ROOM.] EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 255 
Wood. Small rectangular boxes, one with sliding cover. 
5§ to 3\ in. 1. 
Wood. Bowl-shaped box with partitions. in, dr., 
3 in. he 
Wood . Small four-legged box with a vaulted cover ; 
the sides and top inlaid with ivory stamped with circular 
ornaments. to 3| in. h. 
JVood. Tall cylindrical boxes; one contains a sub¬ 
stance similar to flour. 5| to 3§ in. h. 
Horn. Portion of a similar box. 4 in. h. 
Biv. 3. — Wood. Small vases or boxes ; some have 
flat covers fitting exactly, and fixed by pins through pro¬ 
jections at each side; the tops and edges carved. 4§ to 
4 in. dr., to 1 \ in h. 
Wood. Box in shape of a long narrow gourd divided 
lengthwise. 7 in. 1. 
Wood . Semi-cylindrical box with a sliding grooved 
cover. On the sides and top are carved the ornaments 
of an oskh. in. 1. to in. 1. 
Wood. Circular, egg-, and cartouche-shaped spoons, 
5J to 3\ in. 1. 
Wood. Shovel-shaped spoon, with handle. in. 1. 
Wood. Spoon ; the handlp formed by the twisted 
stems and buds of a lotus flower. 6^ in. 1. 
Wood . Spoon with an egg-shaped bowl and moveable 
cover. The handle represents flowers of the papyrus ; 
the buds are of ivory stained pink. The whole is inlaid 
with colour. 1 ft. 1. 
Ivory , wood. Spoons; the bowls carved to repre¬ 
sent the shell Indina Niloitca, which a human hand holds 
by the thumb and finger. The handle terminates in the 
head of a goose. to 6 in. 1. 
Ivory. Spoon, with a similar bowl, which the young 
Horus, standing upon a lotus flower, supports on his 
head by both hands. 3§ in. h. 
Wood. Spoon, with bowl in shape of a cartouche, and 
handle carved in bas-relief, representing a gazelle couchant. 
Within the bowl, two fish feeding on a water plant are 
traced in outline. 7 in. 1. 
Ivory. Spoon or box in shape of a fish ; on the tail 
and gill are two pivot holes for a moveable cover of the 
same material. in. 1. 
