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Bronze. Small knives, the blades of bronze, the 
handles of agate or of hematite. 4§ in. b., 3\ in. 1. 
Blades from similar knives. 4j to 3\ in. 1. 
Bronze. Species of knife with lunated blade, the 
other end terminating in the fore part of an ibex wearing 
an oskh inlaid with gold. 5\ in. 1. 
Steatite. Blade of a knife, inscribed on one side with 
hieroglyphics, “ Phtahmos, great sotem and atlophoros.’ 7 
in. 1. 
Silex. Fragments of flints cut for arrow-heads or 
knives. 4 to § in. 1. 
Iron. Knife of a late period and peculiar construction ; 
it consists of a broad cutting blade, moving on a pivot at 
the end, and working in a groove by means of a handle. 
It is probably of the Arabic aera. in. 1. 
Div. 3.— Wood. Club or staff, in which are inserted a 
number of wooden spikes. 2 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Wood. Rough stick with a curved tooth turned up¬ 
wards, fastened near the top by straps of leather of a 
maroon colour. 3 ft. 3\ in. 1. 
Wood. Sticks, forked at one end. They are gene¬ 
rally held in the hands of the chiefs or elders, and ap¬ 
pear emblematic of office. 4 ft. 7 in. 1., 2ft. 3 in. 1. 
Wood. Staff, inscribed with a perpendicular line of 
hieroglyphics relative to Pimouimen, priest of the pane- 
gyries. 
Ebony. Staff, with a line of hieroglyphics, containing 
an invocation relative to Bai, son of Pitonro of Memphis, 
whose titles are recited at great length. 2 ft. 1 in. 1. 
Rope, double coil, with knots at equal distances. Pre¬ 
sented by J. G. Wilkinson, Esq., 1 834. 
Wood. Handles of fans. 1 ft. 6 in. to 1 ft. 5 in. 1. One 
presented by J. G. Wilkinson, Esq., 1834. 
Wood. Pair of paddles, from the model of a boat; the 
handles terminate in heads of jackals. 2 ft. 4| in. 1. 
Mast and stays from the model of a boat. 3 ft. 
3\ in. 1. 
Wood. Small curved piece of wood, with loop of fibres 
of the palm ; the fulcrum of a lever. 8j in. 1. Presented 
by J. G. Wilkinson, Esq., 1834. 
Wood. Head and end of a gom. The head on this 
sceptre has been termed that of the koucoupha or hoopoe. 
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