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EGYPTIAN 
SALOON. 
Antiquities. 
hieroglyphics: the head and arms of the figure are 
wanting. 
No. 26. A seated figure of Ousiree Menephtha, 
bearing on his knees the figure of a ram’s head; in a 
hard white stone. Hieroglyphics on the shoulders of 
the figure, on the sides of the seat, and round the 
pedestal. On his feet are sandals. From Mr. Saifs 
collection. 
No. 27. A mutilated figure of Rameses II. (Sesostris) 
kneeling, and supporting with both hands an altar, 
dedicated to the deity Thore, on which a scarabaeus is 
placed. Presented, in 1805, by Earl Spencer. 
No. 28. A circular vessel of sand-stone; one handle 
is decorated with the head of Isis, the other handle 
and the edge are inscribed with hieroglyphics. 
No. 29. A group of a male and female seated, of 
soft stone painted. The front of the statues and sides 
of the chair are inscribed with hieroglyphics. 
No. 80. A colossal head, in white hard stone. 
From Mr. Saifs collection. 
No. 31. A group of tw T o ’ figures seated with a 
smaller one between them, in hard sand stone : found in 
a tomb, and probably represents the man, his wife and 
child, who were buried therein. The sides of the seat, 
the ground about their feet, and a stripe down the 
front of their lower garments are decorated with hiero¬ 
glyphics, with the name of Amenoph II. The heads 
and upper parts of the bodies of the figures have been 
covered with a thick coat of paint, part of which still 
remains. From Mr. Saifs collection. 
No. 32. f The Rosetta stone, containing three in¬ 
scriptions of the same import, namely, one in hierogly¬ 
phics, another in the ancient vernacular language of 
Egypt, and another in the Greek language. These 
inscriptions record the services which Ptolemy the 
Fifth had rendered his country, and were engraved by 
order of the High Priests, when they were assembled 
at Memphis, for the purpose of investing him with 
the 
