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piece of granite of two colours, and the face, 
which is in remarkably fine preservation, is exe¬ 
cuted in a very admirable manner. Presented^ 
in 1817, Plenry Salt^ Esq, and the late Louis 
Burclchardt^ Esq. 
No. 12. A large Egyptian sarcophagus, of 
black granite, covered with hieroglyphics, in¬ 
side and outside. This sarcophagus, which was 
brought from Grand Cairo, was used by the 
Turks as a cistern, which they called The 
Lover’s Fountain.” 
No. IS. An Egyptian obelisk. 
No. 14. Part of the frieze of an Egyptian 
temple. It is covered with hieroglyphics on 
both sides. The upper part of the front of this 
frieze consisted of a row of birds, the legs of 
which are all that now remain. Presented^ in 
1766, hy His late Majesty. 
No. 15. The statue of an Egyptian Deity, 
similar to No. 1. 
No. 16. Ditto. 
No. 17. A Greek inscription on a marble slab 
of considerable dimensions, brought from the 
island of Tenos. Purchased in 1818. 
No. 18. A small mutilated Egyptian figure, 
kneeling on a broken square plinth. 
No. 19. A fragment of an Egyptian Deity, 
similar to No. 1. 
No. 20. A stone sarcophagus, discovered in a 
tomb at Thebes j the paintings with which it is 
ornamented 
ROOM IX. 
Antiquities. 
