EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
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ROOM.] 
in form of a chest. Down the centre is a perpendicular line of hiero¬ 
glyphics, containing in one the name of Asko, daughter of Iribouni. 
Wood. 1 ft. 10£ in., to 2 ft. 2 in. h. One presented by J. G. Wil¬ 
kinson , Esq., 1834. 
CASE I I. FIGURES OF OSIRIS. 
Div. 1. Similar figures without plinths; one has an invocation to 
Osiris for an assistant priestess, Ta... neith, born of Tainreouenpasht ; 
another for Sakhons, son of Gothi, a priest, and of Tainreouenpasht, 
lady of the house; another, the name of Petkhons, son of Tsensaph ; 
another, that of Sahar, lady of the house, daughter of the priest of 
Onnophris, Psametik, bom of the lady Hthiauesi; another has the name 
of a priest, Petamon. The names on the others are wanting. Wood . 
2 ft. 2^ to 10 in. h. 
Div. 2. Figures of Osiris of similar type and use, but much de¬ 
cayed ; the inscriptions obliterated; some are covered with bitumen. 
Wood. 2 ft. 2± in. to 1 ft. h. 
Chest-shaped covers, from plinths; their upper surface is usually in¬ 
scribed with a line of hieroglyphics, as “ Sokari-Osiris, lord of the 
tombs,” &c. One has the genii of the Amenti, and other deities, with 
Anubis unfolding the doors. Wood. in. 1., 4 in. h., 2 in. d. 
Head attires from similar figures, consisting of the red disk, em¬ 
blematic of the sun ; the two ostrich feathers, emblematic of truth ; and 
the horns of a goat, indicative of fecundity. Wood. 8 in. h. 
Div. 3. Figures of Osiris pethempamentes, used as cases for pa¬ 
pyri. These, w 7 hich are ahvays portions or copies of the great funeral 
ritual of the Egyptians, in hieroglyphic or hieratic characters, were 
cither contained in the body of these figures, which divided in half, as 
in some specimens, or else in small rectangular cells, with a lid fitting 
to the body, and neatly covered with bitumen. Wood, covered with 
bitumen. 2 ft. 2 in. to l ft. 8J in. h. 
CASE K K. SEPULCHRAL BOXES, VASES, ETC. 
Div. 1. Tall rectangular box with vaulted cover; the sides coloured 
with vertical stripes of blue, white, and red. Wood. 1 ft. 9J in. h., 
IOj in. sq. at base. 
Rectangular box, adapted for holding sepulchral vases; it is black, 
and in front is a small tablet, with a dedication in white to Osiris, for 
Amounosonkh, priestess of Amoun. Wood. 1 ft. 3 in. h., 1 ft. 6 
in. b., 9J in. d. 
Tall pyramidal box, w T ith a cornice; at each side is traced in yellow 
upon a black ground a procession of inferior deities, in two rows, 
holding in their hands offerings or swords, and having above their heads 
perpendicular lines of hieroglyphics, the invocations addressed by them 
to the deceased Tooutates. On the cover of the box are the two 
jackals, guardians of the upper and low r er hemispheres, with the ursei of 
Sate and Soven or Seben. Wood. 1 ft. 6 in. h., 9 in. sq at base. 
Sepulchral tablet. 1. The Hat with pendent ursei in the teshr and 
otf, jackals, &c. 2. The soul adoring in the bark of Ra, Ra Atmou, 
Tore, Thmei, Tafne, and Seb—the boat steered by another deity. 3, 
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