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of deities, &c.; on the faces of several are the prenomen 
of Amenof III., the names of Amentuonk, Amoun-ra, 
&c. 
Div. 4. Basalt , arragonite , porcelain, vitrified earth , 
fyc. Pectoral plates, which were suspended from the 
neck by strings, or placed upon the exterior bandages of 
mummies ; many are in the shape of a propylon, having 
in high relief the figure of a scarabaeus ascending, placed 
in a boat, adored on each side by Isis and Nephthys ; 
on the base of the scarabaeus is generally the same 
formula as in sepulchral scarabaei. Many of these plates 
bear the names of the persons to whom they belonged ; 
with them are some others having the head of Athor, sca¬ 
rabaeus with symbolic eyes, deities, &c. 
Div. 5. Porcelain . Portions from the network cover¬ 
ings of mummies, consisting of scarabaei, wings, bugles, 
beads, &c. 
Feldspar , lapis lazuli , hematite , steatite , porcelain , com¬ 
position, fyc. Amulets, consisting of symbolic eyes, 
victims, feet of animals, necks of vipers, plumes, counter¬ 
poises of collars, heart-shaped vases, geometric symbols, 
&c. 
Div. 6. Basalt , <^c. Sepulchral amulets and sca¬ 
rabaei. 
In the narrow upright part of the case are several se¬ 
pulchral tablets, similar to those in Case L L. Div. 2. 
CASE B B B. COFFIN, OBJECTS OF ATTIRE, AMULETS, SEPUL¬ 
CHRAL ORNAMENTS, ETC. 
Wood . Coffin of Soter, archon of Thebes, son of Cor¬ 
nelius Pollius and Philout; of the form of those of the 
Graeco-Egyptian era. On one side of the vaulted cover is 
the judgment scene of the Amenti; at one end a ram¬ 
headed hawk, having on his head the ostrich feather, 
and horns of a goat, and at the other a scarabaeus, ram¬ 
headed, quadrifrons, with similar head-dress ; emblems 
of Amoun-ra, in his secondary form of Chnouph. The 
other side represents Harsaphes, the boat of Sochari, 
Anubis, standards of the Ement, Month-ra, and Thoth, 
and a boat with a naos, drawn by Nephthys; at one 
end, a quadrifrons ram, and on the other a lion with a 
