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builder of the third pyramid. The coffin has been made in shape of a 
mummy, but the head is wanting. In front are two perpendicular 
lines of hieroglyphics, an address to the deceased monarch. Beside 
this are various portions of the lid and chest of the same. Wood. 4 
ft. 2 in. 1. Found in a chamber of the third pyramid by Col. Howard 
Vyse , 1837, and presented by him in 1838. 
The body of king Men-ka-re, found in a chamber of the third pyramid 
excavated by Col. Howard Vyse in 1837. It consists of part of the 
back, the pelvis, and legs, with a fragment of its woollen wrapper. 
Presented by Col. Howard Vyse , 1838. 
Skull, and cloth made of wool, having formed part of a wrapper, 
from the quarries at Mokattam. Presented by Hr. J. Bowring , 1838. 
Mummies of children. 2 ft. 8 in. h., 1 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Case for holding a foetus, in shape of Osiris pethempamentes seated. 
Wood. in. h. 
Finger, sheathed in silver or silver gilt, from a mummy. The 
colour may have been produced by the heated bitumen. 2f in. 1. 
Tress of hair in its bandages, from a female mummy. Linen. 2 
ft. 3 in. 1. Thebes. 
Mummied hair from the heads of men, in oval cakes. 6 in. 1. 
Div. 3. Part of the lid of the coffin of Taihreri, a female; on it 
are depicted the judgment scene of the Amenti, the hawk of Sochari, 
the embalmment scene, Thoth, and other deities. The face is yellow, 
the background buff, the hieroglyphics blue on a white ground. In 
the interior is a figure of Netpe and the Hat or good demon. Syca¬ 
more. 4 ft. 3 in. h. 
Mummy of Onkhsnofre, in its bandages; the exterior are of a but! 
pink or salmon colour, and upon them are the remains of beaded work 
of bugles, among which is a scarabaeus, the four genii of the Amenti, &o. 
(See Coffin, Div. 4.) 5 ft. 1 in. 1. 
A small coffin, with a vaulted cover, containing the mummy of a 
Graeco- Egyptian child. The body is covered with an external wrapper 
with a representation of the deceased in a toga, the hair crowned with 
a wTeath, the feet in shoes, the left hand holding a branch of laurel, the 
right raised. On the top of the cover is a viper between tw r o w r reaths. 
At the bottom of the chest, within, a figure of Netpe. Wood. 2 ft. 
8 in. 1. mummy, 3 ft. 1 in. coffin. 
The upper part of the inner coffin of Iriouirooui, son of Harsaphes, 
in the form of a mummy with oskh; on it are two dedications to 
Osiris and Phta'h-Sochari-Osiris, deeply cut. Wood. 
Mummy of Amouniriou, a functionary of the court of the queen 
Amounertais, in its salmon-coloured bandages; the exterior has been 
covered with a network of blue porcelain bugles, among which are the 
scarabaeus and four genii of the Amenti. 5 ft. 7 in. 1. ( See coffin, Div. 4. ) 
Tesserm from Graeco- Egyptian mummies, bearing inscriptions re¬ 
lative to Heras, Theano, and Harpocration. Wood. 
Div. 4. Oskh from the outer covering of a mummy. It terminates 
at each end in the head of a haw T k, surmounted by a disk, emblem of 
Re. Linen covered ivith painted stucco. 1 ft i 10 in. h. 
Inner coffin of the lady Onkhsnofre, daughter of Khonsmos, in the 
form of a mummy, having a head-dress with vulture plumes. On it 
are the haw r k of Chnouphra, Netpe, the standard of Osiris, the embalm- 
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