252 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
Fragments of leaves of the papyrus, from a box or 
basket. 
Roll of fibres of palm leaves or cane. 
Iron . Blade of a sickle, fractured in three pieces, 
completely oxydized throughout. Traces of the wooden 
handle into which it has been fitted are visible upon the 
end. 11 in. dr. Found by Belzoni under a statue at 
Karnak . 
Wood . Pick-axe used in agriculture, of a single piece. 
2 ft. 1. 
Wood . Hoe, consisting of a handle into which is in¬ 
serted a broad blade placed at an acute angle, and fast¬ 
ened by a cord of fibres of the palm. 1 ft. 10 in. h. 
Acacia wood . Yoke or pole with a knob at each end, 
to retain the leather strap, which is stamped with concen¬ 
tric ornaments. 3 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Wood. Eight steps of rough wood from a rope ladder; 
rope of the same ladder made of fibres of the palm ; found 
in the tomb of Menephtah I. 1 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Palm leaves . Pair of tassels of fibres, united by a 
cord of the same material, perhaps put round the neck of 
an animal. 5 in 1. 
Div. 4 — Calcareous stone . Fragments from the tomb 
of Menephtah I. (Akencheres), 12th king of the xvm. 
dynasty. In front is the arm and anterior portion of the 
body of a female deity, and part of her titles in hiero¬ 
glyphics ; before her is a line of small hieratic characters. 
At the edge is part of the prenomen and name of Mene¬ 
phtah I. Presented by Col . T. P. Thompson . 
Pottery . Fragments of vases covered with enchorial 
inscriptions. Similar pieces, bearing Greek inscriptions, 
appear to have been tax gatherers’ receipts at Syene and 
Elephantina. 
CASE U. FRAGMENTS OF TOMBS, WEAPONS, ETC. 
Div. 1.— Calcareous stone . Fragments from the 
tombs, exhibiting the mode in which the sepulchres of the 
kings at Thebes are ornamented ; they are part of hiero¬ 
glyphic texts, cut in a slight bas-relief, and appropriately 
coloured. 
