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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[FIRST EGYPT. 
Cases 84—86. Sepulchral tablets; of a deceased adoring Ra ; of 
Heptamen, daughter of a priest, adoring Ra and Osiris; of Nespshar, 
a cook and butler, of Thebes; of Nastar, a priest, adoring the sun ; of 
a priest of Amen-ra, adoring the same; of Nebamen, a judge, and his 
brother, adoring the ram of Num-ra; of Naa-en-shemu, with scene of 
the embalmment of the dead ; of Nehems-ra-ta, a female, adoring the 
bark of Num-ra, Osiris, and Isis; a deceased adoring Atum and Osiris. 
Wood. 
Case 87. Pectoral plates; many are in the shape of a propylon, 
having a scarabaeus ascending, in a boat, adored on each side by Isis 
and Nephthys.—Many of these plates bear the names of the persons to 
whom they belonged; with them are some others having the head of 
Athor, scarabaeus with symbolic eyes, deities, &c. Basalt , arragonite, 
'porcelain, vitrified earth , fyc. 
Case 88. Scarabaei, completely curved with a ring, or perforated, 
to attach to the necklaces of mummies. Felspar, lapis lazuli , car - 
nelian , steatite , basalt, porcelain, fyc. 
Case 89. Various specimens of bugles and beads from mummies. 
Crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, symbolical eyes, sceptres 
terminating in head of lotus flowers, beads, &c. Porcelain . 
CASES 90—101. COFFIN, OBJECTS OF ATTIRE, AMULETS, 
SEPULCHRAL ORNAMENTS, ETC. 
Case 90. Coffin of Soter, an archon of Thebes. On the sides the 
judgment scene of the Amenti and the four-ram-headed hawk of 
Amoun-ra. On the top is the hawk of the sun, and in the interior is 
a Greek zodiac. On the board is Nutpe. Wood. 6 ft. 11^ in. 1., 
2 ft. 6 in. h., 2 ft. 4J in. b. 
Case 91. Sepulchral tablet; a deceased, adoring Isis, Nephthys, 
and the four genii of the dead; a deceased, named Naska . . . 
Case 92. Four sides of a sepulchral box, similar to those in Cases 
1—7, Bronze Room. Hawk of the sun, and Isis and Nephthys ador¬ 
ing the emblem of Osiris. Wood. 
Case 93. Sepulchral tablets; of Pa-mas, adoring Osiris, Isis, and 
Nephthys ; of Iri-en-aru, adoring Socharis, Isis, and four genii. 
Cases 94—96. Amulets ; the greater portion of them in the shape of 
the scarabseus, but many in form of animals (among which are 
Egyptian hedgehogs, and a human-headed hog) ; they have incused 
on their bases the figures of deities, sacred animals, the names of kings, 
short inscriptions, and other symbols or hieroglyphics. They have 
formed portions of necklaces, bracelets, rings, or other articles of per¬ 
sonal adornment, and are classed according to the symbols of their 
bases. The most remarkable are the scarabaei, 3919, bearing the 
name of Menes, 3919 a. ; Cheops, No. 3929 a. ; Shafka ( Kephren ), 
No. 39,296. Presented by B. Herz, Esq. The prenomen of Assa or 
Asses, and that of Nefer-ka-ra ( Nepercheres ), No. 3920-22. c. ; that of 
Ra-men-ka ( Mencheres ), 3923-25, the name of Pepi ( Apappus ), 
3927, Osortasen or Sesortasen I., the cylinders; No. 3928, bearing 
the prenomen of Sesortasen II., and No. 3926 Sesortasen III.; 
the scarabaei 3930, with the prenomen of Amenemha III.; (3933) 
