ROOM.] EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 153 
Portrait of a Grseco-Egyptian female upon very thin wood. Cedar. 
1 ft. ^ in. 1., 2f in. b. 
Fragment, portion of a calendar. Calcareous stone. 84 in. h., 6 
in. b. 
Fragment with seven lines of hieratic, commencing with a date of 
the 7th year of Horns ? in the 5th line is another date of the first of 
Payni, of the 21st year of the reign of Amenof II. Calcareous stone. 
1 ft. 1 in. b., 6J in. h. 
Moulds, with figures of Phtah, Ra, hippopotamic female deity, sym¬ 
bolic eyes, cynocephali, victims, pyramidal hieroglyphic, &c., in intaglio. 
Terracotta. 3 in. to in. 1. 
Div. 4. Bricks from the Pyramids of Illahoon, Dashour, and 
Howara. Clay. Presented by Col. Howard Vyse and J. S. Perring , 
Esq.-, 1840. 
CASE X. BOXES, BASKETS, SPOONS, AND BRICKS. 
Div. 1. Flat rectangular baskets, platted. Palm leaves. II in. 1., 
8 in. h. ; 8 in. 1., 6 in. h. 
Circular fragments of the bottoms of baskets, oval covers, and other 
pieces, some worked in colours. Various sizes. 
Div. 2. Rectangular box, veneered with white and red ivory and 
blue porcelain. Ebony. 5i| in. h., 7J in. b., 9 in. d. 
Tall rectangular box, with four short legs, and a cover moving on a 
cylindrical wood hinge. Wood. 6f in. h., 5 in. b., 6 in. d. 
Rectangular box or basket, with a flat cover of the same. Papyrus . 
I ft. sq., 94 in. h. 
Rectangular box, with four legs, and curved cover; salmon coloured; 
on the top, the name and titles of Teh-kar. Wood. 104 in. h., ] ft. 
24 in. 1., 8 in. b. 
Rectangular box, with a pyramidal cover. On it a Cupid holding a 
flower, finches and water fowl; female figure, 'perhaps intended for 
Venus, standing or reclining with loose drapery. Veneered with ivory 
and inlaid in parts. 9^ in. h., 10 in. sq. Memphis. 
Small boxes, one with sliding cover. Wood. 5§ to 34 in. 1. 
Bowl-shaped box with partitions. Wood. 6^ in. dr., 3 in. h. 
Small four-legged box with a vaulted cover; the sides and top inlaid 
with ivory stamped with circular ornaments. Wood. 64 to 3f in. h. 
Tall cylindrical boxes; one contains a substance like flour. Wood. 
5J to 3f in. h. 
Portion of a similar box. Horn. 4 in. h. 
Div. 3. Small vases or bpxes; the tops and edges carved. Wood. 
to 4 in. dr., 24 to 1J in. h. 
Box in shape of a gourd divided lengthwise. Wood. 7 in. 1.. 
Semi-cylindrical box with a sliding cover. On the sides and top 
the ornament of an oskh. Wood. 5J in. 1. to 2^ in. 1. * 
Circular, egg-, and cartouche-shaped spoons. Wood. 54 to 34 in. 1. 
Shovel-shaped spoon, with handle. Wood. 5^ in. 1. 
Spoon ; the handle formed by lotus flowers. Wood. 64 in. 1. 
Spoon with an egg-shaped bowd and moveable coyer. The handle 
represents flowers of the papyrus. Wood. 1 ft. 1. Memphis. , 
Spoons; the bowls representing the shell Indina Nilotica, held by 
a thumb and finger. Ivory , wood. 9^ to 6 in. 1. 
