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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
preserved. The body is formed by board and papyrus. 
The leg bones are wrapped up separately, and the band¬ 
ages coloured yellow and pink with black lines for the 
eyes and mouth. 1 ft. 1 in. h., 1 ft. '8 in. 1. Thebes . 
Heads of rams, unrolled, or in bandages. 1 ft. 1 in. 
h., 1 ft. in 1. 
Mummy of a lamb. 11 in. h., 1 ft. 2 in. 1. Thebes . 
Head of a sheep. 
CASE E E. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1.— Red earthenware . Conical pots, with covers 
cemented by stucco, containing mummies of the ibis, 
sacred to and emblem of Thoth. 1 ft. 4 in. 1. Sakhara . 
Mummy of the black ibis, unrolled, and two eggs. 
1 ft. 1| in. 1. 
Div. 2.—Mummies of the ibis. 1 ft. 3 to 9 in. 1. 
Bones of the ibis. Presented by J . G . Wilkinson , Esq., 
1834. 
Eggs of the ibis. 2| in. 1. Presented by J . G. Wil¬ 
kinson , Esq., 1834. 
Mummy of an owl? emblem of Buto or Maut, the 
companion of Amoun-ra. 1 ft. 1. i 
Mummies of hawks, emblems of Ra and Horus ; on 
the body of one a network of strips. 1 ft. 4| to 11 in. h. 
Thebes . 
Mummy of the sparrow-hawk, emblem of Ra, unrolled. 
Div. 3.—Mummies of crocodiles, emblems of Sevek, 
one of the forms of Seb, the Egyptian Chronos or Saturn, 
enveloped in bandages ; one in a fine state has been un¬ 
rolled. 1 ft. 5 to 1 ft. 6 in. 1. Thebes . 
Mummies of the Silurus or Bayad enveloped in bandages 
and unrolled. 
Div. 4.—Mummies of fish enveloped in bandages in 
the shape of cakes. 
Mummied lepidotus fish unrolled, in fragments. 
Bronze . Rectangular case with a lizard at top and 
two small rings, probably for a chain. It has a hole 
lengthwise in which was found the skeleton of a small 
snake enveloped in doth. 2| in. 1. Thebes. 
Elliptical and conical mummied objects, one with the 
upper part neatly bandaged in panelled ornaments of dark 
and light colour. 1 ft. 4 to 10 in. 1. Thebes . 
