 
Basket and bag, containing matters used in absorbing the mois¬ 
ture of the viscera. Presented hy Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, 
1839. 
Cases 12, 13. Models of a set of four vases, for holding the in¬ 
ternal parts when embalmed separately, in the shape of Amset, human¬ 
headed ; Hapi, baboon-headed; Tuautmutf, jackaUheaded; and 
Kebhsuuf, hawk-headed. Painted wood. 
Similar set, which have been deposited with the mummy of a per¬ 
son named Hapi .... Wood. 
Three vases, coarsely painted, with figures of genii, probably of the 
Roman period, and vaulted covers, on which are seated jackals, and 
square oriHces. Terracotta. From the Earl of Belmore's collection. 
Two vases of the genius Hapi. 
Cases 14--19. Inner coffin of Pesbes, door-opener of the temple of 
the Sun; on it is Netpe ; the judgment of the dead before Osiris; 
symbolical eyes, and other ornaments. Wood. From the Earl of 
Eelmore's collection. 
Inner coffin of Ameniriu, auditor of the palace of the queen 
Amenartas, daughter of the king Kashta, 26th dynasty ; on it are the 
rams representing the soul—the judgment and embalmment scenes of 
the dead. From the collection of Sr. Anastasi. 
Coffin and mummy of Chons-thoth, a singing boy of the Graeco- 
Egyptian period : the face gilded, and body covered with various 
divinities. From the collection of Sr. Anastasi. 
Inner coffin of Anchsennefer, or Onkhsennofre, a female ; the face 
coloured pink, the body covere'd with hieroglyphics and scenes, on a 
yellow ground. Wood. From the collection of Sr. Anastasi. 
An inner coffin of a mummy, much mutilated, but which has been 
of the very finest style, elaborately decorated with paintings, and var¬ 
nished. From the collection of Sr. Anastasi: 
In this case are several figures of Phtah-Socharis-Osiris, standing 
on pedestals, some with small cavities in the shape of boxes and covers, 
in which were deposited small detached portions of the body. Chiefly 
from Mr. Salt's collection. 
Figures of Osiris Pethempamentes, used as cases for papyri. These, 
which are always portions or copies of the gi’eat funeral ritual of the 
Egyptians, in hieroglyphic oi- hieratic characters, were either con¬ 
tained in the bodies of these figures, or else in small cells, with a 
lid fitting to the body. Wood, covered with bitumen. 2 ft. 2 in. to 
J ft. 8^ in. h. 
Cases 20, 21. Shelf 1. Sepulchral vases, of a similar use to those 
in Cases 12, 13. Pottery. 
Heads from sepulchral vases of the genius Araset, human-headed. 
Some coloured. Stone, pottery, and wood. 
Shelf 2. Cynocephalus heads of the genius Hapi, from sepulchral 
vases. Stone arragonite. 
Jackal heads of the genius Tuautmutf. ' 
Hawk heads of the genius Kebhsnauf, from sepulchral vases.1 
Shelf 3. Heads from sepulchral vases. Arragonite, calcareous 
stone, wood and pottery. 
