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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[N. EGYPTIAN 
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 Amend, 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 
77 th chapter of the Ritual; round 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 w^ere 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 deciphering 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. Lower part of a statue of Rameses II. or III., the Great, 
kneeling, and holding a shrine, on wdiich is a scarabseus. The 
hieroglyphics in front express the names and titles of the king, and 
that the scarabseus god, Cheper, “gives the breath of life to his 
nostrils.” Dark granite. ' Presented by Earl Spencer, 1805. 
No. 28. A circular vessel, decorated with the head of Athor; 
on it is a dedication from several legal functionaries of Thebes to 
Ta-ur, or Thou-eris, who was another form of the goddess Athor. 
Sandstone. 
No. 28*. Circular bason, probably to hold holy w r ater, having at 
each handle, in cavo-rilievo, a head of the cow-eared terrestrial Athor, 
full face, surmounted by the pylon or gateway. These basons (see 
Nos. 28, 465) were dedicated to this goddess on account of her pre¬ 
siding over the element of water. Basalt. Presented by B. Goff, 
Esq., 1848. 
No. 29. Iri-nefru, guardian of the temple of Amen-ra, and his 
wife A-pu, seated on a throne, on the sides of which are dedications 
to Amen-ra, Osiris, Mut. The upper part of this group is restored. 
Age of the 18th dynasty. Calcareous stone. 
No. 30. Colossal bust from the statue of a king, much mutilated. 
Nummulite limestone. Gournah. From Mr. Salt’s collection. 
No. 31. A group of Atu, a sacerdotal functionary, seated on a 
