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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. 
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, 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, seated upon his throne. 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. 
On the right side of the door is placed— 
A cast taken from the side wall of the entrance of the tomb of 
Meri-nephtha, of the 19th dynasty; the monarch, draped in a trans¬ 
parent garment, and wearing on his head the atf, stands addressing 
Ra, who grants him life, endurance, and the crown of the sun : 
above, in the cornice, is the Hut or celestial sun 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, 
or valley of the tombs of the kings, at Thebes. 
On the southern wall of the vestibule, in a frame-work, are the 
following—* 
1. Cast of the Apex of the fallen obelisk at Karnak ; the original, 
which was the companion of the great obelisk standing in the advance 
of the granite sanctuary, was erected by the queen-regent, Ha-asu, the 
sister of Thothmes II. and III., monarchs of the 18th dynasty, in 
whose minority she reigned, in honour of her father, 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. 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 Hat-asu, and Amen-ra. 
4. Cast from another part of the same obelisk, representing the 
same regent offering to Amen-ra. 
5. Cast from a monument at El-Assasif; on it the monarch 
Thothmes II. standing, wearing the tesher, and holding a sceptre in 
his left hand, and in his right a mace, and emblem of life. Behind is 
a symbolical figure, having on its head the standard of the king : above 
the head of the king soars a vulture, emblem of victory. The hiero¬ 
glyphics contain the names and titles of the king. 
6. 7. Two casts taken from a part of the tomb of Thothmes III. in 
the valley of the Biban el-Molook. They represent an inferior 
divinity called Pet-mut-f. 
8. Cast taken from the wall of the entrance passage of the tomb of 
Sethos II. in the Biban el-Molook. The monarch, wearing the tall 
