158 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
standing in a boat, accompanied by his children, and a cat, fowling 
for water-birds amidst the reeds of the papyrus. 
No. 171. Fragment of fresco painting, from the same tomb; the 
delivery of ducks and geese, and their eggs, registered by scribes. 
No. 172. Group of two figures; retouched. From Mr. Sams's 
ollection. 
No. 173. Fragment of a fresco painting, from the same tomb as 
Nos. 167, 170, 171, the scribe seated on a chair. 
No. 174. Another fragment, from the same tomb ; servants bring¬ 
ing offerings of corn, a hare, and a goose. 
No. 175. Fragment from the same tomb; an entertainment, at 
which some of the females are playing on the nabla, or guitar, and 
others on the double flute. Presented, by Sir H. Ellis , K.H. 
No. 176. Fragment from the same tomb; an old man, with a 
kind of crook, standing by a field of corn; a chariot drawn by two 
horses, and another by two white asses, which are feeding. 
No. 177. Fragment from the same tomb, representing a rectan¬ 
gular fish-pond, surrounded by trees. It shows that the Egyptians 
were unacquainted with perspective. 
No. 179. Another fragment of a fresco painting, representing an 
entertainment, fservants passing round w r ine, dancing women, others 
clapping their hands, and playing on the flute. 
No. 180. Another fragment from the same tomb; portion of the 
figure of the scribe of the granaries, seated before a large heap of 
offerings. 
No. 181. Another fragment; entertainment, with servants bring¬ 
ing wine and necklaces. 
No. 182. Blank. 
No. 183. Blank. 
No. 184. Sepulchral tablet; on itTanefer-ho, a priestess of Phtha, 
is introduced by Horns, Anubis, and Osorapis, into the presence of 
Osiris,. Isis, and Nephthys; below, is an enchorial inscription dated in 
the 19th year of Ptolemy Auletes; above is the Hut, or Good Demon, 
and nineteen stars. Sakkara. From Mr. Salt’s collection . 
No. 185. Blank. 
No. 186. Part of the tomb of Pai, a Theban scribe or artist of 
public works, dedicated to Mut and Amenophis I.; coloured. Cal¬ 
careous stone. 
No. 187. Tablet, dedicated to Osiris, for Mentu-hept, superin¬ 
tendent of granaries and wardrobes, anterior to 12th dynasty. Dark 
granite. From Mr. Sams’s collection. 
No. 188. Sepulchral table:, dedicated to Osiris for Pet-pecht, sur- 
named I-em-hept (Imouthos), holding many priesthoods, who is intro¬ 
duced into the presence of Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys, by Horns, Anu¬ 
bis, and Imouthos ; below is an enchorial inscription, supposed to com¬ 
mence with the date of the 6th year of Cleopatra; on the heavens above 
are the Celestial Sun and seven stars. Sakkara . From Mr. Salt’s 
collection. 
No. 189. Grseco-Egyptian tablet, of the Roman period, in bas- 
relief; on it a deceased man and woman, introduced by the double 
Anubis into the presence of Osiris and Isis. Calcareous stone. From 
Sr„ Athanasi’s collection. 
