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room viii. conical vessel of baked clay, containing an em- 
anticuities. balmed Ibis. 
No. 2. Two Egyptian mummies. That on 
the left hand, which has been elaborately and 
beautifully ornamented with coloured glass beads, 
some of which still remain, was taken out of 
the coffin above-mentioned. That on the right 
hand, the face of which is gilt, and the other 
parts of the body ornamented with paintings, 
was taken out of the coffin which will be des 
cribed in the next number. In the lower par 
of this case is a small Egyptian coffin of a square 
form: it contains the mummy of a child. The 
lid and sides of this coffin are covered with 
paintings. 
No. 3. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, 
found in one of the catacombs at Sakkara, about 
four leagues from Cairo, and sent to England, in 
the year 1722, by Col . William Lethieullier , who 
bequeathed it to the Museum. 
No. 4. A collection of vases, usually known 
by the names of Canopuses. The lids are seve¬ 
rally ornamented, either with a head of Isis, 
Osiris, a hawk, a wolf, or a baboon. 
No. 5. A collection of Egyptian idols, in 
bronze ; among them are three sistrums. 
No. 6. A collection of Egyptian idols, in wood; 
Egyptian idols of Roman work, apparently of 
the time of Hadrian;—idols and amulets of 
the Basilidians, who spread their mysteries 
doctrines, and practised their magical arts, in 
Egypt, 
