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preserved. The body is formed by board and papyrus. 
The leg bones are wrapped up separately, and the band¬ 
ages coloured yellow and pink with black lines for the 
eyes and mouth. 1 ft. 1 in. h., 1 ft. 8 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of rams, unrolled, or in bandages. 1 ft. 1 in. 
h., 1 ft. in 1. 
Mummy of a lamb. 11 in. h., 1 ft. 2 in. 1. 
Head of a sheep. 
CASE E E. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1.— Red earthenware . Conical pots, with covers 
cemented by stucco, containing mummies of the ibis, 
sacred to and emblem of Thoth. 1 ft. 4 in. 1. Sakliara. 
Mummy of the black ibis, unrolled, and two eggs. 
1 ft. 1| in. 1. 
Div. 2 .—Mummies of the ibis. 1 ft. 3 to 9 in. 1. 
Bones of the ibis. Presented by J . G. Wilkinson , Esq., 
1834. 
Eggs of the ibis. 2\ in. 1. Presented by J. G. Wil¬ 
kinson, Esq., 1834. 
Mummy of an owl? emblem of Buto or Maut, the 
companion of Amoun-ra. 1 ft. 1. 
Mummies of hawks, emblems of Ra and Horns ; on 
the body of one a network of strips. 1 ft. 4i to 11 in. h. 
Thebes. 
Mummy of the sparrow-hawk, emblem of Ra, unrolled. 
Div. 3.—-Mummies of crocodiles, emblems of Sevek, 
one of the forms of Seb, the Egyptian Chronos or Saturn, 
enveloped in bandages ; one in a fine state has been un¬ 
rolled. 1 ft. 5 to 1 ft. 6 in. 1. Thebes . 
Mummies of the Silurus or Bayad enveloped in bandages 
and unrolled. 
Div. 4.—Mummies of fish enveloped in bandages in 
the shape of cakes. 
Mummied lepidotus fish unrolled, in fragments. 
Bronze. Rectangular case with a lizard at top and 
two small rings, probably for a chain. It has a hole 
lengthwise in which ^was found the skeleton of a small 
snake enveloped in cloth. 2\ in. 1. Thebes . 
Elliptical and conical mummied objects, one with the 
upper part neatly bandaged in panelled ornaments of dark 
and light colour. 1 ft. 4 to 10 in. 1. Thebes. 
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