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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
each shoulder before. The workmanship of a late period. 
4 in. h. Thebes . 
Green vitrified earth . A figure, apparently female, al¬ 
most naked, walking, holding a calf, slung round her 
neck, by its four feet. Her right hand is pendent by her 
side, and grasps by the horns an oryx or gazelle. These 
animals were probably borne as offerings. in. h. 
Steatite . A naked female figure ; her right knee on a 
semicircular base; she wears the oskh and anklets; her 
elbows have been placed upon two columns, rising from 
each end of the base. The head, right arm, and one 
column, are wanting. 3 in. h. 
Calcareous stone . A female lying on a couch in a long 
close tunic ; her head supported by an ouols or head* 
rest; round her neck an oskh; her hair in the style of 
the xxn. dynasty. A child is placed transversely under 
her legs. in. h. 
Calcareous stone. The figure of a female, lying upon a 
bier or couch: on her head a pyramidal ornament ; her 
body clothed. On her right, the naked figure of a child ; 
above his head, a hieratic inscription. The figures are 
surrounded by the painted figure of an asp, 9| in. 1. 
Calcareous stone . Nubian female, kneeling and grind¬ 
ing. 9 in. h. 
Porcelain . Heads and torsos of two females, sup¬ 
porting on their heads two monkeys turned back to 
back, with their right paws on their mouths. in. h. 
Calcareous stone , gilt. A female in a long, garment, 
seated; in her left hand -9-; the hair blue, in short 
rows of curls ; the eyes inlaid. 5 in. h. 
Calcareous stone . A female standing, her hair disposed 
similarly to that of Athor, a fillet along the top and back 
of the head; her arms pendent; on the column behind, 
a dedication to Osiris for the deceased. in. h. 
Porcelain . A female standing, with a girdle round the 
loins ; on her head a cowl, and disk with holes around; 
she holds some object under her right breast. 4j in. h. 
Div. 4.— Blue porcelain. Namms, or head-dress, from 
the statue of a king ; the diadem gilt, and inlaid with 
red and light blue porcelain ; behind, one vertical, and two 
oblique bands, the latter terminating in ursei. 3J in. h. 
