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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
Athor, placed upon a standard, wearing a net-w 7 ork gar¬ 
ment, having on her head the symbol of the Ement; in 
each hand, which is elevated, a sash. The face of the 
mummy is coloured red, the figures white, upon a dark 
ground ; the figure of Athor yellow, red, &c. 6 ft. 6 in, h. 
Bequeathed by Col. William Lethieullier , a.d. 1755. 
Wood. Figures of Osiris, having on the head the 
disk of the sun, and two tall plumes placed on the 
horns of a goat. These figures stand upon long rect¬ 
angular plinths, in one of which is an excavation, w r ith 
a cover in form of a chest. Down the centre is a per¬ 
pendicular line of hieroglyphics, containing in one the 
name of Asko, daughter of Irihouni. 1 ft. 10^ in. to 2 ft. 
2 in. h. One presented by J. G . Wilkinson , Esq., 1834. 
CASE I I. FIGURES OF OSIRIS. 
Div. 1 .— Wood. Similar figures without plinths; one 
has an invocation to Osiris for an assistant priestess. 
Ta...neith, born of Tainreouenpasht; another for Sa- 
khons, son of Gothi, a priest, and of Tainreouenpasht, 
lady of the house; another, the name of Petkhons, 
son of Tsensaph; another, that of Sahar, lady of the 
house, daughter of the priest of Onnophris, Psametik, 
born of the lady of the house, Hthiauesi, u her soul to 
the heaven, her body in the abode of stars” ; another 
has the name of a priest, Petamon. The names on the 
others are wanting. 2 ft. 2\ to 10 in. h. 
Div. 2. — Wood. Figures of Osiris of similar type 
and use, but much decayed ; the inscriptions obliterated ; 
some are covered with bitumen. 2 ft. 2\ in. to 1 ft. h. 
Wood. Chest-shaped covers, from plinths ; their upper 
surface is usually inscribed with a line of hieroglyphics, 
as “ Sokari-Osiris, lord of the tombs,” &c. One has 
the Genii of the Amend, and other deities, with Anubis 
unfolding the doors. 7\ in. 1., 4 in. h., 2 in. d. 
Wood . Head attires from similar figures, consisting of 
the red disk, emblematic of the sun; the two ostrich fea¬ 
thers, emblematic of truth ; and the horns of a goat, in¬ 
dicative of fecundity. 8 in. h. 
Div. 3. — Wood, covered with bitumen. Figures of 
Osiris pethempamentes, used as cases for papyri. These, 
