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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
Under No. 176. Fragment of a bas-relief of a group, 
probably a king seeking the protection of his favourite 
divinity: resembling No. 5. 
Under No. 177. Fragment of a statue, holding a 
tablet decorated with sculptures and hieroglyphics, 
wherein appears the name of Amenoph III. (Memnon). 
Under No. 179. A Sphinx, represented, according to 
the custom of the Egyptians, without wings. Found 
in the excavation made in front of the Great Sphinx. 
Presented , in 1837? by Captain Caviglia. 
Under No. 180. Head of a fish or serpent, in white 
stone. 
Under No. 181. A Sphinx represented without wings, 
like the one described above. Presented , in 1767? by 
the Earl of Bute . 
EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
UP STAIRS. 
The wooden figures in Cases A. and B. are generally 
found in tombs; the bronze are offerings, or objects 
of private worship; the porcelain and small figures of 
stone are all perforated, to attach to the network or the 
necklaces of mummies. 
CASE A. DEITIES. 
Div. 1.— Wood : Osiris-Amoun, an old bearded 
human figure, in Osirian dress, seated on a plinth, 
the knees raised; on his head a moaius; both hands 
hold some object. Round the base a double dedication 
to Osiris, and Osiris-Amoun; a hollow behind has held 
a papyrus. 1 ft. 1 in. Tombs of the Kings at Thebes . 
Wood . Phtah, or Phtha, the Egyptian Vulcan, stand¬ 
ing, in Osirian dress, his head shorn, round his neck an 
oskh ; both hands hold a gom. in. h. 
Arragonite. Upper part of a male figure, probably a 
deity, walking. 
Barley covered vcith linen . Figures of Osiris ? on the 
head the shaa; face, green wax. 1 ft. 1 in. h. One pre¬ 
sented by John Gardnor Wilkinson , Esq-, 1834. 
Wood . Sevek, Sabak, or Souk, a form of Seb, the 
