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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
At tlie edges of the groove are invocations to Thoth and 
his companion, female deity, “ to give the years of 
Horus, lord of the two worlds, and duration of years 
to the king.” In the groove itself is a perpendicu¬ 
lar line of hieroglyphics. 1 ft. \ in. 1., \ in. 1., 2 in. b. 
Thebes. Presented by J. G . Wilkinson , Esq., 1834. 
Wood. Colour box ; large circular well with traces of 
red colour, and groove for brush. 9| in 1. Thebes. Pre¬ 
sented by J. G. Wilkinson, Esq., 1834. 
Fragments of colour, dark and light blue, red, and 
yellow. 
Palm leaves. Basket which held the above. 7j in. dr. 
Palm leaves. Basket containing three brushes made of 
fibres of the palm ; their ends appear tinged with red 
colour. 9 in. dr. 
Bronze. Hemispherical vase; the interior has appa¬ 
rently been gilt, and contains twelve balls of deep blue 
colour. 4 in. dr., 2\ in. h. 
Blue 'porcelain. Small stands with ten or twelve cru¬ 
cible-shaped vases. 3 in. L, 2 in. b., lj to 1| in. h. 
Blue porcelain. Small slab with four small jars 
having spouts, probably for colours. 1~ in. h., 3 in. dr. 
Arragonite. Thick slab with eight excavations, having 
the appearance of a stand with eight vases ; probably for 
colours. 8 in. b., 3 in. d., in. h. 
Basalt. Rectangular slab, with cartouche-shaped ex¬ 
cavation to contain colour, and a small muller or grinder. 
4i in. 1., 3 in. b., 1 in. h. Presented by J. G. Wilkinson , 
Esq., 1834. 
Slate . Similar slab, flatter. 5 in. L, 3 in. b., \ in. h. 
Basalt , mood. Mullers from similar slabs; one of 
wood may possibly have been used as a polisher. 3 to 2 
in. h. 
Terracotta. Seal, with impression of a jackal. 
Bronze. Triangular seal, on which is a peculiar sym¬ 
bol. If in. dr. 
Terracotta. Oval impression of a seal, from a papyrus, 
containing the prenomen of Amasis-Neith-si, termed the 
child of Isis. 1^ in. dr. 
Terracotta . Three impressions of seals ; a head of 
Pallas, a sleeping dog, and a hieroglyphic inscription, 
1 to \ in. dr. 
Lead. Another with Greek? characters. 1 in. dr. 
