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No. ] 5. It was found detached and lying near it. Syenite , or red 
granite. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 56. a. b. c. Three of the casing stones of the great pyramid at 
Gizeh, showing the angle of inclination, viz., 51° 20' 25"; they were 
found on uncovering the base of the pyramid at the north side, and are 
of stone transported from the quarries of Mokattam. Presented by Col. 
Howard Vyse , 1838. 
No. 57. Statue of Pasht (Bubastis), ‘ smiter of foreigners,’ seated 
on a throne, on the front of which are the names and titles of Arae- 
nophis III., who is styled the beloved of this goddess; apparently 
from Karnak. Black granite. 
No. 58. A fragment of the plaited beard of the Great Sphinx. 
Calcareous stone. Presented by Captain Caviglia , 1817. 
No. 59. f A fragment of a porphyry column. The quarries of this 
stone do not appear to have been worked before the time of the Emperor 
Claudius, in the first century. Upon it is placed a colossal hawk; a 
bird sacred to the sun, in arragonite. Presented by T. Pkilipe , Esq., 
1805. 
No. 60. A statue of Pasht ( Bubastis) seated on a throne, appa¬ 
rently from the edifice erected by Amenophis III. (Memnon) in the 
Karnak quarter of Thebes. Black granite. 
No. 61. Colossal statue of an Egyptian monarch crowned in the 
het and wearing the royal apron, standing w r ith his hands before him ; 
on the belt and shoulders are the prenomen and name of Rameses II.; 
on the breast those of Menephtha, the son and successor of Rameses; 
from Karnak. Red granite. 
No. 62. Statue of Pasht (Bubastis), seated on a throne. From 
Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 63. Another statue of Pasht (Bubastis), seated upon a throne, 
on the front of which are the prenomen and name of Sheshank I. 
(Shishak), of the 22nd dynasty. From Karnak. Dark granite . 
From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 64. Column, in four pieces, wdth its capital in shape of the 
buds of the lotus. On it are inscribed the names and titles of Ameno- 
phis III., Menephtha, and the monarch Setnecht, first king of the 
20th dynasty. The figure of the god Set, destroyed on the base, is 
untouched on the capital of the column. Found in a house at Cairo. 
From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 65. Seated statue of Pasht (Bubastis). Dark granite. 
No. 66. f Fragment of a large sarcophagus, of Pepiri-naa [?! an 
officer of state, son of Necht-her-hebi; on which are various mystical 
representations relating to the sun. From Cairo. Dark granite. An¬ 
other portion of this sarcophagus is in the Ashmolean Museum, at Oxford. 
No. 67. Upper part of a statue of Rameses II. wearing the pschent, 
and holding a crook and whip. His names and titles are sculptured 
on his shoulders and on the plinth behind. Elephantina. Red granite. 
Presented by W. R. Hamilton , Esq.. 1840. 
No. 68. Statue of Pasht (Bubastis), having in front of the throne 
her names and titles, and those of Amenophis III. (Memnon), of the 
18th dynasty. From the palace or temple erected by that monarch at 
Karnak. Black granite. 
