286 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
of Athor and the purifications of Thoth and Horus; 
Nephthys, Selk, Isis, &c., and a dedication to Osiris 
pethempamentes and Sochari-Osiris for the deceased. 
At the sides of the chest are the cow of Athor, cyno- 
cephali, mummied sphinx-shaped deities, with the names 
of Anubis and the deceased in ovals ; inferior crocodile- 
and hawk-headed deities seated under serpents, chaetodon, 
jackal, decapitated human figures, the apoph, genii of 
the Amend, semi-ovals, one with six heads, and another 
with four figures of the profane, lion-headed deities, 
&c. 5 ft. 9 in. 1. 
The mummy lies in the chest, enveloped in linen 
which has been richly gilded, and covered with pitch ; 
on the chest, the goat-headed hawk or vulture ; thehaw r k 
with expanded wfings, a line of hieroglyphics, wrings of 
deities or birds, &c. These are indicated by the raised 
surfaces through the bitumen. 5 ft. 9 in. 1. 
Case XX. 1. Mummy of a Graeco-Egyptian youth, 
in plain bandages from head to foot; over the face is 
placed the portrait of the deceased, full-faced, the com¬ 
plexion red, the hair dark, eyes dark and full; the chest 
enveloped in drapery. The portrait is painted upon 
a thin piece of cedar. 5 ft. If in. 1. 
Case X X. 2, 3. Wood . Coffin and mummy of 
Onkh-hape, a sacred musician, son of Thothmei, a 
door-keeper of Amoun, and of Taitnofreophth. The 
coffin consists of a flat board with a representation, 
of Netpe, on which the mummy w r as laid, and a vaulted 
cover, with four square pillars at the corners. On one 
side of the cover, the deceased, mummied and laid on a 
bier placed in a boat drawn by tw 7 o jackals, is lamented 
by Isis and Nephthys ; above is a human-faced hawk, 
emblem of the soul; in front are two standing cynoce- 
phali, and the figure of the deceased, supported by a female 
deity; behind, the four genii of the Amenti standing, 
two cynocephali, and the deceased, as before. The hierogly¬ 
phics in this part consist of invocations of the deceased 
to Osiris, and others, relative to the boat; “ guide, guide 
with care, guide Ra ... to the solar abode in the west of 
the heaven, guide the Osirian Onkh-hape the true, to 
his abode of rest in Noutehir,” &c.; also to Anubis, to 
“give a good embalmment in the west, ...and to ex- 
