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ROOM IX. 
Antiquities. 
NINTH ROOM. 
EGYPTIAN SCULPTURES. 
The articles contained in this Room, to *which this 
mark (t) is prefixed in this catalogue, tcere 
collected hy the French in different parts of 
Egypt, and came into the possessmi of the 
English army in consequence of the capitulation 
of Alexandria, in the month of September, 1801. 
They uere brought to England in February, 
1802, under the care of General Turner, and 
*i!cere sent, hy order of His late Majesty, to 
the British Museum, 
The articles placed upon the shelves round 
the room, consisting of hieroglyphics and other 
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. Figure of a hawk-headed sphinx, 
found by Belzoni, in the Temple of Ipsambul. 
Part of the head has been broken off. From 
Mr, Saifs collection. 
No. 2. An Egyptian monument of granite, 
found in the palace at Carnak, decorated with 
six figures in high-relief, holding each other’s 
hands, viz. a male and female on each side, and 
a female at each end. From Mr, Scdfs collec¬ 
tion. 
No. S. 
