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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
body of a female deity, and part of her titles in hiero¬ 
glyphics ; before her is a line of small hieratic characters. 
At the edge is part of the prenomen and name of Mene- 
phtah I. Presented by Col. T. P. Thompson. 
Pottery. Fragments of vases covered with enchorial 
inscriptions. Similar pieces, bearing Greek inscriptions, 
appear to have been tax gatherers’ receipts at Syene and 
Elephantina. 
CASE U. FRAGMENTS OF TOMBS, WEAPONS, ETC. 
Div. 1 .—Calcareous stone. Fragments from the 
tombs, exhibiting the mode in which the sepulchres of the 
kings at Thebes are ornamented ; they are part of hiero¬ 
glyphic texts, cut in a slight bas-relief, and appropriately 
coloured. 
Div. 2.—Bronze and silver . War-axe, the head of 
bronze, riveted into a hollow handle of silver ; at the end 
is a hole for a cord or strap. 2 ft. J in. 1. 
Bronze. Daggers with a short flat blade, grooved at 
the centre; the handles of ivory and silver ornamented 
with studs. 11 in. to 9f in. 1. 
Wood. Sheath of a dagger, which has been gilt. 11 
in. 1. 
Wood. Bows of small size. 4 ft. 9 in. to 3 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Iron, bronze. Heads of small spears or javelins; that of 
iron probably of later date ; the bronze has hieroglyphics 
on each side. 7 to If in. 1. 
Arrows with blunt tips; one has a flint head. 2 ft. 8f 
in. 1., 2 ft. 4 in. 1. 
Bronze. Triangular shaped arrow-heads. 3§ to 2\ 
in. 1. 
Three bladed arrow-head. If in. 1. Presented by Dr. 
C. Leemans , 1836. 
Wood. Stick with a knob at one end, probably used 
for fowling. 3 ft. 1. 
Flat rib-shaped sticks, adapted for the same use. 3 ft. 
8 in. to 2 ft. 1. 
Bronze. Hollow cylinder inscribed on the sides with 
hieroglyphics, relative to Re-mai or Mai-re, the pre¬ 
nomen of Pipi or Apap, an unplaced monarch previous 
to the xvi. dynasty, whose standard it bears. (See Lee¬ 
mans, Mon. Egypt, p. 146.) 2 in. h„ 
