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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[EGYPTIAN 
CASE G. SACRED ANIMALS, CHIEFLY BIRDS. 
Div, 1. Hawks, bodies swathed, apparently emblematic of Sochari. 
Many have been placed on the plinths of Osiris, or upon coffins. Wood. 
1\ to 2 in. h. 
Hawk, crowned with the pschent, upon a pedestal, decorated with an 
auditor of truth in the act of adoration. Wood. 1 ft. 44 in. h. 
Hawk of Re, or Ra, the sun; on its head the solar disk. Wood. 
1 ft. h. 
Vultures, emblems of Maut, standing upon plinths. Wood. 84 
in. h. 
•Div. 2. Head of an ibis, emblem of Thoout, or Thoth. Wood. 
4J in. L, 2 in. h. 
Head and neck of a goose, sacred to Seb, or Saturn. Wood. 
in. 1., 3J in. h. 
Ibis, emblems of Thoth. The eyelids of one have been inlaid in 
silver. Bronze . 24 in. h. Thebes. 
Hawks, crowned with uraeated disks, emblems of Re, or Ra. Bronze. 
1-feto jSin. h. 
Human-headed bearded hawk, flying with extended wings. It has 
apparently formed a portion of inlaying. Silver. 24 in. h., 3 in. b. 
Hawks, crowned with the pschent, emblems of Horns. Bronze. 
From 1-J in. h. to 1 in. h. 
Oxyrhyncus; on its head is the urseated disk and horns. This fish 
was consecrated to Thoth and the moon. Bronze. 34 in. 1., 2J in. h. 
Thebes. 
Fish of the Lepidotus, or Carp species. Bronze. 2^ in. h.. 
4 in. 1. 
The smaller figure of a like fish. Silver. 1 in. 1. 
Uraei, the heads disked. Wood. 6^ to 3J in. h. t 
Small hawks, with swathed bodies, emblematic of Sochari. Wood. 
3J to 1J in. h. 
Human-faced hawks, emblems of the soul. Those -whose heads are 
disked represent the souls of deities. Wood. 6 to 3J in. h. 
Uraeus coiled upon a plinth; the head and neck erect. On the 
breast the symbol of Neith. Wood. 7 in. h. 
Lower part of an uraeus coiled upon a plinth. On one side a line 
of hieroglyphics, “ Amonemophth gives thanks to Oeri-hek,” one of 
the titles of Pasht, as the Egyptian Nemesis. Wood. 9 in. 1., 44 
in. h. 
Uraeus, in profile. Bronze. 
Uraeus, crowned with the disk of the sun; the breast inlaid with blue 
and red porcelain; the whole has been gilt. Bronze. 3J in. h. 
Uraeus, crowned with a conical cap. On its breast the name of 
Neith, of which it is a personification. Bronze. 1J- in. h. 
Uraeus, the head and neck erect, crowned with the head-dress of 
Osiris; emblem of Soven, or Sowan. The neck has cavities for inlay¬ 
ing. Bronze. 3 in. h. 
Uraeus, erect, upon a column with a lotus capital, the head crowned 
with the emblem of a goddess, mistress of the lower hemisphere, as Neith, 
Sate, &c. Bronze. 3J in. h. 
