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Small tiles, part of the inlaying of a door in a pyramid at Sakhara. 
Dark and blue porcelain. 2J in. to 1 in. 1. Three presented by Col. 
Howard Vyse , and J. E. Perring , Esq., 1840. 
Pyramidal stand for a vase; the legs painted blue, red and yellow. 
Wood. 2 ft. 4 in. h. Thebes. 
A stand with six legs, probably for holding a vase, coloured white. 
Wood. 1 ft. 3 in. h. 
The model, apparently of a house, square at the base, and slightly- 
converging towards the top, which has had a balustrade all round; there 
are two doors, and six windows at each side, the upper ones latticed. 
Calcareous stone. 3^ in. w., 4. in d. at base, 8J in. h. 
The model of a granary and yard. The yard door opens inwards, 
and is fastened by a sliding bolt. The granary is on the opposite side, 
and consists of three rooms, each having one door towards the yard, 
which opens by sliding upwards; the roof of the granary is flat, pro¬ 
tected by a low wall forming a terrace, at the end of which is a covered 
shed, in which a man is seated. It is approached by a flight of steps, 
under which is a chamber with a sliding door, like those of the granaries. 
In the yard is a female standing over a kneading trough, making bread. 
The doors are painted red and white, the female yellow, the man red, 
the trough yellow. On one side of the trough is a hieratic inscription. 
Wood. 1 ft. 10 in. h. Gournah. 
A wig of human hair. From the upper part, which is curled, depend 
long and tightly plaited locks; the colour is black with an auburn tinge. 
Wigs of this description appear on the heads of the female musicians 
in the fresco paintings of this collection, and on those of persons of 
high rank. 1 ft. 1\ in. h. Tomb behind the small temple of Isis, 
Thebes. 
Rectangular basket in which the wig was contained. The sides are 
formed of the kash or writing reeds of the Egyptians; the framework 
is of narrow sticks bound together by papyrus. Reed. 1 ft. 3 in. h. 5 
1 ft. 7 in. b., 10 in. d. 
A three-legged stand or table. On the upper surface is painted the 
urseus coiled upon the basket, the symbol of dominion; before it, on 
an altar, the leg of a victim and other viands; a vine behind, with red 
twigs and purple bunches of grapes; before the snake is a dedication 
to Amoun-ra and Osiris for Phaihroupi. Wood. 1 ft. 8 in. h., 2 ft. 
3 in. b., 18 in. d. Thebes. 
Curved fragments, perhaps from a chariot. Wood. 1 ft. 6 in. w., 
7 in. h. 
Various other fragments of chairs, stools, &c. Wood. 
Div. 3. Large vases for domestic purposes; one painted like the 
Phoenician vases, representing two mystic birds with human arms, 
probably the phoenix, flowers of the papyrus, &c. Arragonite, pottery , 
8fc. 1 ft. 6 in. to 10 in. h. 
Circular tables or salvers. Arragonite. 1 ft. 7 in. dr., to 1 ft. 8 in. dr. 
CASE M. OBJECTS OF DRESS AND TOILET. 
Div. 1. A cap, of a single piece cut into network; at one corner, 
a ring of ivory. Leather. 1 ft. b., 1 ft. 1 in. 1. 
A workman’s apron, narrowing towards the bottom, where it is cut 
