SALOON.] 
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
Ill 
wearing a cylindrical diadem of ureei, of fine execution ; traces of 
colour still remain on this bust. The hieroglyphics down the back 
are part of the address of Amen-ra, and of the name and titles of Ra- 
meses. Brought from the palace of Gournah, formerly called the Mem- 
nonium at Thebes, and hence popularly called “the young Memnon.” 
Presented by Henry Salt, Esq., and Louis Burckhardt, Esq., 1817. 
No. 20. Slab, w 7 hich has been placed between two columns of a 
temple, sculptured on both sides, and surmounted on one by a cornice 
of uraei serpents, and on the other of vultures. On it the monarch 
Psammetichus II. is represented kneeling and offering cakes of bread 
to a serpent, cow-headed, and another divinity, all seated on cubes. 
The hieroglyphics contain the names and titles of the king, and 
the speeches of the divinities. Basalt. Presented by Ktng George 
III., 1766. 
No. 21. Colossal statue of Amenophis III. (Memnon), monarch 
of the 18th dynasty; the same king who is represented by the vocal 
statue, seated on a throne. His names and titles are inscribed on the 
front of his throne and on the back of the statue, having the name of 
Amen inserted in place of another name erased throughout. Found, in 
1818, in the Memnonium at Thebes. Black granite. 
No. 22. Slab, which has been placed between two columns of a 
temple, surmounted on one side by a cornice of ursei, and of vultures 
on the other; on it the monarch Nectanebo is represented kneeling, 
and offering a conical cake of bread. The other side is much in¬ 
jured, having been used at a late epoch in the restoration of a tem¬ 
ple ; on it, however, may be traced the monarch kneeling and offering 
to a deity, &c. The hieroglyphics are the names and titles of the 
kings, addresses of divinities, and the dedication of the temple to which 
it belonged. Green basalt. 
No. 23. f Chest of a large sarcophagus of Hapimen, a royal scribe, 
&c. ; on the exterior are the four genii of the Amenti, Anubis, sym¬ 
bolic eyes of the sun, Isis, and Nephthys; the hieroglyphics are the 
names and titles of the deceased, the addresses of the deities; round 
the interior are the deities to whom the various parts of the body were 
sacred. It was brought from Grand Cairo, where it was used by the 
Turks as a cistern, which they called “ The Lovers’ Fountain.” Black 
granite. 
No. 24. f Mutilated statue, without its head, of a high officer of 
state, kneeling upon a square plinth. Black granite. 
No. 25. The Rosetta stone, containing three inscriptions of the 
same import, namely, one in hieroglyphics, another in the ancient ver¬ 
nacular language of Egypt, and another in the Greek language. These 
inscriptions record the services which Ptolemy the Fifth had rendered 
his country, and were engraved by order of the High Priests, w T hen they 
w T ere assembled at Memphis, for the purpose of investing him with the 
royal prerogative. This stone was found near Rosetta, and it appears 
to have been placed in a temple dedicated by Nechao to Atum. 
Basalt. 
No. 26. Statue of Seti Menephta II., monarch of the 19th dy¬ 
nasty, seated on a throne, and holding a ram’s head, placed on a small 
altar, by both hands on his knees; his names and titles are inscribed 
round the pedestal and on the plinth behind. The name of Set has 
