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A pig of lead, with the name of the Emperor Ha¬ 
drian inscribed upon it. It weighs 191 pounds. It 
was found in the year 1796, or 1797, in a farm called 
Snailbeacb, in the parish of Westbury, 10 miles sw. of 
Salop. Presented , in 1798, by John Lloyd , Esq. 
A pig of lead, also inscribed with the name of the 
Emperor Hadrian. Its weight is 125 pounds. It 
was found in Cromford Moor, in Derbyshire. Pre¬ 
sented, hi 1797, by Adam Wolley, Esq., and Peter Night¬ 
ingale , Esq. 
A pig of lead. 
EIGHTH ROOM. 
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
No. 1. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, sent to 
England by Edward Wortley Montagu, Esq., and pre¬ 
sented to the Museum, in 1766, by His Majesty King 
George III. In the left hand corner of this case is a 
conical vessel of baked clay, containing an embalmed 
Ibis; on the other side is the lid of another mummy 
case. 
No. 2. Two Egyptian mummies. That on the left 
hand, which has been elaborately and beautifully or¬ 
namented 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 described 
in the next number. 
In the lower part of this case is a small Egyptian 
coffin of an oblong square form ; it contains the mummy 
of a child. The lid and sides of this coffin are covered 
with paintings. In this case are also deposited three 
cat mummies ; some fragments of stone and of pottery, 
with Greek and Egyptian inscriptions; and a mummy 
Ibis. From Mr. Saids collection . 
No. 3. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, found in 
n one 
ROOM VII. 
Antiquities, 
ROOM VIIL 
Antiquities. 
