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it is written on papyrus, in the enchorial cha- room viix. 
racters of Egypt. Presented , in 1805, by JVm. antiquities. 
Hamilton , 
No. 14. Fragments of a manuscript on pa¬ 
pyrus. Presented , m 1805, fo/ Hamilton , 
Esq. 
No. 15. A painted mummy case. From Mr. 
Saifs collection. 
NINTH ROOM. 
EGYPTIAN SCULPTURES. 
The articles contained in this Boom , to which this 
mark (t) is prefixed in this catalogue , were 
collected by the French in different parts of 
Egypt, and came into the possession of the 
English army in consequence of the capitulation 
of Alexandria, in the month of September , 1801. 
They were brought to England in February , 
1802, under the care of General Turner , and 
were sent , by order of His Majesty, King 
George the Third, to the British Museum. 
The articles placed upon the shelves round room ix. 
the room, consisting of hieroglyphics and other Antiquities. 
Egyptian inscriptions, and a few figures, are 
almost all from Mr. Salt’s collection, which was 
purchased by the Trustees of the British Mu¬ 
seum, in the year 1821. 
No. 1. 
