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royal prerogative. It is the key to the deciphering of the hierogly- 
phical and demotic characters of Egypt. This stone was found near 
Rosetta, and it appears to have been placed in a temple dedicated to 
Atum by the monarch Nechao. Basalt. 
No. 25. f Mutilated statue, without its head, of a high officer of 
gtate, kneeling upon a square plinth. Thebes. Black granite. 
No. 26. Statue of Seti Menephta II., monarch of the 19th dy¬ 
nasty, seated on a throne, and holding a ram’s head, placed on a small 
altar, by both hands on his knees; his names and titles are inscribed 
round the pedestal and on the plinth behind. The name of Set has 
been erased, and that of Osiris substituted for it throughout these in¬ 
scriptions. Found by Mrs. Belzoni at Karnak. Sandstone. From 
Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 27. Lower part of a statue of Rameses II., or III., Great, 
kneeling, and holding a shrine, on which is a scarabseus. The 
hieroglyphics in front express the names and titles of the king, and 
that the scarabaeus god, Cheper, “gives the breath of life to his 
nostrils.” Dark granite. Presented by Earl Spencer , 1805. 
No. 28. A circular vessel, decorated wfith the head of Athor; 
on it is a dedication from several legal functionaries of Thebes to 
Ta-ur, or Thou-eris, who was another form of the goddess Athor. 
Sandstone. 
No. 28*. Circular bason, probably to hold holy water, having at 
each handle, in cavo-rilievo, a head of the cow-eared terrestrial Athor, 
full face, surmounted by the pylon or gateway. These basons (see 
Nos. 28, 465) were dedicated to this goddess on account of her pre¬ 
siding over the element of water. Basalt. Presented by R. Goff, 
Esq., 1848. 
No. 29. Iri-nefru, guardian of the temple of Amen-ra, and his 
wife A-pu, seated on a throne, on the sides of which are dedications 
to Amen-ra, Osiris, Mut. The upper part of this group is restored. 
Age of the 18th dynasty. Calcareous stone . 
No. 30. Colossal bust from the statue of a king, much mutilated. 
Numrnulite limestone. Gournah. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 31. A group of Atu, a sacerdotal functionary, seated on a 
throne or chair by the side of his sister Han-ur, a priestess of Amen ; 
nolding a nosegay of lotus flowers ; between them, of smaller propor¬ 
tions, is his son Neferhebf, second priest of the monarch Amenophis 
II., of the 18th dynasty. Found in a tomb near Thebes, Sandstone. 
From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 32. Sarcophagus with its cover, on which, in bas-relief, is the 
goddess Athor: in the interior is the Sun, and the Heaven represented 
as a female, and at the bottom the goddess Athor. The inscriptions 
with which this is covered are the addresses of various deities, in which 
is mentioned the Queen of Amasis, of the 26th dynasty, who is called 
the daughter of the king Psammetichus and his wife Nitocris, and 
mother of the Queen Tachaot. It was discovered in an excavation, 130 
feet deep, behind the palace of Rameses II. (Sesostris), near Thebes. 
No. 33. A sarcophagus of a female named Anch, in the form of 
a mummy, which appears' to have been originally intended to hold a 
male figure; on it are the four genii of the Amenti, and a prayer for the 
deceased. Green basalt . 
