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ceased, figures of deities, &c., are found on the elytra 
and corslet. From the difference observable in the elytra, 
different species of the insect seem to be represented. 
Among these are a small green jasper scarabaeus, set in a 
semi-oval plinth of gold, said to have been found in the 
coffin of king Enintef; several bear the names of dif¬ 
ferent functionaries; one has a heart-shaped vein, in 
which is engraved a bennou, and at its sides “ the heart 
of the sun.” In this division are other amulets, in form 
of a vase, human heart, two fingers of the hand, &c. 
CASE B B B. COFFIN, OBJECTS OF ATTIRE, AMULETS, SEPUL¬ 
CHRAL ORNAMENTS, ETC. 
Wood. Coffin of Soter, archon of Thebes, son of Hera- 
clius Soter and Sarapout; of the form of those of the 
Graeco-Egyptian era. On one side of the vaulted cover is 
the judgment scene of the Amend ; at one end a ram¬ 
headed hawk, having on his head the ostrich feather, 
and horns of a goat, and at the other a scarabaeus, ram¬ 
headed, quadrifrons, with similar head-dress ; emblems 
of Amoun-ra, in his secondary form of Chnouph. The 
other side represents Harsaphes, the boat of Sochari, 
Anubis, standards of the Ement, Month-ra, and Thoth, 
and a boat with a naos, drawn by Nephthys; at one 
end, a quadrifrons ram, and on the other a lion with a 
ram’s head, each winged and surmounted by the horns of 
a goat and feather. On the ends of the coffin are a winged 
scarabaeus, two figures of Hat, the embalmment scene, the 
goddess Netpe, and the soul receiving the libations of 
Nephthys and Thoth, Isis and Horus. On the flat sides 
are the boat with the left symbolic eye, and the boat with 
the disk of Kneph, each attached to a disked uraeus drawn 
by human-, hawk-, and baboon-headed deities, -^-s, and 
a train of inferior deities seated. On the top is a gilt 
hawk of Ra, and a perpendicular line of hieroglyphics, 
with a horizontal line under each of the upper scenes. 
On the ledge of the upper end is Ko^uAiov UoMtot; 
[xr,r^o<; <J>iAot»roc v Qnfivp In the interior of the lid 
are Netpe, with the vase upon her head, elevating her 
arms; at each side of her, six signs of the zodiac, com¬ 
mencing with Leo on her right, and Cancer on her left 
