160 BRONZE ROOM.—ETRUSCAN* ROOM. 
Ken ; the goddess Chiun of the Moabites and people of Mesopotamia. 
Anta, Anaitis ; goddess of the Armenians and Syrians. Represented with a het 3 
shield, and spear. 
EXPLANATION OF EGYPTIAN TERMS. 
Claft.—H ead dress with long lappets pendent on the shoulders and neck. See 
statue of Amenof III. Egyptian Saloon, 21. Coffins of mummies, &c. 
Gom. —Sort of sceptre, terminating in the head of an animal called the koucoupha. 
See in the hands of a male figure in a fresco painting, Eg. Sal. 176, and object 
Egypt. Room, Case G. Div. 3, &c. 
Oskh_ Semicircular collar or tippet worn round the neck. See bust of Raineses 
II. or Ill. (Sesostris), Eg. Sal. 19. Object in Case BB. Div. 4, &c. 
Oft. —Crown of Osiris and other deities, composed of a conical cap flanked by two 
ostrich feathers, with a disk in front, placed on the horns of a goat See fig. of 
Osiris, Case B. Div. 2, &c. 
Pschent. —Cap or crown worn by deities and Pharaohs, composed of the shaa and 
teshr. See Pharaonic head. Eg. Sal. 15. 
Shaa. —Conical cap, upper portion of the pschent, called also out and uobsh or 
white See statue of Menephtah II., Eg. Sal. 61. 
Shenti.— Short garment worn round the loins. See statue of Amenof III., Eg. 
Sal. 21. Bronze fig. of Amoun-ra, Egypt. Room, Case A. Div. 2, &c. 
Teshr.— The ‘red’ cap, lower portion of the pschent, cylindrical cap, with tall 
inclined peak behind and spiral ornament in front. See fig. Neith, Egypt. Room, 
Case A. Div. 2. Amulets, Case AAA. Div. 5. 
Tosh. —Royal military cap. Bas-relief of Rameses II. (Sesostris), Egypt. Room 
Case U. Div. 4. 
BRONZE ROOM. 
The upright Cases in the centre of the Room contain the Greek 
and Roman bronze figures of the Collection, the rest are not yet 
arranged. At the end Case on the right hand is a collection of vases 
and terracottas from Athens and various places in Greece. The re¬ 
maining Cases are not yet finally arranged. Above Cases 5—60 on 
the north entrance are representations of the Etruscan Charon from 
the entrances of tombs. 
Above the Cases 7 to 26, are paintings in fac-simile of a tomb found 
at Vulci in 1832, representing games of leaping, running, horse and 
foot race, &c. 
Above Cases 38—58, accompanied by Etruscan inscriptions, are 
fac-similes of another tomb at Vulci, unfortunately much mutilated, 
and the subject of the paintings not quite certain. Pluto and Pro¬ 
serpine are near the centre. The chequered ceilings of the tomb are 
above the upright Cases above the south wall. 
ETRUSCAN ROOM. 
In this Room is a collection of vases discovered in Italy, and 
known by the name of Etruscan, Graeco-Italian or painted Vases. 
They are of various epochs and styles. 
The present collection is arranged chronologically and according 
to the localities in which they were found. In the Cases 1—5 
are vases of heavy black ware, some with figures upon them in bas- 
relief, the work of the ancient Etruscans, and principally found at 
Cervetri or Caere, the ancient Agylla. To these succeed, in Case 
6 —7,. the Vases, called Nolan-^Egyptian or Phoenician, with pale 
backgrounds and figures in a deep reddish maroon colour, chiefly of 
