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Over Case T. Coffin of Mauteneimas, or Mouteneimos, female 
musician of the goddess Maut, daughter of Phaienkhons, priest, divine 
father of Amoun, and of a female named Otai; her face flesh colour, 
in a long claft; beneath Netpe, a door with bolts, a ram and vase, 
symbolic of Chnouphis. The usual scenes are represented on the 
body. In front, a sepulchral dedication to Osiris pethempamentes. 
The ground of this coffin is yellow; the whole of coarse execution, 
and apparently of a very late epoch. Wood. 5 ft. 11 in. h. 
Over Cases X. to F F. Casts of the sculptures from the entrance 
of the small temple at Beit Oualli, near Kalabshee. They represent 
the exploits of the monarch Rameses II. over the people of Asia, 
captives brought to the monarch, &c. 
Over Case I I. Glass case containing the bones of a mummied ibis, 
with insects and other contents of the stomach, prepared by Sir Anthony 
Carlisle, in 1805. In the drawer are various fragments of bandages, 
&c., two of them of worsted. Presented by Sir Joseph Banks. 
Over Case 11. Osiris onnophris ; the eyes have been inlaid with 
some other material; the whole covered with stucco, and gilded. 
Bronze. 2 ft. 10 in. h. 
Over Case L L. Osiris pethempamentes, standing, wearing the otf. 
Bronze. 
Over the door. Cross from the vestment of a Copt priest, sup¬ 
posed not to be later than a. d. 640 ; is gilt, and embossed with a double 
spiral pattern : the right arm of the transverse bar imperfect. Leather. 
2 ft. 6 in. h., 1 ft. 6 in. b. Medinat Abou. Presented by J. G. 
Wilkinson, Esq., 1834. 
EXPLANATION OF EGYPTIAN TERMS. 
Claft. —Head-dress with long lappets pendent on the shoulders and neck. See 
statue of Amenof III. Egyptian Saloon, 21. Coffins of mummies, &c. 
Gom.—S ort of sceptre, terminating in the head of an animal called the koucoupha. 
See in the hands of a male figure in a fresco painting, Eg. Sal. 176, and object 
Egypt. Room, Case G. Div. 3, &c. 
Oskh.— Semicircular collar or tippet worn round the neck. See bust of Rameses 
II. or Ill. (Sesostris), Eg. Sal. 19. Object in Case BB. Div. 4, &c. 
Otf.— Crown of Osiris and other deities, composed of a conical cap flanked by two 
ostrich feathers, with a disk in front, placed on the horns of a goat. See fig. of 
Osiris, Case B. Div. 2, &e. 
Pschent.— Cap or crown worn by deities and Pharaohs, composed of the shaa and 
teshr. See Pharaonic head. Eg. Sal. 15. 
Shaa.— Conical cap, upper portion of the pschent, called also ouobsh or white. 
See statue of Menephtah II., Eg. Sal. 61. 
[Shenti. —Short garment worn round the loins. See statue of Amenof III., Eg. 
Sal. 21. Bronze fig. of Amoun-ra, Egypt. Room, Case A. Div. 2, &c. 
Teshr.— The ‘red’ cap, lower portion of the pschent, cylindrical cap, with tall 
inclined peak behind and spiral ornament in front. See fig. Neith, Egypt. Room, 
I ^ Case A. Div. 2. Amulets, Case A A A. Div. 5. 
ITosh.— Royal military cap. Bas-relief of Rameses II. (Sesostris), Egypt. Room, 
I Case U. Div. 4. 
ETRUSCAN ROOM. 
( In this Room is a large collection of Greek and Etruscan Vases, 
(which are at present in course of arrangement. 
