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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [[EGYPTIAN 
of the deceased is red, with a long narrow beard. On 
the body are Netpe, the judgment scene of the Amend, and 
the embalmment scene; at each side, a procession of 
deities facing upwards; on the right, Thmou, Osiris On- 
nophris, the four genii of the Amend, Thoth, Seb, Anubis, 
and Neith, each of whom respectively addresses the de¬ 
ceased; on the left, Ra, Tore, the four genii of the 
Amend, and other deities whose names or attributes are 
obliterated ; the rest of the body is covered with dedica¬ 
tions to Osiris, Anubis, Ra, and the invocations of different 
deities. The ground of the coffin is yellow, the hiero¬ 
glyphics black; round the whole of the scenes on the 
lid is a snake, with its tail placed under its head. The 
back of the coffin has also been painted ; on the right 
side, cynocephali and other figures are visible; those on 
the left are obliterated. 5 ft. W\ in. h. 
Over Case M.— Leather, Cross from the vestment of a 
Copt priest, supposed to be of an era not later than a.d. 
640 ; it is gilt, and embossed with a double spiral pattern : 
the right arm of the transverse bar is imperfect. 2 ft. 6 
in. h., 1 ft. 6 in. b. Medinat Abou, Presented by J . G, 
Wilkinson , Esq., 1834. 
Over Case S.— Wood . Mummy case, scooped out of 
a single tree ; the head in a feathered claft, the face 
black, the body covered by the wings and tail of a bird; 
on the chest a vulture ; on the soles of the feet, Isis and 
Nephthys kneeling on altars ; down the body is a de¬ 
dication to Osiris. No name remains, but the case is 
apparently of the style and period of the coffin of king 
Nentef, in Case S S. 6 ft. 1 in. h. 
Over Case T.— Wood . Coffin of Mauteneimas, or 
Mouteneimos, female musician of the goddess Maut, 
daughter of Phaienkhons, priest, divine father of Amoun, 
and of a female named Otai; her face flesh dolour, in a 
long claft; beneath a figure of Netpe is a door with 
bolts, and under each wing a ram and vase, symbolic of 
the god Chneph, or Chnouph. The usual scenes are 
represented on the body. In front, a sepulchral dedica¬ 
tion to Osiris pethempamentes, and “ the address of 
Osiris, lord of the east; he gives her soul to proceed 
to the heaven, her body to the earth, to receive the good 
and pure things of Osiris pethempamentes, the revealer 
