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room.] EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
is a horizontal line of hieroglyphics, relative to the table of the person 
on which it was once placed. Bronze. 4^ in. h. 
Fragment of circular box, sculptured with bulls, &c. On the edges of 
the lips are two fixed rings for the handle. Bronze. 5^ in. h., 3 in. dr. 
Lamps; the handle of one is formed by the head of a dog issuing 
from a lotus calyx. Bronze. 2J to 1J in. h., 4J in. 1. 
Circular shallow vessels, the bottoms marked with deep concentric 
circles. Bronze. 4J to 5 in. dr. 
Div. 2. Rectangular stand of two stages, composed of papyrus, 
supported at each corner by a column of cane. On each is a small 
duck, trussed; and on the bottom circular cakes of bread. Papyrus 
and cane. in. h., 9J in. b., 6 in. dr. Private tomb at Thebes. 
Basket containing the fruit of the doum palm, pomegranates, &c. 8 
in. h. 
Smaller basket wove in with colours, which has held fruit of the 
doum palm. 3^- in. h. 
Small elliptical basket which held fruit. 5 in. h., 7J in. b. 
Fruits of the doum and date palm, fig, grape vine, carthamus, heglyg 
(persea), nebbek, ricinus, and pomegranate; wheat; barley; tares. 
Flat circular, square, triangular, &c., cakes of bread or biscuits, the 
top of one stamped; some apparently made of barley. 6 in. 1. 
Div. 3. Horn of a cow or ox. 
Rolls of prepared leather, of a maroon colour. 1 ft. 3 in. to 7 in. 1. 
Bitumen, and materials with which the mummies are embalmed. 
Fragments of leaves of the papyrus, from a box or basket. 
Roll of fibres of palm leaves or cane. 
Blade of a sickle, fractured in three pieces, completely oxydized 
throughout. Traces of the w T ooden handle into which it has been fitted 
are visible upon the end. Iron. 11 in. dr. Found by Belzoni under 
a statue at Karnak. 
Pick-axe used in agriculture, of a single piece. Wood. 2 ft. 1. 
Hoe, consisting of a handle into which is inserted a broad blade 
placed at an acute angle, and fastened by a cord of fibres of the palm. 
Wood. 1 ft. 10 in. h. 
Yoke or pole with a knob at each end, to retain the leather strap, 
which is stamped with concentric ornaments. Acacia wood. 3 ft. 
6 in. 1. 
Eight steps of rough wood from a rope ladder; rope of the same 
ladder made of fibres of the palm; found in the tomb of Menephtah I. 
Wood. 1 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Pair of tassels of fibres, united by a cord of the same material, per¬ 
haps put round the neck of an animal. Palm leaves. 5 in. 1. 
Div. 4. Fragments from the tomb of Menephtah I. (Akencheres), 
12th king of the 18th dynasty. In front is the arm and anterior 
portion of the body of Thmei, and part of her titles in hieroglyphics; 
before her is a line of small hieratic characters. At the edge is part of 
the prenomen and name of Menephtah I. Calcareous stone. Pre¬ 
sented by Col. T. P. Thompson. 
Fragments of vases covered with enchorial inscriptions. Similar 
pieces, bearing Greek inscriptions, appear to have been tax gatherers’ 
receipts at Syene and Elephantina. Pottery . 
