250 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN^ 
CASE R. BOWLS, CUPS, ETC. 
Div. 1.— Pottery. Two stands for vases, hollow through¬ 
out, of a deep red colour. 1 ft. 4j to 1 ft. 5 \ in. h. 
Div. 2. — Basalt , arragonite , green porphyry , 8$c. 
Paterae, or bowls, differing in depth and diameter. One 
bears an inscription relative to Atkai, from whose tomb 
many other of the objects in the collection have been taken. 
Others have rims. 4f to 2| in. h., 11| to 5| in. dr. 
Steatite , arragonite. —Small flat vases or cups, in shape of 
the fish cheetodon ; one has the scales and fins elaborately 
indicated. 4j to 4fin. L 
Arragonite . Vases or cups in the shape of the shell 
Indina Nilotica. 5 to 4J in. 1. Abydos. 
Arragonite . Small vases in the shape of wine-glasses. 
4§ to 4 in. h. Abydos. 
Div. 3.— Porcelain. Large blue bowl: on the exterior, 
fourteen petals of flowers in a dark blue outline ; in the 
centre of the interior, a square divided into eight triangles, 
the alternate ones being darker, surrounded with un¬ 
dulating lines; from each corner arises a stem of five 
flowers of the lotus or papyrus, alternately placed. 10 
in. dr. 
Porcelain. Semi-globular bowl of a light greyish pur¬ 
ple colour; round the rim is a horizontal line of hiero¬ 
glyphics inlaid in white—" . . . like' the sun, lord of 
diadems, Amon-mai Rameses. ... of the king, like the 
sun, lord of the world, the sun, guardian of truth, ap¬ 
proved of the sun, giver of eternal life.” Beneath, a 
horizontal band of circular flowers, and on the base, the 
calyx and expanded petals of the lotus, coloured light 
blue and red, 4 in. dr., 2} in. h. 
Terracotta. Round cups, on feet; they have three 
holes in the lower part of the body, and were probably 
used for incense. SJ to 2\ in. h. 
CASE S„ VASES. 
Pottery. Vases of Greek manufacture, generally co¬ 
loured of a light red, but occasionally dark,, with the 
figures of birds and animals, Etruscan borders, and other 
patterns,. 
