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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[EGYPTIAN 
CASE V. COFFIN, BOARDS, ETC. 
Coffin of Otaineb, a foreigner, in the form of a mummy; the face green, 
in a daft, with a rich oskh round the chest; on the breast is Netpe, between 
Isis and Nephthys, who kneel and place their hands over a signet; be¬ 
neath, the judgment scene of the Amenti, and compartments representing 
the deceased in adoration to Thoth, who introduces him to the various 
deities to whom the different parts of his body are dedicated; as, the 
lips to Anubis, the elbows to Neith, the thighs to the eye of Horns, &c., 
&c. ; on the upper part of the feet are two jackals and formulae of 
adoration to Osiris and Anubis. On the sides are Isis and Nephthys 
adoring the standard of Osiris; two jackals on pedestals; the deceased 
adoring respectively Amset, Kebhsnauf and Isis; the mummy of the 
deceased supported by Anubis, attended by a female deity; the de¬ 
ceased adoring Anubis under his human and jackal type, and the 
genius Hape, who is here termed Osiris. At the back is Osiris Tattou, 
and Meui, elevating with both his hands above his head a boat in 
which is seated Chnouphis, ram-headed quadrifrons, two blue arms 
issue from above to receive the disk, adored by cynocephali. On the 
sides beneath are emblems of life, stability, &c. The background is 
white. It is of a late era. Wood. 6 ft. h. Presented by his Ma¬ 
jesty King George III. 
Rectangular board prepared with a coat of stucco, smoothed. On it 
is traced in outline a figure of Thothmes III. [?] or Moeris, seated, 
holding in his right hand a mace, and in his left a long staff; before his 
face is his prenomen twice repeated. This part of the board is squared 
to facilitate the operations of the artist. To the right are a quail and 
seven arms inverted. Wood . 1 ft. 3 in. h., 1 ft. 9 in. b. 
Rectangular board, having on one side ten horizontal lines of hieratic 
invocations to Thoth. On the reverse are eight lines ,of hieratic. 
Wood. 1 ft. 5^ in. b., 10J in. h. 
A similar board, with an hieratic inscription. Wood. 
, Fragments of hieratic inscriptions. Calcareous stone. 
Fragments with Coptic inscriptions. Pottery. 
Two brick of sun-dried clav, stamped with the prenomen of Rameses 
II. or III. (Sesostris.) Clay. Presented by J. G. Wilkinson, 
Esq., 1834. 
CASE W. INSCRIPTIONS, INSTRUMENTS OF WRITING, PAINTING, ETC. 
Div. 1. Fragments of hieratic inscriptions. Calcareous stone. 
Div. 2. Rectangular pallets, with longitudinal grooves to hold the 
kash or small reeds used for writing; the well for colour in one is in 
the usual form of an oval or signet, towards the upper end of the pallet. 
Wood. Iff. 9 to 11 in. 1., 2 in. b. 
Pallet, with two kash, similar to the preceding; across the groove is 
inscribed the name of “ Phtahmos, deceased superintendent of scribes.” 
On it are several lines of hieratic, those in front illegible; those on the 
back appear to be names, as Amoun-si, Thooutemhbai, Phtahemhbai, 
&c. Wood. 1 ft. 4 in. 1., 2^ in. b. 
Small rectangular pallet, with two kash and two wells for black and 
