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with the otf, one of which is lost; at the top the full- 
faced head of the terrestrial Athor, placed on the symbol 
of resplendence, between disk-bearing lion-headed ursei 
and vultures holding signets in their claws; at the sides 
are the lion-headed deity Pasht-Merephtah, one of the 
types of Athor, seated in a naos, and the female god¬ 
desses attached to the upper and lower regions, holding 
in each hand a sistrum. These subjects are in outline, 
and are supposed to be stamped. There are three per¬ 
forations for wires. 1 ft. 4J in. li. Temple of the 
Western lake, Karnak. 
Bronze. Cylindrical handle of a sistrum, surmounted 
by the aegis of Athor; at the sides of the head, uraei in 
the shaa and teshr; on the top a lion, seated. 8| in. h. 
Silver , bronze. Sistra of a later epoch, with three or 
four horizontal bars or wires, the ends generally ter¬ 
minating in the head of a goose reflexed ; one is pecu¬ 
liar for having its handle formed by a figure of Khons 
Kneph ; they have cats with kittens at the top. 9| to 
3J in. 1. 
Wood, porcelain. Models of sistra ; perhaps used as 
toys. The bodies of those in porcelain are in the form 
of a propylon. 5f in. 1. ; 11 in. to 2 in. 1. 
Bronze. Cat from a sistrum. 2 in. 1. 
Bronze. Small bells ; one has at the top the head of 
Khons Kneph, Chnouphis, Anubis, and Merephtah. 2f 
to 1 in. 1. 
Wood. Top of a Bouni or harp, with 11 pegs; it has 
had 17 strings, which descended perpendicularly to a 
sounding board beneath. 1 ft. 4 in. 1. Presented by J . 
G. Wilkinson, Esq., 1834. 
Wood. Small harps, the base or sounding board round 
and concave, the handle cylindrical and inclined ; they 
have had five strings. 1 ft. 9 to 1 ft. 5 in. h. 
Wood. Small harp, borne, in playing, on the shoulder ; 
the body or sounding part boat-shaped, and covered with 
parchment; the handle inclined, with 4 pegs; a bridge 
lies across the body of the harp, to which the strings were 
attached; a part of one remains. 3 ft. 1., 16 in. h. 
Thebes. 
Reed. Small pipe of reed, perhaps the ginglaros of 
Pollux, with 7 holes burnt in at the side, and two straws 
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