158 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
period of the coffin of king Nentef, in Case S S. Wood. 6 ft. 
1. n. h. 
Over Case 34. Coffin of Mauteneimas, or Mouteneimos, female 
musician of the goddess Maut; on it Netpe, a door with bolts, a ram 
and vase, and the usual scenes. Wood. 5 ft. 11 in. h. 
Over Cases 40 to 57. Casts of sculptures from the entrance of 
the small temple at Beit-oualiy near Kalabshe. In the first division 
on the left hand, the monarch Rameses II. seated on his throne re¬ 
ceives the principal officers of his court, who bring before his feet cap¬ 
tives of the chief nations of Asia. In the second division, the king, 
attended by his dog Anathemnisht, is about to decapitate an Asiatic. 
In the third, crowned in the teshr or red cap, having ascended his 
chariot, he attacks an Asiatic nation, who are represented in full rout. 
The next compartment shews the monarch attacking a fortress of Central 
Asia; the nation is personified by a larger figure, while the scenes 
going on at the fortress are a female throwing a child over the battle¬ 
ments, and a man supplicating with a lighted censer, while the son or brother 
of the king attacks the door of the fortress with a hatchet; in the last com¬ 
partment he is represented bringing before the monarch a file of Asiatic 
prisoners. The nations mentioned in the hieroglyphics are the Tahen 
or Tohen and the Sharo. 
These casts, made in Nubia under the direction of Mr. Hay and by 
Mr. Bonomi, have been coloured in imitation of originals by the latter 
gentleman. 
Over Case 5. Glass case containing the bones of a mummied ibis, 
with insects and other contents of the stomach, prepared by Sir Anthony 
Carlisle, in 1805. Presented by Sir Joseph Banks. 
Over Case 61. Osiris onnophris; the eyes have been inlaid with 
some other material. Bronze. 2 ft. 10 in. h. 
Over Case 64. Osiris pethempamentes, standing. Bronze. 
Over the door. Cross from the vestment of a Copt priest, sup¬ 
posed not to be later than a.d. 640 ; is gilt, and embossed with a double 
spiral pattern : the right arm of the transverse bar imperfect. Leather . 
2 ft. 6 in. h., 1 ft. 6 in. b. Medinat Abou. Presented by Sir J. G . 
Wilkinson , 1834. 
On the marble tables in the centre of this and the succeeding Room 
are models, in plaster, of the great standing obelisk at Karnak, and 
of that at Heliopolis. Presented by Joseph Bonomi , Esq., 1840. 
Synoptical View of Egyptian Mythology", with an Explanation of 
certain Egyptian Terms. 
MYTHOLOG\ r . —In this list the following order has been observed. The Egyp¬ 
tian names of the deities are given drst, with a translation, and the names of the 
analogous personages in Greek mythology; next, a statement of their character 
and attributes and of the mode of their representation in Egyptian art; and lastly, 
the names of the places which were the chief seats of their'worship. 
Amen, Ammon, or H ammon ; “ the hidden; ” Jupiter; king of the gods. Repre¬ 
sented, 1, under the human form, with a tesher on his head, which is sur¬ 
mounted by two plumes; 2, human form, ram-headed. Thebes. 
Mut or Mout ; ‘ ( the mother; ” Juno, the wife of Amen. Female form, wearing 
the pschent. Thebes. 
Chuns, Chons; “Force;” Hercules, the son of Amen and Mut. A youthful 
figure with a single lock of hair; on his head a lunar disk. Thebes. 
Num ; “ Water ; ” called by the Greeks Jupiter Chnumis; the creator of mankind; 
described as Baenra, “ the soul of the sun.” Human form, goat-headed. Ele¬ 
phantine. 
