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Theban scribe. No. 8531-32. Of Hesi-cheb, with a chapter of the 
ritual. No. 8533. Of Petamen, a priest of Amoun, having on each 
side a representation of Anubis. No. 8534. Of the Roman period, 
decorated with gryphons, &c. 
Shelf 4. No. 8535. Box, with representations of Osiris, lord of 
Tettu, and part of the litanies of the god Thoth. No. 8536. Box 
decorated with stripes. No. 8537-38. Boxes of Sensao, surnamed 
Paa-ani, and of Thoth-er-tas, decorated with prayers and inscriptions 
in yellow. No. 8539. Box of Naas-narut, a daughter of Us-ar-kan, 
on which Neith, Selk, Sati, and Anubis are represented purifying the 
genii of the dead. 
Cases 4, 5. Shelf 1. No. 8540. Box of Amen-as-anch, a priestess 
of Amoun-Ra. No. 8541. Box plain; front of a box or sarcophagus, 
Isis and Horus erecting the standard of Osiris. 
Shelf 2. No. 8543. Similar box, inscribed with the name of Hesi, 
a priestess of Amoun-Ra, and who adores the genii of the dead. No. 
8544. Plain box, with dedication to Ra. No. 8550. Has name of 
Hui. 
Shelves 3, 4. Sepulchral figures in wood, representing the dead 
equipped for that portion of his ordeal in the future state where he 
ploughs and sows the Auru, surrounded by the great waters and canals 
of the mystical Nile; holding a hoe in each hand, and a cord, at¬ 
tached to a basket of seed with which he sows the fields, slung on his 
left shoulder; they all contain a similar formula, with the name and 
titles of the dead, and a prayer, the 6th chapter of the ritual, relative 
to their destiny in the future state. From the great numbers de¬ 
posited with the dead, it has been conjectured that they were offered by 
the relatives of the deceased. Among them are several of Seti Me- 
nephtah I., and of priests, scribes, military and civil functionaries. 
Cases 6, 7. Sepulchral figures in arragonite and calcareous stones. 
Nos. 8689-91, are portions of those of Amenophis III. (Memnon), of 
the 18th dynasty; Nos. 8933-34, of monarchs of the 18th dynasty; 
No. 8695, of Rameses III.; and Nos. 8696-8700, of Rameses IV., 
all from the tombs of the kings in the Biban-el-Molook. No. 8904, 
of Panehsi, a scribe of the treasury; is inscribed with a memorandum 
at the side, of the number of figures made in one month. 
Cases 8, 9. Sepulchral figures in porcelain. 
Cases 10, 11. Shelf 1. Sepulchral figures in terracotta. 
Shelf 2. Model of a funeral boat, rowers, and portions of models of 
boats. Wood. Model of a boat; in the centre a canopy, priests kneel¬ 
ing, dogs, &c.; at the side, a lion devouring a goat. Found at Thebes. 
Calcareous stone. Model of boat. Wood. Another model. Cal¬ 
careous stone. 
Shelf 3. Models of sepulchral boats conveying the dead to the 
sepulchres ; in one, priest reading the ritual, and a lighted altar. 
From tombs at Thebes. Wood. 
Shelf 4. Fragment of a ritual, in hieratic; part of a document in* 
the same character, on leather; a contract in demotic or enchorial; and 
letters and other documents in enchorial. 
Caricature of the Roman times, representing foxes driving geese, 
lions and goats playing at draughts, &c. On papyrus. 
Cases 12, 13. Shelf 1. Heads from sepulchral vases of the genius- 
Amset, human-headed. Some coloured. Stone, pottery, and wood. 
