248 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
Blades from similar knives. 4| to 3\ in. 1. 
Bronze . Species of knife with lunated blade, the 
other end terminating in the fore part of an ibex wearing 
an oskh inlaid with gold. in. 1. 
Steatite, Blade of a knife, inscribed on one side with 
hieroglyphics, “ Phtahrnos, great sotem and atlophoros.” 
4| in. 1. 
Silex, Fragments of flints cut for arrow-heads or 
knives. 4 to § in. 1. 
Iron. Knife of a late period and peculiar construction ; 
it consists of a broad cutting blade, moving on a pivot at 
the end, and working in a groove by means of a handle. 
It is probably of the Arabic aera. in. 1. 
Div. 3.— Wood . Club or staff, in which are inserted a 
number of wooden spikes. 2 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Wood . Rough stick with a curved tooth turned up¬ 
wards, fastened near the top by straps of leather of a 
maroon colour. 3 ft. 3\ in. 1. 
Wood. Sticks, forked at one end. They are gene¬ 
rally held in the hands of the chiefs or elders, and ap¬ 
pear emblematic of office. 4 ft. 7 in. 1., 2ft. 3 in. 1. 
Wood . Staff, inscribed with a perpendicular line of 
hieroglyphics relative to Pimouimen, priest of the pane- 
gyries. 
Ebony . Staff, with a line of hieroglyphics, containing 
an invocation relative to Bai, son of Pitonro of Memphis, 
whose titles are recited at great length. ' 2 ft. 1 in. 1. 
Rope, double coil, with knots at equal distances. Pre¬ 
sented by J. G. Wilkinson, Esq., 1834. 
Wood. Handles of fans. 1 ft. 6 in. to I ft. 5 in.l. One 
presented by J. G . Wilkinson , Esq., 1834. 
Wood. Pair of paddles, from the model of a boat; the 
handles terminate in heads of jackals. 2 ft. 4| in. 1. 
Mast and stays from the model of a boat. 3 ft. 
3\ in. 1. 
Wood . Small curved piece of wood, with loop of fibres 
of the palm ; the fulcrum of a lever. 8| in. 1. Presented 
by J. G. Wilkinson, Esq., 1834. 
Wood. Head and end of a gom. The head on this 
sceptre has been termed that of the koucoupha or hoopoe. 
5 in. 1. 
Div. 4.— Calcareous stone. Fragment. On one side, 
