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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. ^EGYPTIAN 
Nos. 99 to 115. On these shelves are sepulchral vases, 
tablets, and various Egyptian antiquities; chiefly from 
Mr. Saifs collection . 
Upon No. 115, is a small headless figure of a priest 
of Ammon, seated on the ground, and resting his arms 
upon his knees. An ear of corn is held in the left 
hand, and in front of the figure is the head of Isis on the 
top of a sceptre. Presented , in 1767, by the Pari of 
Bute. 
No. 116. Seven objects. Presented , in 1817, by Cap¬ 
tain Caviglia , viz.: 
A small hawk of very coarse work, found in front of 
the Great Sphinx. 
A Greek inscription erected in front of the Great 
Sphinx, by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. 
A small lion, found in a temple between the paws of 
the Great Sphinx. 
A tablet of hieroglyphics, found in front of the Great 
Sphinx. 
A lion very rudely sculptured ; it is supposed to have 
stood on one of the walls between the paws of the Great 
Sphinx. 
The impression of a human foot carved in stone, with 
the letters NEK<p0 engraved over it. Found in front of 
the Great Sphinx, 
One of the horns of an altar which was found in front 
of the Great Sphinx. 
No. 117. Sundry fragments. 
No. 118. On thi* shelf are the following objects:— 
An Egyptian bas-relief, consisting of a double range 
of figures. The upper range is imperfect, half of the 
figures having been sculptured upon another stone. 
The lower range represents some priests armed with 
knives, with which they are sacrificing bulls. It was 
found near Sakkara, four leagues from Grand Cairo. 
Presented , in 1767, by the Earl of Bute . 
A small Egyptian figure, with a beard, a short apron, 
and a terrific aspect. He is standing upright, holding 
his arms downwards a little apart from the body. The 
ornament upon the head is peculiar to the representation 
of this figure. From the collection of Charles Tovoneley , 
Esq. 
