£08 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [FIRST EGYPT. 
Wooden case, in shape of a cat seated on a pedestal. One contains 
a mummy of that animal. 1 ft. h. 
Cats, unrolled. 1 ft. 8 in. to 1 ft. 10 in. 1. Thebes. 
Figures of cats, emblems of the goddess Pasht or Bast; found in 
the cat mummy-pits at Abouseir. Bronze. 
Pedestal of a cat, in shape of the hieroglyphical name of Bast , the 
goddess to whom cats were sacred; found in the cat mummy-pits at 
Abouseir. Wood. Presented by A. C. Harris , Esq. 
Various fragments of cats. 
CASES 54, 55. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1—2. Mummies of bulls, consisting of the head and some of 
the principal bones. On the forehead is the triangular mark of Apis, 
to whom all cattle were sacred. 1 ft. 7 in. h., 1 ft. 11 in. 1. ; 1 ft. 
8j- in. h., 2 ft. 4 in. 1. ; 1 ft. 6 in. h., 2 ft. 5 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of gazelles, impure animals, emblems of Typhon and Ty- 
phonian divinities. 9^, 10^ to 11 Jin. 1. Thebes. 
Div. 3. Mummy of a small ram, sacred to and emblem of 
Amoun-ra; only the head and some of the bones are preserved. 1 ft. 
1 in. h., 1 ft. 8 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of rams, unrolled, or in bandages. 1 ft. 1 in. 1. 
Mummy of a lamb. 11 in. h., 1 ft. 2 in 1. Thebes. 
Head of a sheep. 
CASES 56, 57. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Mummies of the ibis. 1 ft. 9 in. h. 
Div. 2. Mummy of the black ibis, and two eggs. 1 ft. 1J in. 1. 
Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson , 1834. 
Bones of the ibis. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson, 1834. 
Mummies of the ibis, 1 ft. 3 to 9 in. 1. 
Div. 3. Mummies of the ibis, 1 ft. 9 in. 1. 
Eggs of the ibis. 2J in. 1. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson, 
1834. 
Div. 4. Conical pots, with their covers, containing mummies of 
the ibis, sacred to Thoth. Bed earthenware. 1 ft. 4 in. 1. Sakkara. 
CASE 58. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Mummies of crocodiles, emblems of Sevek or Sabak; one 
has been unrolled. 1 ft. 5 to 1 ft. 6 in. 1. Thebes. 
Div. 2. Mummies of snak .s or siluri, emblems of Isis, in shape 
of cakes with maeander patterns. 
Div. 3. Mummies of snakes in the form of oval cakes. 11 in. to 
4 in. 1. 
Rectangular case with a lizard at top and two small rings ; in it was 
found the skeleton of the small snake lying near it. 2f in. 1. Bronze. 
Thebes. 
Rectangular case with a hawk-headed urseus snake on the top, which 
has held some animal mummy. 7| in. 1. Bronze. 
Div. 4. Snake mummies bandaged in shape of oval cakes. 
