264 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
ones, the cover and upper end being of a far earlier epoch 
than the sides. On the cover is a deceased priest in 
adoration to Osiris, Amset, Sioumautf, and Kebhsnauf; 
on the end a figure of Anubis; at the sides Hape, Siou¬ 
mautf, and Kebhsnauf. The back grounds are yellow 
and blue, the figures traced in red. The interior con¬ 
tains the mummy of a child. 2 ft. 11 in. 1., 10 in. b., 1 
ft. \ in. h. 
Small rectangular coffin, in which is the mummy of a 
child, bandaged, and covered with painted linen, repre¬ 
senting the mask of the deceased, Kebhsnauf and Siou¬ 
mautf, and a hawk-headed mummied deity in a propylon. 
1 ft. 74 in. 1 ., 5\ in. b. 
Similar coffin, containing the mummy of a child. 1 ft. 
7b in. 1., 5b in. b. 
Linen covered with painted stucco . Oskh from the outer 
covering of a mummy. It terminates at each end in the 
head of a hawk, surmounted by a disk, emblem of Re. 
1 ft. dr., 10 in. h. 
CASE DD. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. — Mummies of cynocephali or dog-headed 
baboons, animals sacred to Ioh-Thoth, and chiefly wor¬ 
shipped at Hermopolis. One is partially denuded of 
bandages and exhibits the hair. 1 ft. 8 in. h., 1 ft. 7 
in. h. 
Head of the cynocephalus denuded of bandages. 84 in. 1. 
Thebes . 
Mummies of jackals or dogs with long, upright ears, 
emblems of Anubis. The outer bandages of one in strips. 
1 ft. 3 in. to 1 ft. \\ in. h. Thebes . 
Head of a dog, animal sacred to and emblem of Anubis, 
enveloped in bandages. The outer covering has been 
gilt. 1\ in. h. 
Head of a dog, unrolled. 5\ in. h. 
Div. 2. Mummies of cats. The male was the em¬ 
blem of the sun, the female of Pasht or Bubastes, the lion 
and cat-headed deity. 1 ft. 9 in. to 11. in. h. Thebes. 
Wooden case in shape of a cat seated on a pedestal. 
The body contains some embalmed object, probably the 
mummy of that animal. 1 ft. h. 
Cats, unrolled. 1 ft. 8 in. to 1 ft. 10 in. 1. Thebes . 
