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EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
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Under No. 175. A mutilated statue of Thothmes III. Black ba¬ 
salt. From Mr. Sams' collection. 
Under No. 176. Fragment of a bas-relief representing a group, 
resembling No. 5. 
A small statue of Amounemhe, an officer of state, seated on a 
throne. Basalt. 
Under No. 177. The fragment of a statue, holding a tablet deco¬ 
rated with sculptures and hieroglyphics, wherein appears the name of 
Amenoph III. (Memnon). Arragonite. 
Under No. 179. A sphinx, represented, according to the custom of 
the Egyptians, without wings. Found in the excavation made in front 
of the Great Sphinx. Calcareous stone. Presented, in 1817, by 
Captain Caviglia. 
Under No. 180. The head of the ureeus which decorated that of 
the Great Sphinx. Calcareous stone. 
Under No. 181. A sphinx, like the one described above. Calca¬ 
reous stone. Presented , in 1767, by the Earl of Bute. 
In the vestibule on the right hand, at the end of the Egyptian Saloon, 
are — 
A cast of the head of the fallen colossus of Rameses III. or the 
Great, at Metrahenny, near Gizeh. 
f Two obelisks erected by the monarch, supposed to be Amyrtseus, in 
honour of the god Thoth. From Cairo. Basalt. Presented , in 1776, 
by King George III. 
And on the northern wall several sepulchral tablets executed under 
the 16th, 17th, and 18th dynasties, some dated in the regnal years 
of the monarchs when the decease took place. Calcareous stone. 
EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
UP STAIRS. 
The wooden figures in Cases A. and R. are generally found in 
tombs; the bronze are offerings, or objects of private worship; the 
porcelain and small figures of stone are all perforated, to attach to the 
network or the necklaces of mummies. 
CASE A. DEITIES. 
Div. 1. Amoun-ra seated upon a throne, oskh round the neck, 
shenti round the loins with a feathered garment. On the side of the 
throne are cynocephali, urseus and lotus sceptres, and at the back 
Amoun seated between Khons loh and another deity. Round the 
lower plinth is a dedication to Amoun-ra. The head is from another 
statue, and the plumes are wanting. Sandstone. 1\ in. h. 
Osiris- Amoun, an old bearded human figure, in Osirian dress, seated 
on a plinth, the knees raised; on his head a modius ; both hands hold 
some object. Round the base a double dedication to Osiris, and 
Osiris-Amoun ; a hollow behind has held a papyrus. Wood. 1 fit. 1 
in. h. Tombs of the Kings at Thebes. 
Small figure of Phtah, holding a graduated gom by both hands, and 
standing on a plinth, also graduated in front. Steatite. 7J in. h. 
Phtah, or Phtha, the Egyptian Vulcan, standing, in Osirian dress, 
his head shorn, round his neck an oskh; both hands hold a gom. 
Wood. 5J in. h. 
