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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[EGYPTIAN 
Pedestal; in front is the name and prenomen of Amasis-Neith-si, of 
the 21st or Saite dynasty, “ the beloved of Thoth.” Ebony. 2§ to 1 
in. b., 1 in. h. 
Plates, pedestals, and fragments. Bronze. 4 in. 1., 2 in. b„iin. 
h., by \ in. cube. 
Fragments ; one filled with wood, another terminated by a crocodile 
surmounted by a lion-headed rod, another by a hawk-headed rod, under 
which stands the god Ra, another by the head of the koucoupha. 
Bronze. 8 to 4f in. h. 
Rectangular plinths, with a leaf-shaped smoother? Arragonite. If 
in. b., 4J in. h., f in. th. ; J in. b., If in. h., f in. th. 
Rectangular plinth, probably used for inlaying; on it is traced in 
outline, Amounemopt, a royal scribe, standing in adoration to Osiris. 
Blue porcelain. 6f in. h., 4f in. b. 
An oval disk, having a seated female deity engraved in outline, 
the head surmounted by the disk and horns. Bronze. 2f in. dr. 
Div. 4. Bricks of sun-dried clay, similar to those in Case X. Div. 
4., stamped on the upper surface with the prenomen of Amenof or 
Amunoph III. (Memnon.), a. c. 1692—1661; of Rameses III. (Se- 
sostris), a. c. 1565—1499; of Ranofre, a deceased prophet-priest. 
Clay. 1 ft. 4 in. h., 6f in. b., 5f in. th., to Ilf in. h., 5f in. b., 31- 
in. th. Presented by Lord Prudhoe , 1834. 
Fragments of sun-dried bricks. Clay. Presented by J. G. Wil¬ 
kinson , Esq., 1834. 
Reed from between the bricks of the walls of Sais. 1 ft. 1 in. 1. 
Presented by the same. 
Fragments of plaster, with a flower painted in fresco. Presented by 
the same. 
Fragment of stucco, imitating syenite. 5 in. 1. Presented by the 
same. 
Smoothing tools; one has its own figure engraved on it. Wood. 
9f in. 1., 6f in. 1., 2f in. h. f 
A cylindrical box containing stucco. Wood. 4 in. h., 4 in. dr. 
Brushes for colouring walls, made of fibres of palm leaves. 7 to 5f 
in. 1. 
Part of a stamp for bricks, with incuse hieroglyphics, relating to a 
temple of Phtah. Wood. 8 in. 1. 
CASE Z. BASKETS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PLAYTHINGS, WEAVING 
TOOLS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Oval, and circular baskets, covers, &c., made of the fibres 
of the palm tree, exhibiting various kinds of basket-making, some 
worked in ornamentally with colours. Palm leaves. 1 ft. 3 in. dr., 9 
in. h., to 6 in. dr., 3 in. h. 
Div. 2. Sistrum ; the handle cylindrical, with the head of Athor on 
each side, surmounted by a cornice flanked by ureei with the otf, one of 
which is lost; at the top the full-faced head of the terrestrial Athor, 
placed on the symbol of resplendence, between disk-bearing lion¬ 
headed ursei and vultures holding signets in their claws ; at the sides 
are Pasht- Merephtah, seated in a naos, and the female goddesses attached 
to the upper and lower regions, holding in each hand a sistrum. These 
