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GALLERY OP ANTIQUITIES. [[EGYPTIAN 
which are always portions or copies of the great funeral 
ritual of the Egyptians, in hieroglyphic or hieratic cha¬ 
racters, were either contained in the body of these figures, 
which divided in half, as in some specimens, or else in 
small rectangular cells, with a lid fitting to the body, and 
neatly covered with bitumen. These cells were made 
at the back, and the papyrus still remaining is exhibited 
in one figure. 2 ft. 2 in. to 1 ft. 8| in. h. 
CASE KK, SEPULCHRAL BOXES, VASES, ETC. 
Div. 1.— Wood . Tall rectangular box with vaulted 
cover ; the sides coloured with vertical stripes of blue, 
white, and red. 1 ft. in. h., 10| in. sq. at base. 
Wood . Rectangular box, adapted for holding sepul¬ 
chral vases; it is black, and in front is a small tablet, 
with a dedication in white to Osiris, for Amounosonkh, 
priestess of Amoun. 1 ft. 3 in. h., 1 ft. 6 in. b., 9| in. d. 
Wood . Tall pyramidal box, with a cornice ; at each 
side is traced in yellow upon a black ground a proces¬ 
sion of inferior deities, in two rows, holding in their hands 
offerings or swords, and having above their heads per¬ 
pendicular lines of hieroglyphics, the invocations ad¬ 
dressed by them to the deceased, Tooutates. On the 
cover of the box are the two jackals, guardians of the 
upper and lower hemispheres, with the uraei of Sate and 
Soven. 1 ft. 6 in. h., 9 in. sq. at base. 
Wood . Sepulchral tablet. 1. The Hat with pendant 
uraei in the tesher and otf, jackals, &c. 2. The soul 
adoring in the bark of Ra, Ra Atmou, Tore, Thmei, 
Tafne, and Seb —the boat steered by another deity. 3. 
The deceased standing in adoration to Osiris, Isis, Neph- 
thys, Harsiesi, Anubis and Macedo. 4. Adoration of 
the deceased son of the lady Taikoulheb, in horizontal 
lines of hieroglyphics. On the top has been a human¬ 
headed hawk with a gilt face. 2 ft. 5 in. h. 
Wood . Flat sepulchral tablet, with an arched top, 
placed on its original stand; the subject traced upon it is 
in three divisions. 1. The Hat or good demon and the 
two jackals, emblematic of the upper and lower hemi¬ 
sphere. 2. Baieth, or the disembodied soul, adoring the 
boat of Chnouph, who is seated under an uraeus, and at- 
