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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[FIRST EGYPT 
Pedestal from a small statue, bearing the name Rnd titles of Amoun- 
ra. In front are the name and titles of a queen Neithakhor (Nitocris), 
royal daughter of Psametik. Bronze. 4\ in. 1., 2 in. b., 1J in. h. 
Pedestal, bearing the name and prenomen of Amasis-Neith-si. 
Ebony. 2f to 1 in. b., 1 in. h. 
Plates, pedestals, and fragments. Bronze. 4 in. 1., 2 in. b., £ in. 
h., by £ in. cube. 
Rectangular plinths, with a leaf-shaped smoother. Arragonite. 
If in. b., 4J in. h., £ in. th. ; £ in. b., 1J in. h., £ in. th. 
Plinth; on it, Amounemapt, a royal scribe, adoring Osiris. Blue 
porcelain. 6£ in. h., 4£ in. b. 
An oval disk, with a seated female deity. Bronze. 2£ in. dr. 
Handles or rails. From a tomb at Memphis. Ivory. 
Studs. Ivory and dark wood. 
Div. 4. Flat square baskets, circular fragments of the bottoms of 
baskets, oval covers, and other pieces, some worked in colours. 
Various sizes. 
CASES 44, 45. BASKETS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PLAYTHINGS, 
WEAVING TOOLS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Oval, and circular baskets, covers, &c., of the fibres of the 
palm, some worked in with colours. Palm leaves. 1 ft. 3 in. dr., 
9 in. h., to 6 in. dr., 3 in. h. 
Div. 2. Sistrum ; the handle cylindrical, with the head of Athor on 
each side; on it the head of Athor, between lion-headed ursei and 
vultures, Pasht Merephtah,seated in anaos, with Meri-Mihi and Meri-Ras 
holding sistra. These subjects are in outline. Bronze. 1 ft. 4£ in. h. 
Temple of the Western lake, Karnak. 
Handle of a sistrum; at the top the aegis of Athor between uraei, and 
a lion seated. Bronze. 8£ in. h. 
Sistra, the ends of the wires generally terminating in the head of a 
goose; one has for its handle a figure of Khons Kneph ; they have 
cats with kittens at the top. Silver , bronze. 9| to 3£in. 1. 
Models of sistra. The bodies of those in porcelain are in the form 
of a gateway. Wood, porcelain. 5§ in. 1. ; 11 in. to 2 in. 1. 
A cat from a sistrum. Bronze. 2 in. 1. 
Small bells ^ one in shape of a head of Typhon or Baal; another 
has at the top the heads of Khons Kneph, Chnouphis, Anubis, and 
Merephtah. Bronze. £ to 2 T 3 g in. 1. 
The top of a bouni or harp, which has had 17 strings. Wood. 1 
ft. 4 in. 1. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson , 1834. 
Small harps, of five strings. Wood. 1 ft. 9 to 1 ft. 5 in. h. 
Small harp, borne, in playing, on the shoulder ; the body covered 
with parchment; with four pegs and a bridge. Wood. 3 ft. 1., 16 in. h. 
Thebes. 
Portions of flutes from the Northern Brick Pyramid at Dashour. 
Peed. Presented by Col. Howard Vyse and J. S. Perring, Esq ., 
1840. 
Small pipe, with seven holes burnt in at the side, and two straws found 
w T ith it. Peed. 1 ft. 3£ in. to 8£ in. 1., straw 1 ft. 1 in. to ll£ in. 1. 
