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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[N. EGYPTIAN 
made by Mr. Salt in a line with the vocal Memnon and its com¬ 
panion at Gournali, and possibly from a Colossus placed before a 
door of the palace of Amenophis III., whose features it much re¬ 
sembles, in that quarter. Brownish breccia. From Mr. Salt's col¬ 
lection. 
No. 5. A group, representing the monarch Har-em-hebi (Homs), 
of the 18th dynasty, standing under the protection of Amen-ra. 
Bark granite. 
No. 6. Colossal head, exactly resembling No. 4, and probably 
from a similar statue ; many of these statues stood facing the great 
colossi in the intervals of the front column of the Propylon ; from 
Gournah. Brownish breccia. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 7. f A colossal head of a ram, emblem of the divinity 
Amen-ra, in his form as Chnumis. This is from one of the colossal 
rams which were placed as a dromos to the Pylon of Harem-hebi 
(Horus), of the 18th dynasty, at Karnak, and were sculptured in the 
reign of that monarch. Sandstone. 
No. 8. Statue of the god Hapi, or Nile, bearing an altar of liba¬ 
tions, from which hang down water-fowl and plants. At the side 
is a figure dressed as a priest, and on the back a dedication from 
Sheshank I. ( Shishak ), of the 22nd dynasty, to Amen-ra. Karnak. 
Sandstone. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 9. f Colossal fist from the mins of Memphis; it is supposed 
to have formerly belonged to one of the statues which, according to 
Herodotus, stood before the Hephsesteum, or temple of Phtha, at 
Memphis. Bed granite. 
No. 10. f The chest of the sarcophagus of the monarch Necht- 
her-hebi, or Her-necht-hebi (Amyrtseus, of the 28th dynasty, or 
Nectabes, of the 30th). The subject of the Sun, attended by various 
divinities passing through the hours of the day, is represented on the 
exterior, while inside are various usual sepulchral deities. From the 
mosque of Saint Athanasius, at Alexandria. Breccia. 
No. 11. A figure of a gryphon or hawk-headed sphinx, the emblem 
of the divinity Munt-ra, found by Belzoni, in the great temple of 
Ibsamboul or Aboosimbel. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 12. Monument found amidst the ruins of Karnak; it was 
placed on a pedestal of white stone, in a small temple, in the 
north-east angle of the wall inclosing the great temple, probably 
close to the granite sanctuary; on each of the broad sides is the 
monarch Thothmes III., of the 18th dynasty, standing, and holding 
with one hand the deity Munt-ra, and with the other the goddess 
Athor, who is placed at the short side; from the much lower bas-relief 
of the deities, it appears that they have been sculptured in the place 
of some others originally there. Syenite. From Mr. Salt's collec¬ 
tion. 
No. 13. Hawk-headed gryphon or sphinx, emblem of the god 
Munt-ra, the companion of No. 11, found by Belzoni in the great 
temple ot Ibsamboul or Aboosimbel. Sandstone. 
No. T4 Fractured Colossus, apparently, from the features, of the 
monarch Amenophis III., and probably from the edifice erected by 
that monarch in the Gournah quarter of Thebes. Black granite. 
