ROOM.] EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 333 
compartments representing the deceased in adoration 
to Thoout or Thoth, who introduces him to the various 
deities to whom the different parts of his body are 
dedicated; as, “ the lips to Anubis,” “ the elbows 
to Neith,” “ the thighs to the eye of Horus,” “ the eyes 
to Athor,” “ the teeth to Selk,” “ the knees to the lord 
of Kef,” “ the loins and back to Pasht,” &c., &c.; on 
the upper part of the feet are two jackals and formulae 
of adoration to Osiris and Anubis for the usual benefits. 
On the sides of the coffin are Isis and Nephthys adoring 
the standard of Osiris ; two jackals on pedestals ; the de¬ 
ceased adoring respectively Amset, Kebhsnauf and Isis ; 
the mummy of the deceased supported by Anubis attended 
by a female deity ; the deceased adoring Anubis under 
his human and jackal type, and the genius Hape, who is 
here termed Osiris. At the back is Osiris under the form 
of the emblem of stability, and Meui or Moui seated on one 
leg, elevating with both his hands above his head the boat of 
the sun, in which is seated the quadrifrons ram-headed 
type of the god Chnouphis ; two blue arms issue from 
above to receive the disk, adored on each side by a 
cynocephalus, having on its head the disk of the moon. 
On the sides beneath are emblems of life, stability, &c. 
The back ground of this coffin is white. It is of a late era. 
6 ft. h. Presented by his Majesty King George III. 
Wood. Rectangular board prepared with a coat of 
stucco, smoothed. On it is traced in outline a figure of 
Thothmes III. [?] or Moeris, seated, holding in his right 
hand a mace, and in his left a long staff; before his 
face is his prenomen twice repeated. This part of the 
board is squared to facilitate the operations of the artist. 
To the right are a quail and seven arms inverted. 1 ft. 
3 in. h., 1ft. 9 in. b. 
Wood. Rectangular board, having on one side ten 
horizontal lines of hieratic invocations to Thoth, stating, 
“ that the gods and goddesses will give glory to Thoth on 
that day.in their shrines, and will come from their 
divine abodes of flame.” The whole inscription consists 
of mythological ideas connected with the ritual. On the 
reverse are eight lines of hieratic. 1 ft. 5^ in. b., lOf 
in. h. 
Wood. A similar board, with an hieratic inscription. 
