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SALOON.] EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
No. 382. Fragment of a Greek inscription, very im¬ 
perfect. (186.) 
No. 383. A bas-relief, imperfect ; it represents three 
goddesses, one of whom is seated on a throne. (108.) 
No. 384. A sepulchral stele, in which an equestrian 
figure, with an attendant on foot, is represented in bas- 
relief. Above the figures is an inscription, consisting of 
three verses, of which the second is a pentameter, and the 
two others hexameters ; they record the name of the de¬ 
ceased, Aristocles, who was the son of Menon, and a native 
of Piraeus. (213.) 
Nos. 385, 386. Fragments of Greek inscriptions, very 
imperfect. (194, 181.) 
EGYPTIAN SALOON *. 
No. 1. A lion couchant, of red granite; the mane 
inscribed in front with a name not yet decyphered ; the 
base is also inscribed with hieroglyphics, in which appears 
the name of Amenoph III. (Memnon). Presented by Lord 
Prudhoe , 1835. 
No. 2. A sarcophagus of white stone, in form of a 
mummy case, with five rows of hieroglyphics down the 
front; the face has been gilt. From Mr. Sams' collection. 
No. 3. Sarcophagus of red granite. On the upper 
part are Netpe, the four genii of the Amend, and Isis. 
Beneath, at the sides, the deceased offers to various deities. 
At the head is a peculiar scene relative to the Sun, and 
at the feet, a bark with disk, in which is a scarabseus, &c. 
The inscription with which it is covered refers to a sacer¬ 
dotal functionary, priest of the temples of the quarter of 
the white wail,” or Acropolis of Memphis. From the side 
excavation of Col. Campbell’s tomb, Gizeh. Presented 
by Col. Howard Vyse , 1839. 
No. 4. Colossal head of brownish breccia. From 
Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 5. A group of black basalt, representing King 
* The articles contained in this Room, to which this mark (f) is pre¬ 
fixed in this catalogue, were collected by the French in different parts of 
Egypt, and came into the possession of the English army in consequence 
of the capitulation of Alexandria, in the month of September, 1801. They 
were brought to England in February, 1802, under the care of General 
Turner, and were sent, by order of His Majesty, King George the 
Third, to the British Museum. 
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