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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
A figure seated on the ground, resting one arm upon 
the knees, the right raised towards the mouth ; the head 
of Isis on a sceptre in front; hieroglyphics upon the 
sides. 
No. 103. Tablets executed prior to, and at the com¬ 
mencement of the 16 th dynasty. 
No. 104. A small monolith naos, two disked uraei, 
and monuments in the shape of altars. 
Nos. 105, 106. Tablets, probably executed during 
the 16th dynasty. 
No. 107. Tablets executed during the 17th dynasty. 
No. 108. Miscellaneous objects. 
Nos. 109—113. Tablets executed during the 18tli 
dynasty. 
No. 114. The side of a tomb, two baked terracotta 
.covers of coffins, and a bas-relief, consisting of a double 
range of figures. The upper range is imperfect, half of 
the figures having been sculptured upon another stone* 
The lower range represents some priests armed with 
knives, with which they are sacrificing bulls. It was found 
near Sakkara, four leagues from Grand Cairo. Pre¬ 
sented, in 1767, by the Eart of Bute. 
No. 115. Tablets executed during the 18th dynasty. 
No. 116. Seven objects. Presented , in 1817, by Cay- 
tain Caviglia, viz.; 
A small hawk of very coarse work, found in front of 
the Great Sphinx. 
A Greek inscription erected in front of tl/e Great 
Sphinx, by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Yerus. 
A small lion, found in a temple between the paws of 
the Great Sphinx. 
A tablet of hieroglyphics, found in front of the Great 
Sphinx. 
A lion very rudely sculptured ; it is supposed to have 
stood on one of the wadis between the paws of the Great 
Sphinx. 
The impression of a human foot carved in stone, with 
the letters NEK$© engraved over it. Found in front of 
the Great Sphinx., 
One of the horns of an altar which was found in front 
of the Great Sphinx. 
Nos. 117, 118. The tablet of Abydos. 
