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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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head, stands in his chariot, and has caught one of the chiefs of his ene¬ 
mies, represented of larger size, by a bow-string round the neck, while he 
stoops down and is about to decapitate him with the falchion which he 
holds in his right hand. The rest of the enemy are in flight, and * 
many lie about dying or wounded. These people wear on their heads 
two feathers, and a cloak made of the skins of animals round their 
shoulders, or a kind of sash round the loins; in some sculptures their 
eyes are blue, and their hair red. Their arms are bows and spears. • 
Behind the monarch is a royal standard-bearer. The hieroglyphics 
refer to the conquests of the monarch. This cast was made in Egypt 
by Mr. Bonomi, under the direction of Robert Hay, Esq. 
On the left hand side of the door of the entrance of the Northern 
Zoological Gallery is placed, 
A plaster cast of a subject on the tomb of Seti Menephtah I., or 
Sethos I., king of the 18th or 19th dynasty, commonly called Belzoni’s 
tomb, in the Biban el-Molook, at Thebes. It represents the monarch 
Sethos I., holding a crook and whip, introduced by the god Horus, 
into the presence of Osiris Pethempamentes, seated upon his throne, i 
Behind Osiris is the Land of the West, the abode of blessed souls, ; 
typified as a goddess, having on her head the hieroglyphic for 
“ West,” standing, and regarding the king. This cast, made in Egypt 
by Mr. Bonomi, under the direction of Robert Hay, Esq., has been 
appropriately coloured by the former gentleman. 
On the right side of the door is placed, 
A cast taken from the side wall of the entrance of the tomb of 
Menephtha, of the 19th dynasty; the monarch, draped in a trans¬ 
parent garment, and wearing on his head the atf, stands addressing the 
god Ra, who grants him life, endurance, and the crown of the sun: 
above, in the cornice, is the Hut or celestial sun typified as a globe with 
ursei serpents and wings; below are emblems of life and endurance. 
The hieroglyphics in this cast contain the names and titles of the deity 
and king, and the speeches of the former. From the Biban el-Molook, i 
or valley of the tombs of the kings, at Thebes. This cast, made in 
Egypt under the direction of Mr. Hay and by Mr. Bonomi, has been 
coloured in imitation of the original by the latter gentleman. 
On the southern wall of the vestibule, in a frame-work, are the 1 
following casts, made in Egypt by Mr. Bonomi, under the direction of I 
Mr. Hay, and coloured by the former gentleman after originals. 
1. Cast of the Apex of the fallen obelisk at Karnak; the original, i 
which was the companion of the great obelisk standing in the advance 
of the granite sanctuary, was erected by the queen-regent, Amen-num-t I 
Ha -asu, the sister of Thothmes II. and III., monarchs of the 18th ! 
dynasty, in whose minority she reigned in honour of her father, - r 
Thothmes I., to the divinity Amen-ra. She is represented on the 
triangular part of the Apex, crowned by Amen-ra, who addresses her. 
The large hieroglyphics below are part of her names and titles, li 
Coloured in imitation of red granite. 
2. Cast taken from one of the lateral lines of the great inscriptions 
down the sides; it represents Thothmes III., a monarch of the 18th 
dynasty, offering oil to the god Amen-ra. 
3. Cast from one of the side lines of the same obelisk, representing 
the queen regent Amen-num-t, Ha-asu, and Amen-ra. 
