232 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
well. One has the name and titles of Atkai. Arragonite, 5J in. 
b., 2 f- in. h. 
Div. 3. Cylindrical box for ink, with a chain for the pen case; 
the whole similar to the hieroglyphic symbol for scribe, or writing, 
j Bronze. 2 J in. h. box, 6 J in. h. case. 
Pugillares, or folding wax tablets, for writing. A few lines of 
Greek have been written with a style on one. With them is a 
short curved style and small iron signet. Wood. 9J in. 1., 5 in. b., 
| in. d. 
Instruments ; broad blades with recurved handles; knives lunated at 
one extremity and hooked at the other ; pair of pliers. Some of these 
were found in the same tomb with the board in Case V. Bronze. 
Small bag, found with one of the preceding instruments. Leather. 
7J- in. 1 ., 4^- in. h. 
Portrait of a Graeco-Egyptian female upon very thin wood. Cedar . 
1 ft. J in. 1 ., 2 J in. b. 
Fragment, portion of a calendar. Calcareous stone. 8 ^- in. h., 6 
in. b. 
Fragment with seven lines of hieratic, commencing with a date of 
the 7 th year of Horus ? in the 5th line is another date of the first of 
Payni, of the 21st year of the reign of Amenophis II. Calcareous 
stone. 1 ft. ] in. b., 6 | in. h. 
Moulds, with figures of Phtah, Ra, hippopotamic female deity, sym¬ 
bolic eyes, cynocephali, victims, pyramidal hieroglyphic, &c.,in intaglio. 
Terra cotta. 3 in. to -J in. 1 . 
Div. 4. Fragments from the tomb of Sethei-Menephtah I., Sethos I. 
In front the arm and anterior portion of the body of Ma or Thmei, and 
part of her titles; before her are small hieratic characters. Calcareous 
stone. Presented by Col. T. P. Thompson. 
Fragments from the tombs, exhibiting the mode in which the se¬ 
pulchres of the kings at Thebes are ornamented. Calcareous stone. 
CASES 40, 41. BOXES, BASKETS, SPOONS, AND BRICKS. 
Div. I. Various inscriptions in the hieroglyphical, hieratic, and 
enchorial character. Calcareous stone. 
Div. 2. Rectangular box, veneered with white and red ivory and 
blue porcelain. Ebony. 5J in. h., 7f- in. b., 9 in. d. 
Tall rectangular box, w T ith four short legs, and a cover moving on a 
cylindrical w r ood hinge. Wood. 6 | in. h., 5 in. b., 6 in. d. 
Rectangular box or basket, with a flat cover of the same. Papyrus . 
1 ft. sq., 9^- in. h. 
Rectangular box, with four legs, and curved cover; salmon coloured; 
on the top, the name and titles of Teh-kar. Wood. 10J in. h., ] ft. 
2 J in. 1 ., 8 in. b. 
Rectangular box, with a pyramidal cover. On it a Cupid holding a 
flower, finches and water fowl; female figure, perhaps intended for 
Venus, standing or reclining with loose drapery. Veneered with ivory 
and inlaid in parts. 9^ in. h., 10 in. sq. Memphis. 
Small boxes, one with sliding cover. Wood . 5§ to 3 J in. 1. 
Bowl-shaped box with partitions. Wood. 65 in. dr., 3 in. h. 
