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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[N. EGYPTIAN 
No. 590. Altar of libations, dedicated to Osiris, for An, son of User- 
tesen, a superintendent of the chiefs and priests; on it is a basket with 
a loaf, and two water-vases, on which are inscribed the name and 
titles of the deceased. Calcareous stone. From Sr. Anastasi's col¬ 
lection. 
No. 591. Altar of libations, dedicated to Amen-ra and Amenophis 
I , for Pa-shet, a Theban judge; on it are vases, ears of com, bread, 
parts of an animal, &c. Calcareous stone. From the Earl of Eel- 
more's collection. 
No. 592. Altar of libations; in the centre is a stand or table, having 
on each side a water vase, and above, two spoons. Dark granite. 
No. 593. Sepulchral tablet, or altar of libations, dedicated to Osiris 
and Anup, for Ra-uben, a judge, and his wife, Neb-pen-nu; on it are 
bunches of lotus flowers, cakes of bread and corn, &c. Thebes. 
Calcareous stone. From the Earl of Eelmore's collection. 
No. 594. Sepulchral tablet, in shape of an altar of libations, dedi¬ 
cated to Ameaophis I. and the queen Aahmes-Nefer-Ari, here styled 
“ the divine wife of Amen-ra;” on it are parts of an animal, cakes of 
bread, vases of figs, &c. Calcareous stone. 
No. 595. Fragment, on which is part of the head of a monarch 
wearing the head attire called nemms, and holding before him, in one 
hand, a sceptre, with the head of Atlior. From the neighbourhood of 
the Pyramids. Calcareous stone. 
No. 596. Large tablet, or altar of libations; on it are two water- 
vases, two water-fowls, a jar, and two rows of circular cakes of bread. 
Calcareous stone. 
No. 597. Part of a small sepulchral naos; on the upper part En-pe- 
shaa, a Theban judge, kneels and prays to Phtah, Sebak, and the goddess 
Ren-nu, personified as a snake; on the lintels is a dedication to Phtah, by 
En-pe-shaa, his sister, Hen-hura, adoring. Thebes. Calcareous stone. 
From the collection of the Earl of Eelmore. 
No. 598. Fragment from a tablet on the side of a tomb; on it Pa- 
meht, a judge, followed by his wife Macha, stands in adoration to Amen¬ 
ophis I. and the Queen Aahmes-nefer-ari. Calcareous stone. 
No. 599. Upper part of a statue of Pecht or Pasht, wearing on 
her head the solar disk. From Karnak. J Dark granite. Presented 
by W. E. Hamilton , Esq. 
Nos. 608-732. Sepulchral vases. These objects, when complete in 
sets of four, with heads in shape of the four genii of the dead, viz., of 
Amset (human-headed), Hapi (baboon-headed), Siumutf, or Tuaut- 
mutf (jackal-headed), and Kebhsnuf (hawk-headed), were employed 
to hold the viscera of the dead, which were embalmed separately, and 
deposited in them. Amset ap> ears to have had the stomach and large 
intestines; Hapi the small intestines; Tuautmutf the lungs and heart; 
and Kebhsnuf the liver and gall bladder. Each vase, of the most 
finished kind, is inscribed with hieroglyphics, containing a formula 
appropriate to it. That on the vase of Amset is the speech of Isis 
to the dead, considered as Amset; that of Hapi, a similar speech 
from Nephthys; that of Tuautmutf, one from Neith ; that on Kebhsnuf 
from Selk. Each addresses the genius as under her protection, and 
“ beside her; ” occasionally the formula varies, and the genius tells 
the dead that he has come to his side, or that they respectively bring 
