272 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. ^EGYPTIAN 
has the name of a priest, Petamon. The names on the 
others are wanting. 2 ft. 2| to 10 in. h. 
Div. 2.— Wood. Figures of Osiris of similar type 
and use, but much decayed; the inscriptions obliterated ; 
some are covered with bitumen. 2 ft. 2j in. to 1 ft. h. 
Wood . Chest-shaped covers, from plinths ; their upper 
surface is usually inscribed with a line of hieroglyphics, 
as “ Sokari-Osiris, lord of the tombs,” &c. One has 
the Genii of the Amenti, and other deities, with Anubis 
unfolding the doors. 7| in. 1., 4 in. h., 2 in. d. 
Wood. Head attires from similar figures, consisting of 
the red disk, emblematic of the sun; the tw r o ostrich fea¬ 
thers, emblematic of truth ; and the horns of a goat, in¬ 
dicative of fecundity. 8 in. h. 
Div. 3. — Wood , covered with bitumen. Figures of 
Osiris pethempamentes, used as cases for papyri. These, 
which are always portions or copies of the great funeral 
ritual of the Egyptians, in hieroglyphic or hieratic cha¬ 
racters, were either contained in the body of these figures, 
which divided in half, as in some specimens, or else in 
small rectangular cells, with a lid fitting to the body, and 
neatly covered w T ith bitumen. These cells were made 
at the back, and the papyrus still remaining is exhibited 
in one figure. 2 ft. 2 in. to 1 ft. 8| in. h. 
CASE K K. SEPULCHRAL BOXES, VASES, ETC. 
Div. 1. — Wood. Tall rectangular box with vaulted 
cover ; the sides coloured with vertical stripes of blue, 
white, and red. 1 ft. 9j in. h., 10J in. sq. at base. 
Wood . Rectangular box, adapted for holding sepul¬ 
chral vases; it is black, and in front is a small tablet, 
with a dedication in white to Osiris, for Amounosonkh, 
priestess of Amoun. 1 ft. 3 in. h., 1 ft. 6 in. b., in. d. 
Wood. Tall pyramidal box, with a cornice ; at each 
side is traced in yellow upon a black ground a proces¬ 
sion of inferior deities, in two rows, holding in their hands 
offerings or sw r ords, and having above their heads per¬ 
pendicular lines of hieroglyphics, the invocations ad¬ 
dressed by them to the deceased, Tooutates. On the 
cover of the box are the two jackals, guardians of the 
upper and lower hemispheres, with the ursei of Sate and 
Seven. 1 ft. 6 in. h., 9 in, sq. at base. 
