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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
CASE T. VASES OF BRONZE, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, 
VIANDS, ETC. 
Div. 1.— Bronze . Bucket. On the sides are engraved, 
I. Osiris, under the form of an emblem of stability, saluted 
by Isis and Nephthys, each pouring liquid from a vase of 
libations on the hands of two human-headed hawks, em¬ 
blems of the soul of the deceased Petamoun, prophet of 
Amoun in Thebes, chief scribe of Maut, scribe of the 
sledges [?] of the abode of Amoun. II. Petamoun seated 
on a chair, in his left hand a pat sceptre ; his name in¬ 
scribed upon his dress ; beneath the chair is a cynoce- 
phalus. His son Presh-khons, prophet of Amoun in 
Thebes, offers to him a libation from a vase and incense 
from an amselioir, over an altar before a table. The hiero- 
glyphical lines on the body contain the names of the per¬ 
sonages and their invocations. The base is engraved in 
outline to represent the calyx and expanded petals of the 
lotus. 1 ft. 3 in. h. Thebes. 
Bronze. Bucket. Round the body the following scenes 
are engraved in outline : I. Har, or Hor a deceased Theban 
prophet-priest of Amoun, scribe, and in charge of the 
living cynocephali of the temple of Khons, adoring Osiris, 
Har-si-esi, Isis, and Nephthys, who confer upon him 
power, victory over the impure, incense, and other pure 
and good things. II. Har or Hor, seated by his wife 
Tnofrebais, receiving an offering of incense and libations 
^from his son Petamoun, also a sacerdotal functionary. 
The invocations and titles of the deceased are contained 
in the hierogyphics above the head of the figure. The 
base is engraved to represent the calyx and expanding 
petals of the lotus. 1 ft. 10 in. h. Thebes. 
Bronze . Bucket, having the following scene engraved 
in outline. Osiris pethempamentes, manifester of good, 
great god in Hat, seated on a throne ; behind, stand 
Har-hat, great god lord of the heaven, hawk-headed ; 
Isis, the great mother goddess, in a tree, wearing 
the disk and horns, and holding a lotus sceptre; and 
Nephthys, the sister goddess. Before Osiris is a priest 
holding an amschoir, and pouring upon an altar a liba¬ 
tion, part of which the human-faced hawk catches in his 
hands. The hieroglyphical text, which is in a reverse 
