304 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
which the mummy of the deceased was laid has a large female figure, 
with pendent arms, full face ; at the sides of the head are Isis and Neph- 
thys kneeling, &c. Wood. 5 ft. 10 in. L, 2 ft. 1 in. b., 1 ft. 11* in. h. 
Div. 1. Ear-rings, and pendants from ear-rings; two of these 
cylindrical, of the Arabic era; bracelets. Gold, silver, bronze, porce¬ 
lain, glass. 
Rings with a break in the circumference, probably objects of attire, but 
their precise application unknown. Carnelian, jasper, composition, 
ivory, Sfc. 
Signets set with amulets or scarabaei; some bear the prenomen of 
Thothmes III. (Moeris), one, that of Rameses VII. or IX. ; those of 
iron are of the Greek period. Gold, electrum, silver, bronze, iron. 
Div. 2. Necklaces, bracelets, pendent ornaments, beads, &c.; one 
necklace has pendants in the form of the lock of Horns, fish, and cow¬ 
ries, with a cowrie-shaped clasp ; another has flat beads representing 
deities, symbols, &c.; and a third, blue spherical beads capped with 
silver. Among the pendants are an aegis of Pasht, a soul, and the 
shell Indina Nilotica. Gold, carnelian, jasper, amethyst, Egyptian 
emerald, §*c. 
Div. 3. Finger rings, some in open work, with figures of deities, 
&c.; on the faces of several are the prenomen of Amenof III., the 
names of Amentuonk, Amoun-ra, &c. Porcelain, ivory, mother of 
pearl, carnelian, bronze, $c. 
Div. 4. Pectoral plates, which were suspended from the neck by 
strings, or placed upon the exterior bandages of mummies ; many are 
in the shape of a propylon, having in high relief the figure of a seara- 
baeus ascending, placed in a boat, adored on each side by Isis and 
Nephthys ; on the base of the scarabaeus is generally the same formula 
as in sepulchral scarabaei. Many of these plates bear the names of the 
persons to whom they belonged; with them are some others having the 
head of Athor, scarabaeus with symbolic eyes, deities, &c. Basalt, 
arragonite, porcelain, vitrified earth, Sfc. 
Div. 5. Portions from the network coverings of mummies, consist¬ 
ing of scarabaei, wings, bugles, beads, &c. Porcelain. 
Amulets, consisting of symbolic eyes, victims, feet of animals, necks 
of vipers, plumes, counterpoises of collars, heart-shaped vases, geo¬ 
metric symbols, &c. Feldspar, lapis lazuli , hematite, steatite, porcelain, 
composition, Qc. 
Div. 6. Sepulchral amulets and scarabaei. Basalt, Sfc. 
In the narrow upright part of the Case are several sepulchral tablets, 
similar to those in Case L L. Div. 2. 
CASE BBE. COFFIN, OBJECTS OF ATTIRE, AMULETS, 
SEPULCHRAL ORNAMENTS, ETC. 
Coffin of Soter, archon of Thebes, son of Cornelius Pollius and Phi- 
lout, or Philous. On one side of the vaulted cover is the judgment 
scene of the Amenti; a ram-headed hawk at one end, and scarabaeus, 
ram-headed, with four rams’ heads, at the other. The other side repre¬ 
sents Harsaphes, the boat of Sochari, Anubis, standards of the Ement, 
Month-ra, and Thoth, and a boat with a naos, drawn by Nephthys ; at 
one end, a quadrifrons ram, and on the other a lion with a ram’s head, 
