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of mythological ideas connected with the ritual. On the 
reverse are eight lines of hieratic. 1 ft. 5\ in. b., 10f 
in. h. 
Wood. Similar board, with hieratic inscription. 
Calcareous stone . Fragments of hieratic inscriptions. 
Pottery . Fragments with Coptic inscriptions. 
CASE W. INSCRIPTIONS, INSTRUMENTS OF WRITING, 
PAINTING, ETC. 
Div. 1.— Calcareous stone. Fragments of hieratic in¬ 
scriptions. 
Div. 2 .— Wood . Rectangular pallets, with longitudinal 
grooves to hold the kash or small reeds used for writing ; 
the well for colour in one is in the usual form of an oval 
or signet, towards the upper end of the pallet. 1 ft. 9 
to 11 in. 1 ., 2 in. b. 
Wood. Pallet, with two kash, similar to the preceding; 
across the groove is inscribed the name of “ Phtah- 
mos, deceased superintendent of scribes.” On the front 
as well as on the back are several lines of hieratic 
writing. Those in front are illegible; those on the 
reverse appear to be names, as Amoun-si, Thooutemhbai, 
Phtahemhbai, &c. 1 ft. 4 in 1., 2\ in. b. 
Ivory. Small rectangular pallet, with two kash and 
two wells for black and red colour; it is inscribed in 
hieratic on both sides, the letters on the upper much 
effaced. 1 ft. 1., in. b. 
Wood. Rectangular pallet, with seven kash and two 
small wells in the shape of signets. On the upper sur¬ 
face is delicately engraved in outline, towards the top, 
the prenomen and name of Rameses the great encircled 
by uraei, “ giver of the duration of the panegyries.” 
At the edges of the groove are invocations to Thoth and 
his companion, female deity, “ to give the years of 
Horus, lord of the two worlds, and duration of years 
to the king.” In the groove itself is a perpendicu¬ 
lar line of hieroglyphics. 1 ft. \ in. 1., | in. 1., 2 in. b. 
Thebes. Presented by J. G. Wilkinson , Esf., 1834. 
Wood . Colour box; large circular well with traces of 
red colour, and groove for brush. 9f in 1. Thebes . Pre¬ 
sented by J. G . Wilkinson , Esq., 1834. 
