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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
bled at Memphis, for the purpose of investing him 
with the royal prerogative. This stone was found near 
Rosetta. 
No. 25. f An Egyptian figure, the size of life, kneel¬ 
ing on a square plinth, round which is a border of 
hieroglyphics: the head and arms of the figure are 
wanting. 
No. 26. A seated figure of Ousiree Menephtha, 
bearing on his knees the figure of a ram's head ; in a hard 
white stone. Hieroglyphics on the shoulders of the 
figure, on the sides of the seat, and round the pedestal. 
On his feet are sandals. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 27. A mutilated figure of Rameses II. (Sesostris) 
kneeling, and supporting with both hands an altar, de¬ 
dicated to the deity Thore, on which a scarabaeus is 
placed. Presented , in 1805, by Earl Spencer. 
No. 28. A circular vessel of sand-stone; one handle 
is decorated with the head of Isis, the other handle and 
the edge are inscribed with hieroglyphics. 
No. 29. A group of a male and female seated, of 
soft stone painted. The front of the statues and sides 
of the chair are inscribed with hieroglyphics. 
No. 30. A colossal head, in white hard stone. From 
Mr. Salt's collection . 
No. 31. A group of two figures seated with a smaller 
one between them, in hard sand-stone: found in a tomb, 
and probably represents the man, his wife and child, who 
were buried therein. The sides of the seat, the ground 
about their feet, and a stripe down the front'of their 
lower garments are decorated with hieroglyphics, with 
the name of Amenoph II. The heads and upper parts 
of the bodies of the figures have been covered with a 
thick coat of paint, part of which still remains. From 
Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 32. A sarcophagus of grey stone, with its cover; 
of the Queen of Amasis, king of the 26th dynasty. The 
entire sarcophagus, inside and outside, is covered with 
sculptures and hieroglyphics. It was discovered at the 
bottom of an excavation 130 feet deep, behind the palace 
of Sesostris, near Thebes. 
No. 33. A sarcophagus of green basalt, in form of a 
