288 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
ment scene, Osiris, Thoth, the four genii of the Amenti, and other 
deities; these are in compartments separated by vertical lines of hiero¬ 
glyphics. Around the scenes of the lid is a snake crowned with the 
otf. The background is yellow, and the texts consist of sepulchral 
adorations to deities, and invocations addressed by them to the de¬ 
ceased. The face is coloured pink. Wood. 6 ft. 3 in. 1. 
Inner coffin of Amouniriou, officer attached to the palace of Amo- 
nertais or Amonates, royal daughter of a monarch named Kashto. The 
scenes upon this coffin very nearly resemble those on the last, having 
symbolic eyes, the goat standard of Chnouphra, the judgment scene of 
the Amenti, Thoth, Horus, genii of the Amenti, &c., who utter invoca¬ 
tions to the deceased. The face is red and bearded. 6 ft. 1. 
CASE D D. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Mummies of cynocephali or dog-headed baboons, animals 
sacred to Ioh-Thoth and Khons-ioh, and chiefly worshipped at Her- 
mopolis. One is partially denuded of bandages and exhibits the hair. 
I ft. 8 in. h., 1 ft. 7 in. h. Thebes. 
Head of the cynocephalus denuded of bandages. 8J in. 1. Thebes. 
Mummies of jackals or dogs with long, upright ears, emblems of 
Anubis. The outer bandages of one in strips. 1 ft. 3 in. to 1 ft. 1^ 
in. h. Thebes. 
Head of a dog, animal sacred to and emblem of Anubis, enveloped 
in bandages. The outer covering has been gilt. 7^ in. h. 
Head of a dog, unrolled. 5h in. h. 
Div. 2. Mummies of cats. The male was the emblem of the sun, 
the female of Pasht or Bubastis, the lion and cat-headed deity. 1 ft. 
9 in. to 11 in. h. Thebes. 
Wooden case in shape of a cat seated on a pedestal. The body con¬ 
tains some embalmed object, probably the mummy of that animal. 
1ft. h. 
Cats, unrolled. 1 ft. 8 in. to 1 ft. 10 in. 1. Thebes. 
Various fragments of cats. 
Div. 3. Mummies of bulls, consisting of the head and some of the 
principal bones of the body. On the forehead is the triangular mark 
of Apis, to whom all cattle were sacred. The breast of one is bandaged 
like the Etruscan border in dark and white cloth. 1 ft. 7 in. h., 1 ft. 
II in. 1. ; 1 ft. 8J in. h., 2 ft. 4 in. 1. ; 1 ft. 6 in. h., 2 ft. 5 in. 1. 
Thebes. 
Heads of gazelles, impure animals, emblems of Typhon and Ty- 
phonian divinities. One is denuded of bandages. 9^, 10J to 11|- 
in. 1. Thebes. 
Div. 4. Mummy of a bull, as above. 
Mummy of a small ram, sacred to and emblem of Amoun-ra, espe¬ 
cially in his ram-headed type of Chnouphis or Kneph. Only the head 
and some of the bones are preserved. The body is formed by board 
and papyrus. The leg bones are wrapped up separately, and the band¬ 
ages coloured yellow and pink with black lines for the eyes and mouth. 
1 ft. 1 in. h., 1 ft. 8 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of rams, unrolled, or in bandages. 1 ft. 1 in. in 1. 
Mummy of a lamb. 11 in. h., 1 ft. 2 in. 1. Thebes. 
Head of a sheep-. 
