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and which has formerly been one of the statues from the edifice of that 
monarch at Karnak. Black granite. 
No. 17. Coffin in the shape of a mummy of Seveksi, a person of 
the sacerdotal caste, in the time of one of the later dynasties. , 
Basalt. From the collection of Signor AnastasL 
No. 18. Sarcophagus of Pa-neter-hent, a standard-bearer. Sye¬ 
nite. From the collection of Signor AnastasL 
No. 19. Head and upper part of a statue of Rameses II. or III. 
( Sesostris), wearing a Cylindrical diadem of ureei, of fine execution; 
traces of colour still remain on this bust. The hieroglyphics down 
the back are part of the address of Amen-ra, and of the name and 
titles of Rameses. Brought from the edifice at Gournah, formerly j 
called the Memnonium of Thebes, and hence popularly called 
“the young Mem non. ” Presented by Henry Salt, Esq., and Louis ! 
Burckhardt, Esq., 1817. 
No. 20. Slab, which has been placed between two columns of a 
temple, sculptured on both sides, and surmounted on one by a cornice 
of ursei serpents, and on the other of vultures. On it the monarch j 
Psammetichus II. is represented kneeling and offering cakes of bread 
to a serpent, a cow-headed, and another divinity, all seated on square 
pedestals. The hieroglyphics contain the names and titles of the 
king, and the speeches of the divinities; from Alexandria. Basalt. !! 
Presented by King George III., 1766. 
No. 21. Colossal statue of Amenophis III. (Memnon), monarch * 
of the 18th dynasty, the same king Who is represented by the vocal , 
statue, seated on a throne. His names and titles are inscribed on the \{ 
front of his throne and on the back of the statue, having the name of 
Amen inserted in place of another name erased throughout. Found, in 
1818, in the Memnonium at Thebes. Black granite. 
No. 22. Slab, which has been placed between two columns of a \ 
temple, surmounted on one side by a cornice of ursei, and of vultures !| 
on the other; on it the monarch Nectanebo, of the 30th dynasty, b.c. 
387—377, is represented kneeling, and offering a conical cake of bread. 
The other side is much injured, having been used at a late epoch in ! 
the restoration of a temple; on it, however, may be traced the monarch 
kneeling and offering to a deity, &c. The hieroglyphics are the names 4 
and titles of the kings, addresses of divinities, and the dedication of the 
temple to which it belonged; from Alexandria. Green basalt. 
No. 23. f Chest of a large sarcophagus of Hapimen, a royal scribe, 
&c. ; on the exterior are the four genii of the Amenti, Anubis, the 
symbolic eyes of the Sun, Isis, and Nephthys; the hieroglyphics are the 
names and titles of the deceased, the addresses of the deities, and the 77th 
chapter of the Ritual; round the interior are the deities to whom the various 
parts of the body were sacred. It w as brought from Grand Cairo, where 
it w ? as used by the Turks as a cistern, which they called “ The Lovers’ 
Fountain.” Black granite. 
No. 24. The Rosetta stone, containing three inscriptions of the same ! 
import, namely, one in hieroglyphics, another in a written character, 
called demotic or enchorial, and a third in the Greek language. These 
inscriptions record the services which Ptolemy the Fifth had rendered 
his country, and w r ere engraved by order of the High Priests, when they 
were assembled at Memphis for the purpose of investing him with the 
