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EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
ro om v iii. No. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, 
Antiquities. se nt to England by Edward Wortley Montague, 
Esq. and presented to the Museum, in 1766, by 
His late Majesty. In the left hand corner of 
this case is a conical vessel of baked clay, con- 
tabling an embalmed Ibis. 
No. 2. Two Egyptian Mummies. That on the 
left hand, which has been elaborately and beauti¬ 
fully ornamented with coloured glass beads, some 
of which still remain, was taken out of the coffin 
above mentioned. That on the right hand, the 
face of which is gilt, and the other parts of the 
body ornamented with paintings, was taken out 
of the coffin which will be described in the next 
number. In the lower part of this case is a small 
Egyptian coffin of an oblong square form : It 
contains the mummy of a child. The lid and 
sides of this coffin are covered with paintings. 
No. 3. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, 
found in one of the catacombs at Sakkara, about 
four leagues from Cairo, and sent to England, 
in the year 1722, by Col . William Lethieullier , 
who bequeathed it to the Museum , by his will , 
dated July 23, 1755. 
No. 4. A collection of vases, usually known 
by the name of Canopuses. The lids are severally 
ornamented with a head of Isis, Osiris, a hawk, 
a wolf, or a baboon. 
No. 5. 
