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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
and purple bunches of grapes; before the snake is a 
dedication to Amoun-ra and Osiris for Phaihroupi. 1 ft. 
8 in. h., 2 ft. 3 in. b., 18 in. d. Thebes. 
Wood. Curved fragments, perhaps from a chariot. 1 
ft. 6 in w., 7 in. h. 
Wood. Various other fragments of chairs, stools, &c. 
Div. 3.'— Arragonite, pottery, fyc. Large vases for do¬ 
mestic purposes ; one painted like Phoenician vases, re¬ 
presenting two mystic birds with human arms, probably 
the phoenix, flowers of the papyrus, &c. 1 ft. 6 in. to 10 
in, h. 
Arragonite . Circular tables or salvers. 1 ft. 7 in. dr., 
1 ft. 8 in. dr. 
CASE M. OBJECTS OF DRESS AND TOILET. 
Div. 1.— Leather . Cap, of a single piece cut into 
network ; at one corner, a ring of ivory. 1 ft. b., 1 ft. 
1 in. 1. 
Leather. Workman's apron, narrowing towards the 
bottom, where it is cut into a kind of fringe ; two straps 
above, to pass round the body. There is a small purse¬ 
shaped pocket at the right side, secured by a flap and 
tongue; the edge is ornamented with a painted black 
border. 3 ft. 2 in. 1. 
Linen cloth . An Egyptian tunic, without sleeves, sewn 
together by the selvage, which is blue. The bottom 
terminates in a kind of fringe. 4 ft. 3 in. 1. 
Basket, in which the above tunic was contained, 
formed of platted leaves of the palm tree. 8§ in. h., 1 ft. 
3 in. 1. dr. 
Palm leaves . Basket, in which were found many of the 
shoes and sandals in Div. 4. 1 ft. 1. 
Div. 2.— Wood . Rectangular case bored with four 
cylindrical holes, to hold sthem, or stibium, a bluish 
black metallic colour for the eyelids. 4 in. h., 1^ in. sq. 
at base. 
Wood. Cases for sthem, in .the shape of four cylin¬ 
ders united ; the covers have moved upon pivots; pins 
for laying on the colour, some surmounted by a hawk. 
to 2^ in. h. 
Green porcelain . Vase for colour, in the shape of four 
