240 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
No. 23. f A large sarcophagus, covered with hieroglyphics inside 
and outside. This sarcophagus, which was brought from Grand Cairo, 
was used by the Turks as a cistern, which they called “ The Lovers’ 
Fountain.” Black granite* 
No. 24. f The Rosetta stone, containing three inscriptions of the 
same import, namely, one in hieroglyphics, another in the ancient ver¬ 
nacular language of Egypt, and another in the Greek language. These 
incriptions record the services which Ptolemy the Fifth had rendered 
his country, and were engraved by order of the High Priests, when they 
were assembled at Memphis, for the purpose of investing him with the 
royal prerogative. This stone was found near Rosetta. 
No. 25. f A figure, the size of life, kneeling on a square plinth, 
round which is a border of hieroglyphics: the head and arms of the 
figure are wanting. Dark granite. 
No. 26. A seated figure of Ousiree Menephtha III.,bearing on his 
knees the figure of a ram’s head; in a hard white stone. Hieroglyphics 
on the shoulders of the figure, on the sides of the seat, and round the 
pedestal. On his feet are sandals. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 27. A mutilated figure of Rameses II. (Sesostris) kneeling, 
and supporting with both hands an altar, dedicated to the deity Thore, 
on which is placed a scarabeeus. Dark granite. Presented , in 1805, 
by Earl Spencer. 
No. 28. A circular vessel; one handle is decorated with the head 
of Isis, the other handle and the edge are inscribed with hieroglyphics. 
Sandstone. 
No. 29. A group of a male and female seated. The front of the 
statues and sides of the chair are inscribed with hieroglyphics. Calca¬ 
reous stone. 
No. 30. A colossal head. Calcareous stone. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 31. A group of two figures seated with a smaller one between 
them : found in a tomb, and probably represents the mar}, his wife, and 
child, w 7 ho were buried therein. The sides of the seat, the ground 
about their feet, and a stripe down the front of their lower garments are 
decorated with hieroglyphics, with the name of Amenoph II, The 
heads and upper parts of the bodies of the figures have been covered 
with a thick coat of paint, part of winch still remains. Sandstone. 
From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 32. A sarcophagus of grey stone, with its cover; of the Queen 
of Amasis, king of the 26th dynasty. The entire sarcophagus, inside 
and outside, is covered with sculptures and hieroglyphics. It w T as dis¬ 
covered at the bottom of an excavation 130 feet deep, behind the pa¬ 
lace of Sesostris, near Thebes. 
No. 33. A sarcophagus, in form of a mummy, decorated with the 
four deities of the Amenti, and three rows of hieroglyphics down the 
front. On the feet, two jackals. Green basalt. 
No. 34. A lion couchant; the mane inscribed with hieroglyphics, 
as is also the pedestal, winch bears the name of Amenoph III. (Mem- 
non). On the left fore-paw is another royal name not yet ascertained, 
and apparently of different work. From Mount Baikal. Syenite. 
Presented by Lord Prudhoe , 1835. 
No. 35. A painted statue, found in a sepulchre near the Pyramids. 
Presented , in 1817, by Captain Caviglia . 
