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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [^EGYPTIAN 
trary to the usual manner; they have been supposed to be 
seals, but no impressions from them have been as yet 
discovered, and numerous specimens precisely similar 
have been found within, or over the door of, the same 
tomb* The hieroglyphics, which are always stamped 
upon the base, contain universally a dedication to the 
deceased, sometimes accompanied with figures. 
Bed brick. Sepulchral cones, stamped with the names 
of Maimos, prince of Kosh or Koushi, (Ethiopia,) in the 
time of Rameses II. or III. (Sesostris) ; of Nofreophth 
(Nepherophes), fourth prophet priest of Amoun ; of the 
same and his wife Amounophth ; of Nofreothph, chief 
scribe of Amoun, and his sister Mai re; of “ O . . ou 
. . . .and priest of Amoun;” of Tenrokas, a priest; of 
Ra-men-to-snab, military chief and first prophet priest of 
Amoun ; of Saph, a military officer; of Semau or Sen- 
maut, commander of the infantry (matoi); of O .. at¬ 
tached to the royal palace, and his brother Obi, who are 
represented in the act of adoration; above is a boat; of 
Amounemeian, superintendent of the balance of the 
abode of Amoun; of Amounemhe (Amenemes), super¬ 
intendent of the cloth ? ... of upper and lower Egypt; 
of Ramentosnab, royal scribe, superintendent of the do¬ 
mains of upper and lower Egypt; of Re or Ra, a similar 
functionary; of Nofre-bai, female holding some office. 
Div. 4.—- Wood . Mask from a coffin; the eyebrows, 
eyelids, small short beard, and string are of bronze. 
in. 1 . * 
Wood. Fragment from the soles of the feet of the 
inner coffin of a mummy; on it is the bull Apis running 
and bearing on his back a male mummy. Presented by 
J. G. Wilkinson , Esq ., 1334. 9 in. b., 7 5 in. h. 
Wood . Fragments of faces from the coffins of mum¬ 
mies. 9 | to S\ in. h. 
Wood. Beards from the same ; one is short and square. 
6 to 1 ^ in. h. 
Wood. Feet from a mummy coffin. 6 | in. 1. 
Wood. Hand from the outer covering of a mummy, 
printed yellow. 6 in. 1 . 
Wood. Hand from a coffin,, holding a cylindrical roll, 
probably a papyrus ritual; a horizontal line of hieratic 
extends across the back of the hand, “ the Osirian 
