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smaller and more elegant are supposed to have held unguents, perfumes, 
&c., for the toilet; the larger and coarser, domestic objects, as wine, 
eatables, &c. ; others again contain varnish, bitumen, &c. The follow¬ 
ing appear most w T orthy of remark : — 
Div. 1. Two vases, one having in front the prenomen Merenra, stand¬ 
ard, and titles of a king prior to the 12th dynasty; the other, those of 
Re-Nofrekah, or Nepercheres, of an old dynasty, assumed by Sabaco, 
first king of the 25th dynasty. Arragonite. 8 to 5| in. h. 
Div. 2. Vase, with the name of Noubemtech, a princess. Arra- 
gonite. in. h. 
Small vases in the shape of wine-glasses. Arraqonite. 4f to 4 in. h. 
Abydos. 
Div. 3. Circular table; on it eight vessels of various forms, all 
inscribed with the names and titles of Atkai. Arragonite. 1 ft. 1 \ 
in. dr. Abydos. 
Slab, with the following objects:—two bottle and four crucible- 
formed vases; a peculiar object, bifurcate at one end; a piece of 
basalt. Calcareous stone. 6§ in. 1., 4£ in. d. Abydos. 
Vase; on the neck a female face. Arragonite . 9 in. h. 
Memphis. 
Vases or cups in the shape of the shell Indina Nilotica. Arragonite. 
5 to 4| in. 1. Abydos. 
Cover of a vase, inscribed with the prenomen of Amenophis II., of 
the 18th dynasty. 
Div. 4. A large vase, with the name of the king Un-as or Hen¬ 
nas; supposed by some to be Obnos or Onnos of the 5th dynasty. 
Arragonite. 1 ft. 1J to 8^ in. h. 
Vase, mouth broken off, with name and prenomen of Thothmes 
III. 5 in. h. Arragonite. 
Diota, with flat three-handled cover; an inscription states that it 
holds “8 hno and 6 parts.” Arragonite. 10£ in. h. Lower Egypt. 
Vase inscribed with the titles of Necho II., king of the 26th dynasty. 
cases 24, 25. VASES. 
Div. 1. Bowls. One bears an inscription relative to Atai or Atkai. 
Basalt, compact feldspar, arragonite, fyc. 4f to 2-J in. h., 11-J to 5f 
in. dr. 
Jar-shaped vase containing the names and titles of the Amounertais 
queen of the 26th dynasty. Compact feldspar. 5 in. h. 
Div. 2. Small flat vases or cups, in shape of the fish chsetodon. 
Steatite, arragonite. 4^ to 4J in. 1. 
Lamp found near the Pyramid of Reegah. Green porcelain. Pre¬ 
sented by Col. Howard Vyse, and J. S. Perring, Esq., 1840. 
Vases in the shape of the pine cone. Pottery. 4J to 5 in. h. 
Green vitrified vase, with name and prenomen of Thothmes I. 
4 in. h. Steatite. 
Vase, blue, with a pattern. Porcelain, or opaque glass. 3| in. h. 
Vase, with two projections, perhaps intended to represent eyes. 
Porcelain. 6£ in. h. Memphis. 
Two small vases, resembling in shape those found in Etruria. 
Porcelain or opaque glass. 4J to 3 in. h. 
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