286 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
Specimen of Egyptian linen bleached by the modern process, and 
portion of the original. 6 in. b. Presented by Mr. J. Dodd . 
Skeins of thread, some dyed of a reddish colour. 
Spindles and knitting needles. Wood. 9^ to 9 in. 1. 
Spindles, differently formed; one has a base of plaster, on which is 
inscribed the symbol “ Ement; ” others are wrapped in cloth; and 
one is attached to a skein of thread. Wood. 1 ft. 1 in. to 10 in. 1. 
Needles for sewing. Bronze. 3 to 3^ in. 1. 
Hackle for dressing flax or hemp. Wood. 4 in. sq. 
CASES A A., BB., C C. MUMMIES, COFFINS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Mummy of a female ? The outer bandages are of a salmon 
colour. On the head is a gilt mask, and oskh round the neck, of 
linen, covered with stucco and coloured. 4 ft. 84 in. 1. 
Mummies unrolled and wrapped up again; one in a very incom¬ 
plete state. 
Large heads and pieces from coffins. Wood. 
Coffin, formed of two different ones, the cover and upper end being 
of a far earlier epoch than the sides. On it is a deceased priest in 
adoration to Osiris, Amset, Sioumautf, and Kebhsnauf; Anubis ; 
Hape, Sioumautf, and Kebhsnauf. The backgrounds are yellow and 
blue, the figures traced in red. The interior contains the mummy of 
a child. Sycamore. 2 ft. 11 in. 1., 10 in. b., 1 ft. J in. h. 
Small rectangular coffin, in which is the mummy of a child, ban¬ 
daged, and covered with painted linen, representing the mask of the 
deceased, Kebhsnauf and Sioumautf, &c. 1 ft. 74 in. 1-, 54 in. b. 
Similar coffin, containing the mummy of a child. 1 ft. 74 in 1. , 
54 in. b. 
Div. 2. Sides of a coffin ; the right has on its exterior, commenc¬ 
ing from the feet, Osiris Serapis seated in a propylon with N^phthys ; 
Osiris hare-headed ; Thmei and the deceased; the balance ; Osiris; the 
burning pool, with the cynocephali, and two souls; the hawk of So- 
chari, four souls ; Osiris seated with Isis and Nephthys, and addressed 
by a double snake-headed deity; two male and two female deities ; 
Harpocrates ; Sevek-ra; Ra and cat-headed deity in a propylon, &c. 
The whole is interspersed with hieroglyphics, and at the top is a hori¬ 
zontal line relative to the god Ra. In the interior Serapis seated and 
the winged serpent; Amoun-osiris, disk, flame and ass-headed deities ; 
Osiris, the vulture of Maut, symbol of resplendence and of life ; Am¬ 
set and Sioumautf, with a feather-headed deity. Sycamore. 
On the left side of the same coffin, from the head, the mummy of 
the deceased, supported by Tattou and deplored by Isis, in a boat 
drawn by three deities; Osiris Onnophris, Isis, and the Ouemti ; the 
boat of Re drawn by blue and green jackals. Emblems and inferior 
deities, among wffiich are Sochari-Osiris, Hape, Sioumautf, &c. 
The background of the exterior is yellow, the figures and hiero¬ 
glyphics blue, red, and green. That of the interior, maroon, with the 
dresses of the figures white. The whole is highly varnished in yellow. 
5 ft. 10 in. 1., 11 in. h. 
Upper part of the cover of the coffin of king Men-ka-re, the My- 
cerinus or Mencheres of the Greeks, successor of Saophis II., and 
