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tians, on a double pedestal; he stands upon nine bows, 
symbolic of the Ethiopians ; before his feet the name of 
the queen of Amasis; the eyes, whip, <Nic,, richly inlaid ; 
on the upper pedestal the cartouche of Amoun-ra, be¬ 
tween two winged uraei; at the side, a deity bearing offer¬ 
ings, two phoenixes, -^p-s, goms, &c., preceded on one side 
by three jackal-headed, and on the other by three 
hawk-headed figures ; upon the back of the pedestal 
Horus, on the symbol usual on the sides of thrones, 
between two female deities, by whom he is saluted. 
The lower pedestal has on its upper surface four ho¬ 
rizontal lines of hieroglyphics; “ may Amoun-ra, the 
husband of his mother, resident in the centre of Thebes, 
give always a good embalmment, in the Amenti (or the 
West), for Har-ge, the scribe, officer of the queen, son 
of Obai, a similar functionary, born of Obeth, a lady 
of the house.” In front is Meui elevating the boat of 
the sun, and saluted by cynocephali and the female 
deities attached to the upper and lower region ; the sym¬ 
bol of which, at the back, is corded up by Har-hat and 
Thoth ; at each side is a procession of four forms of 
Hapi-moou, each uttering an address, as “ we give you 
all life and power, offerings, incense, flowers.” 
Two similar figures, without pedestals. 6 to 8 in. h. 
Bronze . Chons, Khons or Khonsou, the Egyptian 
Hercules, in Osirian dress, with the lunar disk and mystic 
lock of hair, holding the gom, whip, and crook. in. h. 
Gold . Khons-ioh, seated, hawk-headed, crowned with 
the lunar disk. ^ in. h. 
Bronze . Phtah, or Phtha, the Egyptian Vulcan, 
in Osirian dress, bearded, shorn he$d, holding the gra¬ 
duated gom. From 1 to 7 \ in. h. 
Bronze . Phtah-Sochari, bifrons, pantheic, standing 
upon two crocodiles ; the anterior head, a jackal’s disked, 
the other, a ram’s disked, with urseus. The form 
dwarfish, naked, bow-legged ; the right hand holds a 
whip; the left, an unknown object; the back formed by 
the body and tail of a hawk. 3 in. h. 
Bronze . Athor, Athyr, or Hathor, the Egyptian 
Venus; her head overshadowed by a vulture supporting 
the disk and horns; on the breast is the oskh. The 
body is composed of a shrine, placed upon a wheel of 
