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Egypt, and another in the Greek language. These 
inscriptions record the services which Ptolemy the 
Fifth had rendered his country, and were engraved by 
order of the High Priests, when they were assembled 
at Memphis, for the purpose of investing him with 
the royal prerogative. This stone was found near Ro¬ 
setta. 
No. 33. -f An Egyptian obelisk, of black basalt, 
found at Cairo. 
No. S4. A lion couchant, of red granite; the mane 
inscribed with hieroglyphics, as is also the pedestal, 
which bears the name of Amenoph III. (Mernnon). On 
the left fore-paw is another royal name not yet ascer¬ 
tained, and apparently of different work. 
‘ No. 35. A painted statue, found in a sepulchre 
near the Pyramids. Presented, in 1817, by Captain 
Caviglia. 
No. 36. The lower part of an Egyptian figure kneel¬ 
ing on a square plinth, round which is a border of 
hieroglyphics, containing the name of Rameses the 
Great. Presented, in ISIS, by His Royal Highness 
the Duke of York. 
No. 37. A large statue of Bubastes sitting in a kind 
of chair, and resting the arms upon the thighs. In the 
left hand is the emblem of life; the disk which was 
once upon the head has been broken off. It is in¬ 
scribed with the name of Amenoph III. (Mernnon). 
No. 88. A statue of a baboon, the pedestal inscribed 
with the name of Amenoph III. (Mernnon). 
No. 39. A stone sarcophagus, discovered in a tomb 
at Thebes; the paintings with which it is ornamented 
have been restored. Presented, in 1820, by the Earl 
of Belmore, 
No. 40. A baboon, of sand-stone. 
No. 41. A statue of Bubastes standing, with the head 
of a lioness, on which was the disk of the moon and 
erect serpent’s head; she holds the lotus before her in 
her left hand, the emblem of life in her right. From 
Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 42. 
EGYPTIAN 
SALOON. 
Antiquities 
