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seated on the ground, and having before him the shrine of Osiris; 
coloured. Calcareous stone. 
No. 108. A small rectangular bason, dedicated to Amen-ra and 
Phtha, by Nofre-ba, a high officer of state, in the reign of Rameses II. 
or III., (Sesostris), who is sculptured at one end, offering the bason. 
Black granite. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 109. Mutilated statue of an Egyptian monarch, seated. Black 
granite. 
No. 110. Double statue of a high officer of state, and a female of 
his family, seated side by side; on the belt across his shoulders is the 
standard, prenomen, and name of Rameses XI., of the 20th dynasty. 
Fed granite. 
No. 111. Colossal statue of Uah-ha~ti-ra (Apries), a functionary 
holding many offices under the 26th dynasty, kneeling and holding 
before him a little shrine of Osiris; it is inscribed with dedications to 
Osiris, Petur, and other divinities. Found in the Natron lakes, about 
forty-nine miles from Rosetta, in a.d. 1785. Basalt. 
No. 112. Sepulchral Tablet, dedicated to Osiris and Anubis 
for Pepi-set-heb, an officer under the 6th dynasty. Calcareous stone . 
No. 113. Group of Bas-nefer, a chief of the south, and Sent-nai, a 
royal nurse, seated side by side; at the side of the seat is his daugh¬ 
ter Neferari. Dark granite. 
No. 114. Head of Phtah, from a statue. Calcareous stone. 
No. 115. Sphinx, of coarse workmanship. Calcareous stone . 
Presented by Earl Bute. 
No. 116. Head of an Egyptian monarch, in the claft nemms. 
Fed granite. 
No. 117. Tablet of Abydos. This celebrated monument, discovered 
by Mr. Banks in a chamber of the temple of Abydos, in 1818, pub¬ 
lished by M. Cailliaud in 1823, by Mr. Salt in 1825, and subsequently 
by different authors who have written on Egyptian chronology, origi¬ 
nally represented an offering made by Rameses II., of the 19th 
dynasty, to his predecessors on the throne of Egypt; but it is uncertain 
whether the li|t of kings is genealogical or chronological. It originally 
contained the names of fifty-two kings disposed in the two upper lines, 
twenty-six in each line, and a third or lower line, with the name 
and prenomen of Rameses II. or III. repeated twenty-six times. At 
the time of the visits of Messrs. Banks and Cailliaud, the first twelve 
names of the first line, and the first eight of the second, had been destroyed. 
It was removed to France in 1837, and obtained at M. Mimaut’s sale 
by the British Museum. On the upper line, beginning from the right 
hand, are the names of monarchs anterior to the 12th dynasty, viz., 
Ra-nefer-ka, or Nepercheres I.; Ra-nefer-ka, or Nepercheres II., 
named Nebi; Ra-tet-ka, named Ma; Nepercheres III., named Chen-tu ; 
Meren-her, Snefer-ka I., Ka-en-ra, Nepercheres IV., named Reru; 
Nepercheres V. and Nepercheres VI., named Pepi-sneb; and Snefer- 
ka II., named An-nu. The names in the second line are, Amen- 
em-ha II., User-te-sen II., User-te-sen III., Amen-em-ha III., and 
Amen-em-ha IV., of the 12th dynasty; and Aahmes I., Amenophis I., 
Thothmes I., II., and III., Amenophis II., Thothmes IV., Amen¬ 
ophis III., and Horus, of the 18th dynasty. Rameses I., Sethos I., 
and Rameses II., of the 18th or 19th. The king, Rameses II. or 
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