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glyphics, another in the ancient vernacular language room ix. 
of Egypt, and another in the Greek language. These antiquities 
inscriptions record the services which Ptolemy the 
Fifth had rendered his country, and were engraved 
by order of the High Priests, when they were assem¬ 
bled at Memphis, for the purpose of investing him 
with the royal prerogative. This stone was found 
near Rosetta. 
No. 39. Ahead of an Egyptian sphinx. From 
the collection of Charles Towneley , Esq. 
No. 40. A piece of stone, with hieroglyphics^ 
found in front of the great Sphinx. Presented by 
Captain Caviglia. 
No. 41. A small Egyptian figure kneeling upon 
a square plinth, and supporting with his hands a 
kind of altar, in front of which, within a sunk 
tablet, is a figure of Isis. Presented by Matthew 
Duane, Esq. 
No. 42. An Egyptian monument, in which are 
sunk two square tablets, one of which is left blank, 
and in the other are represented two female figures 
standing side by side. These tablets are surrounded 
by hieroglyphics. From the collection oj Sir Harts 
Sloane. 
No. 43. A small Egyptian figure, with a beard, a 
short apron, and a terrific aspect. He is stand¬ 
ing upright, holding his arms downwards, a little 
apart from the body. The ornament upon the 
head is peculiar to the representation of this 
figure. 
