162 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
No. 20. Slab, which has been placed between two columns of a 
temple, sculptured on both sides, and surmounted on one by a cornice 
of ursei serpents, and on the other of vultures. On it the monarch 
Psammetichus II. is represented kneeling and offering cakes of bread 
to a serpent, a cow-headed, and another divinity, all seated on square 
pedestals. The hieroglyphics contain the names and titles of the 
king, and the speeches of the divinities; from Alexandria. Basalt . 
Presented by King 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, of the 30th dynasty, b.c. 
387—377, is represented kneeling, and offering a conical cake of bread. 
The other side is much injured, having been used at a late epoch in 
the restoration of a temple; 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; from Alexandria. 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, the 
symbolic eyes of the Sun, Isis, and Nephthys; the hieroglyphics are the 
names and titles of the deceased, the addresses of the deities, and the 77th 
chapter of the Ritual; roun d 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. The Rosetta stone, containing three inscriptions of the same 
import, namely, one in hieroglyphics, another in a written character, 
called demotic or enchorial, and a third 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, when they 
were assembled at Memphis for the purpose of investing him with the 
royal prerogative. It is the key to the decyphering of the hierogly- 
phical and demotic characters of Egypt. This stone was found near 
Rosetta, and it appears to have been placed in a temple dedicated to 
Atum by the monarch Nechao. Basalt. 
No. 25. f Mutilated statue, without its head, of a high officer of 
state, kneeling upon a square plinth. Thebes. Black granite. 
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 
been erased, and that of Osiris substituted for it throughout these in¬ 
scriptions. Found by Mrs. Belzoni at Karnak. Sandstone. From 
Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 27. Low r er part of a statue of Rameses II., or III., Great, 
kneeling, and holding a shrine, on which is a scarabseus. The 
