294 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
The deceased standing in adoration to Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, Harsiesi, 
Anubis and Macedo. 4. Adoration of the deceased son of the lady 
Taikoulheb, in horizontal lines of hieroglyphics. On the top has been 
a human-headed hawk with a gilt face. Wood. 2 ft. 5 in. h. 
Flat sepulchral tablet, with an arched top, placed on its original 
stand; the subject traced upon it is in three divisions. 1. The Hat or 
good demon and the two jackals, emblematic of the upper and lower 
hemisphere. 2. Baieth, or the disembodied soul, adoring the boat of 
Chnoupb, who is seated under an urseus, and attended by Thoout or 
Thoth, Har-hek, and other deities. 3. The deceased adoring Osiris 
pethempamentes, Horns, Isis, Nephthys, Thoth, Anubis and Macedo; 
underneath, a row of symbols of life and of stability, and a dedication 
to Ra, Atmou, Osiris pethempamentes, Isis, Nephthys, Macedo, and 
Anubis, “ that they will give an abode provided with flesh, fowl, wine, 
milk, libations of water, bread, and incense, for the sake of the Osirian 
Taibesate, justified. ” The whole edge of the painting, with the ex¬ 
ception of the base, is surrounded by a border of feathers; the whole is 
coloured blue, red, and green. Wood. 2 ft. h., I ft. 1 in. b. 
Div. 2. Models of two sets of sepulchral vases with covers of a 
human, baboon, jackal, and hawk-head respectively, representing Am- 
set, Hape, Sioumautf and Kebhsnauf, the four genii of the Amenti. 
In front, a perpendicular line of hieroglyphics, containing the names of 
the genii. Wood. 1 ft. 2 in. h. to 9^ in. h. 
Sepulchral vase, third of a set, with the jackal-headed cover of Siou¬ 
mautf. Green porcelain. 5~ in. h. 
Bags containing the saw-dust used in absorbing the moisture of the 
entrails; one is enclosed in a small cylindrical basket made of fibres of 
palm. Linen. 3^ in. h. 
Div. 3. Covers from sepulchral vases, representing a human head, 
indicative of the genus Amset. Arragonite, terracotta , wood, Sfc. 6 
to 3| in. h. 
Cover of a sepulchral vase, in the shape of a human he&d with a 
lock of hair on the right side, indicative of Horus. Arragonite. 44 
in. h. 
Covers from sepulchral vases, in the shape of a human head, indica¬ 
tive of Amset; the faces are occasionally painted yellow, the colour 
usually appropriated to females. Terracotta , wood. 6 to 3 in. h. 
Div. 4. Covers from sepulchral vases, in shape of the head of the 
cynocephalus, indicative of Hape. Arragonite , calcareous stone. 3| 
to 54 in. h. 
Covers from sepulchral vases, in shape of the head of a jackal, indi¬ 
cative of Sioumautf. Calcareous stone. 5 to 4 in. h. 
Similar covers, in shape of the head of a hawk, indicative of Kebh¬ 
snauf. Calcareous stone. 5 to 4f in. h. 
CASE L L. SEPULCHRAL BOATS, CONES, ETC. 
Div. 1. Model of a sepulchral boat, in the form of a canoe, con¬ 
veying to its place of sepulture the mummy of a deceased female, laid 
upon a bier, under a canopy supported by four columns with lotus ca¬ 
pitals. At the head and feet are two females in the act of lamentation, 
in imitation of Isis and Nephthys at the bier of Osiris, and at the left 
side stands a priest holding a roll of papyrus in his left hand, as if 
