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objects is not easy of solution ; some, however, appear 
in the hieroglyphic texts to have been appropriated to 
particular substances,—as wax, wine, liquids, &c. The 
smaller and more elegant are supposed to have held un¬ 
guents, perfumes, &c., for the toilet; the larger and 
coarser, domestic objects, as wine, eatables, &c., or to 
have been for preserving and mixing liquids ; others 
again contain varnish, bitumen, &c. The materials of 
which they are fabricated are chiefly basalt, serpentine, 
arragonite, or oriental alabaster, various kinds of clays 
baked, a thoroughly vitrified brilliant porcelain, and 
glazed terracotta. The pottery is occasionally painted 
when unglazed. The prevailing colours of the glazing 
are red, blue, and green. The delineation of subjects on 
these vases is exceedingly rare ; some few have inscrip¬ 
tions. The following appear most w T orthy of remark : 
Case N. Div. 1. — Arragonite . Large vase, the neck 
broken off, inscribed in front with the prenomen and 
name of Thutmes or Thothmes III. (Mceris.) Another 
has the name of a different king, (vid. Rosellini, Tom. n. 
x\pp. Tav. xv. 12.) 1 ft. to 8| in. h. 
Arragonite. Two vases, one having in front the 
prenomen Merenre, of an unplaced king prior to the 
xvi. dynasty, with the standard and titles of the same 
monarch ; the other, that of Re-Nofrekah, assumed by 
Sabaco, first king of the xxv. dynasty, but previously 
used by a monarch of the xv. dynasty; this ptenomen, 
standard, and titles are also in a long cartouche upon 
the cover. 8 to 5f in. h. 
Div. 2.— Pottery. Four ampullae, each inscribed with 
a single line in hieratic w T riting, Two have their stoppers 
of unbaked clay, and another the linen bands by which 
they were held in their places. 6\ to 5\ in. h. 
Arragonite. Vase, inscribed with the name of Noub- 
met-het, a princess. in. h. 
Porcelain, 'pottery, fyc. Vases with flat circular bodies 
and short necks. The necks of three are formed by a 
lotus flower and two apes squatting; on the lateral 
bands are invocations to Amoun, Phtah, Nofre-Thmou, 
Khons, Neith Pasht, to give happy years to the pos¬ 
sessor ; underneath the necks a rich oskh, or collar. 
5\ to 3 in. h. Thebes. 
