196 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
Abooser. Presented by Col. Howard Vyse and J. S. Perring, Esq., 
1840. 
Long rectangular staves, inscribed with the name of Har-piphai. 
Wood. 2 ft. 9 to 1 ft. 44 in. 1. 
Bag, found in the larger basket. Leather. 
Div. 2. Set of tools found in the same basket, consisting of— 
Drill bow, 1 ft. 1\ in. 1. ; saw, ] ft. 34 in. 1.; drill, 10 to 9 in. 1. ; 
chisel, 10 in. 1. ; bradawl, 54 in. 1. ; horn for water or oil, 84 in. 1. ; 
hone, 5 in. 1.; roll of prepared leather, 6 in. b. ; drill breast-plate, 24 
in. 1. With this set was one of the mallets in Div. 1. 
Another set of tools found in the smaller basket, consisting of— 
Adze, 6f in. h. 8| in. b. ; chisel, 1 ft. 1J in. 1. ; drill, 9 in. 1.; 
bradawl, 4f in. 1. ; knife, 94 in. 1. ; axe-blades, 9^- to 34 in. 1. ; handles 
of tools, 3f in. 1. With this set was a mallet in Div. 1. The blades 
of the preceding tools are of bronze. 
Other tools or models: — 
Chisels, 104 to 84 in. 1. ; saws, 114 to 11 in. 1. ; adzes, 6f in. h., 
74- in. 1. ; hatchets, 1 ft. 6 to 1 ft.5 in. 1. 
The blades have been attached by linen bandages and an adhesive 
composition. On the blades of the larger, and handles of the smaller 
tools, is generally inscribed a line of hieroglyphics relative to Thoth- 
mes III. 
Model of an axe or hatchet, painted. Wood. 1 ft. 7 in. 1. 
Knife-handle. Wood. 4 in. 1. 
Horn for holding w 7 ater or oil. 4§ in. 1. 
Handles of tools. Wood. 8J in. 1. to 7f in. 
Blades of chisels and other tools, j Bronze. 4J to 4J in. 1. 
Nails. Bronze. to 14 in. 1. 
Mason’s chisel, found at the Sarabut el Khadem. 
Hone, found at the Sarabut el Khadem. 
Bradawl; the iron blade of a late era. Wood. 4J in. h. Pre¬ 
sented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson , 1834. 
Instrument twisted like a corkscrew’, supposed to be used by em- 
balmers. 10J in. 1. Bronze. 
Tools or models, the peculiar use of many unknown. Several are 
Inscribed with the name and titles of Atai. Bronze. 5 to 2f in. 1. 
Div. 3. Hands on handles or fore-arms; one has the head of Athor; 
tne others lotus flow-ers; their use unknown. Wood, ivory. 1ft. 14 
in. to 7 in. 1. 
Fragments of a gorget, on which are Typhon, Teoeri, lion’s head, 
camelopard, frog, and jackal-headed sceptre. Ivory. 64 to 5 in. 1., 
24 to 14 in. b. 
~ Fragments of carving; a person of high rank adoring Osiris. Wood. 
8 in. It., 54 in. 1. 
Moulds, having figures of the bird Ben; one has an enchorial in¬ 
scription on its reverse. Calcareous stone. 5f in. sq., If in. th., 
44 in. b., 3 to 3J in. h., 14 to 1 in. th., 34 by 3 in. sq., by 4 in. b. 
One presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson, 1834; another by II. W. 
Diamond, Esq., 1837. 
Tw t o fragments of a box or vase, bearing the name and prenomen of 
Taliraka, 25th dynasty. Bronze. 3 to 3^ in. sq. 
Pedestal from a small statue, bearing the name and titles of Amoun- 
