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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
Calcareous stone , pottery. Fragments inscribed with 
inscriptions and portions of inscriptions in debased Greek 
and Coptic. 
CASE X. BOXES, BASKETS, SPOONS, AND BRICKS. 
Div. I.— Palm leaves . Flat rectangular baskets, plat¬ 
ted. Similar baskets appear upon the backs of sepul¬ 
chral figures equipped for agriculture. 11 in. L, 8 in h.; 
8 in. 1., 6 in. h. 
Circular fragments of the bottoms of baskets, oval 
covers, and other pieces, some worked in colours. Va¬ 
rious sizes. 
Div. 2.— Ebony . Rectangular box with cover ; the 
sides and lid veneered with ivory coloured red, in a border 
of white and red ivory and blue porcelain. At the top 
and sides is a stud or button, and part of the string 
or cord by which the lid w r as retained in its place. 
in. h., 7| in. b., 9 in. d. 
Wood. Tall rectangular box, with four short legs and 
a cover, moving on a cylindrical w T ood hinge. 6§ in, 
h., 5 in. b., 6 in. d. 
Papyrus. Rectangular box or basket, with a flat cover 
of the same. 1 ft. sq., in. h. 
Wood. Rectangular box, w T ith four legs, and curved 
cover ; the sides and top have salmon-coloured panels 
with white and black borders ; on the top is a perpen¬ 
dicular line of hieroglyphics, “ Sacred to the deceased 
navigator? Teh-kar.” 10J in. h., 1 ft. in. 1., 8 in. b. 
Ivory . Rectangular box, with a pyramidal cover , ve¬ 
neered w r ith ivory. On the panels in front are traced in 
outline inlaid with colour, a Cupid in a chlamys holding 
a flower, a bird of the finch tribe, and a water fowl ; on 
the sloping panel of the cover a female, probably Venus, 
holding her long hair in both hands and throwing aside 
her garment; on the slip beneath, two finches and two 
water fowl. The panels of the other sides, both of box 
and cover, are uncoloured and carved in low T relief, re¬ 
presenting female figures standing or reclining with loose 
drapery. A similar figure is also upon the fiat top. The 
edges are ornamented w 7 ith beading. Memphis. 9J in. 
h., 10 in. sq. 
