268 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
into a kind of fringe; two straps above, to pass round the body. 
There is a small purse-shaped pocket at the right side, secured by a 
flap and tongue; the edge is ornamented with a painted black border. 
Leather. 3 ft. 2 in. 1. 
An Egyptian tunic, without sleeves, sewn together by the selvage, 
which is blue. The bottom terminates in a kind of fringe. Linen 
cloth. 4 ft. 3 in. 1. Thebes. 
Basket, in which the above tunic was contained, formed of platted 
leaves of the palm tree. 8f in. h., 1 ft. 3 in. 1. dr. Thebes. 
A basket, in which were found many of the shoes and sandals in 
Div. 4. Palm leaves. 1 ft. 1. 
Div. 2. Rectangular cases bored with four cylindrical holes, to hold 
sthem or stibium, a bluish black metallic colour for the eyelids; one with 
the name of Amounmos attached to the royal builders and scribe. 
Wood. 4 in. h., 1^- in. sq. at base. 
Cases for sthem, in the shape of four cylinders united; the covers 
have moved upon pivots; pins for laying on the colour, some sur¬ 
mounted by a hawk. Wood. 3^ to 2^ in. h. 
Vase for colour, in the shape of four cylinders united. Round it is 
an inscription for Oohmos or Amasis, a scribe. Green 'porcelain or 
vitrified stone. 2^ in. h. Memphis. 
Cylindrical reed-formed case for paint; in front, the name of 
Amentuonkh, the king, and his wife Onkhsen-amoun or Amononkhsen. 
White porcelain. 6 in. h., in. dr. 
Cylindrical cases with inscriptions, carved, or traced with black paint; 
one has the linen and string in which it was wrapped. Reed. 3J to 
4 in. 1. 
Cylindrical cases for stibium. Reed , wood , ivory, porcelain. 7 to 
2J in. 1. 
A case for paint; it represents a monkey standing erect, grasping with 
both arms a cylinder, with its cover of wood. Ivory. 3f in. h. 
Studs for the hair. (See the mummy of Kotbti, Case 00.) Ivory , 
arragonite, porcelain. 2 to J- in. dr., 2 in. to ^ in. h. 
Cylindrical cases for paint, with capitals like the leaves of the doum 
palm; round the shaft are waving lines and fringes. One has a 
hematite pin. Porcelain, wood. 4 in. to 3f in. h. 
A case for paint, in form of the head attire of Pnebto, the son of 
Horus. Terracotta. 3J in. h., 3^ in. b. 
A small vase or bottle "for the sthem, in the shape of Khons standing 
erect. Wood. 4^ in. h. 
A similar vase, in form of a naked, beardless, girdled, Typhonian 
figure. 2J in. h. 
Div. 3. A mirror; the handle in the shape of a lotus-sceptre sur¬ 
mounted by the head of Athor, the goddess of beauty, with an inverted 
crescent. Bronze. -1 ft. h., 1 ft. j in. 1. 
A similar mirror, the handle in shape of a platted tress of hair sur¬ 
mounted by two haw 7 ks. Bronze. 5 in. h. 
Mirrors with handles of wood; one terminates in the head of a hawk- 
headed deity, in a claft; the other in a kind of standard, having at one 
end the right symbolic eye. Bronze. 1 ft. 1J in. h. 
A mirror with ivory handle in form of a column with a lotus capital. 
Bronze. 10^ in. h. 
