146 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [N. EGYPTIAN 
the reigns of Usertesen III. and Amen-em-ha III., of the 12th dynasty. 
Calcareous stone. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 102. Fragment of the statue of a king, which has been in a 
kneeling position, and holding before him an altar, from which have 
been hanging flowers of water-plants. Dark granite. 
No. 103. The lower part of the statue of Amen-hept, a royal 
scribe, and chamberlain of a princess, seated with his legs bent under 
him ; his palette for writing is tied on his left leg. Dark granite. 
No. 104. Fragment found at the base of the column of Diocle¬ 
tian, commonly called Pompey’s Pillar, at Alexandria; on it is the 
monarch Rameses II., crowned by Atum, other divinities, and the 
name and titles of the monarch. Sandstone. 
No. 105. Torso, from the statue of Amenophis III., 18th dynasty. 
Dark granite. 
No. 106. Colossal fist, from a statue. Fed granite. Presented by 
Earl Spe?icer, 1806. 
No. 107. Statue of Merau, royal scribe and military commander, 
seated on the ground, and having before him the shrine of Osiris; 
coloured. Calcareous stone. 
No. 108. A small rectangular bason, dedicated to Amen-ra and 
Phtha, by Nofre-ba, a high officer of state, in the reign of Rameses II. 
or III. (Sesostris), who is sculptured at one end, offering the bason. 
J Black granite. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 109. Mutilated statue of Rameses II., 19th dynasty, seated. 
Slack granite. 
No. 110. Double statue of a high officer of state, and a female of 
his family, seated side by side; on the belt across his shoulders is the 
standard, prenomen, and name of Rameses XL, of the 20th dynasty. 
Fed granite. 
No. 111. Colossal statue of Uah-ha-ti-ra (Apries), a functionary 
holding many offices under the 26th dynasty, kneeling and holding 
before him a little shrine of Osiris; it is inscribed with dedications to 
Osiris, Petur, and other divinities. Found in the Natron lakes, about 
forty-nine miles from Rosetta, in a.d. 1785. Basalt. 
No. 112. Sepulchral tablet, dedicated to Osiris and Anubis, 
for Pepi-set-heb, an officer under the 6th dynasty. Calcareous stone. 
No. 113. Group of Bas-nefer, a chief of the south, and Sent-nai, a 
royal nurse, seated side by side; at the side of the seat is his daugh¬ 
ter Neferari. Dark granite. 
No. 114. Head of Phtah, from a statue. Calcareous stone. 
No. 115. Sphinx, of coarse workmanship. Calcareous stone. 
Presented by Earl Bute. 
No. 116. Head of Thothmes III., in the claft nemms, part of 
No. 12. Fed granite. 
No. 117. Tablet of Abydos. This celebrated monument, discovered 
by Mr. Banks in a chamber of the temple of Abydos, in 1818, pub¬ 
lished by M. Cailliaud in 1823, by Mr. Salt in 1825, and subsequently 
by different authors who have written on Egyptian chronology, origi¬ 
nally represented an offering made by Rameses II., of the 19th 
dynasty, to his predecessors on the throne of Egypt; but it is uncertain 
whether the list of kings is genealogical or chronological. It originally 
