310 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
dicative of time, placed on frogs or tadpoles, emblems of 
Chaos, from which Time springs. 3j in. h. 
Soft stone. A king, walking; an oskh round his 
neck ; a short garment with the apron between two 
pendent ursei round his loins. His left hand holds a 
short sash, the emblem of military power ; his right a 
crook. The head is wanting. 5f in. h. Thebes . 
Dark stone. Group representing an individual named 
4 Monthoph ’ standing, in a long garment, having on his 
left side, his mother Apou, and on his right, his wife 
Taut-pneb? with each an arm round his neck ; on the 
back, a sepulchral dedication to Osiris, and the names 
of the three persons, with that of his son Har, a sacred 
scribe. 5b in. h. 
Green basalt. Lower portion of the figure of a priest, 
standing, holding before him a naos, in which is Osiris 
pethempamentes standing. On the plinth behind, the 
lower part of an inscription in hieroglyphics, containing 
part of the genealogy of the deceased. Of the time of the 
xxvi. dynasty. 6f in. h. 
Bronze. A priest, kneeling, holding upon his head a 
bowl, in which are five circular cakes of bread ; his 
right hand raised, with the palm downwards. 5§ in. h. 
Thebes. 
Bronze. Priests of libations, kneeling ; in the right 
hand of two a vase, in the left an altar; round the 
plinth of one an inscription, almost effaced./ 3| to 
in. h. One of these from Abydos. 
Bronze. Altar of lijiation, with vases, cakes, &c. At 
each corner in front, a hawk; behind, two cynocephali, 
having on their heads the disk of the moon. A shorn 
figure, with a short garment round the loins, kneels be¬ 
tween them. A frog with a hole between his fore feet 
serves as a spout. c l\ in. 1., ]§ in. b., 1 in. h. 
Calcareous stone. The figure of a deceased scribe, 
Nebre, standing, clothed from the chest to the ankles ; he 
holds before him a figure of Osiris Pethempamentes. The 
hair and faces are coloured ; on the back, are his name 
and titles traced in black. Thebes. 9f in. h. 
Calcareous stone , painted. Figure of Senofrenebmas, 
seated on a throne, holding in his left hand a stem and 
flower of the papyrus, at his right side a naked child 
