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ROOM.] EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
Wood . Flat sepulchral tablet, with an arched top, 
placed on its original stand; the subject traced upon it is 
in three divisions. 1. The Hat or good demon and the 
two jackals, emblematic of the upper and lower hemi¬ 
sphere. 2. Baieth, or the disembodied soul, adoring the 
boat of Chnouph, who is seated under an uraeus, and at¬ 
tended by Thoout or Thoth, Har-hek, and other deities. 
3. The deceased adoring Osiris pethempamentes, Horus, 
Isis, Nephthys, Thoth, Anubis and Macedo; underneath, 
a row of symbols of life and of stability, and a dedication 
to Ra, Atmou, Osiris pethempamentes, Isis, Nephthys, 
Macedo, and Anubis, 44 that they will give an abode pro¬ 
vided with flesh, fowl, wine, milk, libations of water, 
bread, and incense, for the sake of the Osirian Taibesate, 
justified.” The whole edge of the painting, with the ex¬ 
ception of the base, is surrounded by a border of feathers; 
the whole is coloured blue, red, and green, 2 ft, h., I 
ft. 1 in. b. 
Dxv. 2.— Wood . Models of two sets of sepulchral vases 
with covers of ar human, baboon, jackal, and hawk head 
respectively, representing Amset, Hape, Sioumautf and 
Kebhsnauf, the four genii of the Amend or Hades. There 
is a perpendicular line of hieroglyphics in front, contain¬ 
ing the names of the genii. 1 ft. 2 in. h. to 9^ in. h. 
Green porcelain. Sepulchral vase, third of a set, with 
the jackal-headed cover of Sioumautf. in. h. 
Linen . Bags containing the saw-dust used in absorb¬ 
ing the moisture of the entrails; one is enclosed in a 
small cylindrical basket made of fibres of palm. 3j in. h. 
Div. 3.— Arragonite , terracotta , wood , fyc. Covers from 
sepulchral vases, representing a human head, indicative of 
the genius Amset. 6 to 3^ in. h. 
Arragonite . Cover of a sepulchral vase, in the shape 
of a human head with a lock of hair on the right side, in¬ 
dicative of Horus. 4j in. h. 
Terracotta , ?vood. Covers from sepulchral vases, in the 
shape of a human head, indicative of Amset; the faces 
are occasionally painted yellow, the colour usually ap¬ 
propriated to females. 6 to 3 in. h. 
Div. 4.— Arragonite , calcareous stone . Covers from 
sepulchral vases, in shape of the head of the cynoce- 
phalus, indicative of Hape. 3J to in. h. 
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