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Under No. 181. A sphinx, like the one described above. Calca¬ 
reous stone. Presented , in 1767, by the Earl of Bate. 
No. 182. Sepulchral vase of Amounemape, one of the sons of 
Rameses III. 
No. 183. Blank. 
No. 184. Tablet for a deceased under the Ptolemies, with a hie¬ 
roglyphic and demotic inscription. 
No. 185. Blank. 
No. 186. Fragment, with two perpendicular lines of hieroglyphics 
for Phai, a scribe in the tribunal of justice, dedicated to some divini¬ 
ties, and the monarch Amenoph I. 
No. 187. Tablet for Monthophth. Dark granite. 
No. 188. Tablet for a deceased of the Ptolemaic period, with a 
hieroglyphical and demotic inscription. 
No. 189. Blank. 
No. 190. Tablet of the Ptolemaic period. 
No. 191. Tablet representing Ranpou Harsaphes and a goddess. 
No. 192. Greek inscription in honour of T. Cl. Baibillus, go¬ 
vernor of Egypt under Nero ; found in front of the Great Sphinx. 
No. 193. Early tablet for a deceased. 
No. 194. Tablet; above, a procession of divinities,—and a long in¬ 
scription, in subdivided lines. 
In the Vestibule at the end of the Egyptian Saloon, 
A cast of the head of the fallen colossus of Rameses III. or the 
Great, at Metrahenny, near Gizeh. 
f Two obelisks erected by the monarch, supposed to be Amyrtmus, in 
honour of the god Thoth. From Cairo. Basalt. Presented, in 1776, 
by King George III. 
Several sepulchral tablets of the 16th, 17th, and 18th dynasties j 
some dated in the regnal years of the monarchs. Calcareous stone. 
On the northern wall of the vestibule of the Egyptian Room is, 
The plaster cast, from the north wall of the great edifice, of Rameses 
II. at Karnak, sculptured in carvo-relievo, and representing Ramases 
vanquishing the Tahennu, one of the most northern enemies of Egypt. 
The monarch, of gigantic proportions, wearing a casque upon his head, 
stands in his chariot, and has caught one of the chiefs of his enemies, 
represented of larger size, by a bow-string round the neck, while he 
stoops down and is about to decapitate him with the falchion which he 
holds in his right hand. The rest of the enemy are in flight, and 
many lie about dying or wounded. These people wear on their heads 
two feathers, and a cloak made of the skins of animals round their 
shoulders, or a kind of 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. The hieroglyphics 
refer to the conquests of the monarch. This cast was made in Egypt 
by Mr. Bonomi, under the direction of Robert Hay, Esq. 
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 Menephtha, or 
Sethos I., king of the 19th dynasty, commonly called Belzoni’s tomb, 
in the Biban el Molook, at Thebes. It represents the monarch 
