ROOM VIII. 
Antiquities. 
112 
EIGHTH ROOM. 
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
No. 1. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, 
sent to England by Edward Wortley Montague, 
Esq. and presented to the Museum, in 1766, by 
His late Majesty. In the left hand corner of 
this case is a conical vessel of baked clay, con¬ 
taining an embalmed Ibis. 
No. 2. Two Egyptian Mummies. That on the 
left hand, which has been elaborately and beau¬ 
tifully ornamented with coloured glass beads, 
some of which still remain, was taken out of the 
coffin above mentioned. That on the right hand, 
the face of which is gilt, and the other parts of 
the body ornamented with paintings, was taken 
out of the coffin which will be described in the 
next number. In the lower part of this case 
is a small Egyptian coffin of an oblong square 
form : it contains the mummy of a child. The 
lid and sides of this coffin are covered with 
paintings. 
No. 3. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, 
found in one of the catacombs as Sakkara, about 
four leagues from Cairo, and sent to England, 
in the year 1722, by Col. William Lethieullier, 
who bequeathed it to the Museum , by his Will , 
dated July 23, 1755. 
No. 4. A collection of vases, usually known 
by the name of Canopuses. The lids are seve¬ 
rally ornamented with a head of Isis, Osiris, a 
hawk, a wolf, or a baboon. 
No. 5. 
