EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
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Ibex, lying down. Red porcelain. \ in. I. 
Rams, walking or lying down. Porcelain. From ^ to J in. h. 
Heads of rams, surmounted by the urseated disk of the sun. Porce¬ 
lain. 1 in. h. 
Swine, walking. Porcelain. 1J to \ in. h. 
Hares; one has the head turned behind. Porcelain , ivory. \ to 
| in. h. 
Horn of a ram. Bronze. 4^ in. 1. 
Head of the Hippopotamus. Wood. 9J in. h. Tombs of the 
Kings, Thebes. 
Div. 4. Heads of sacred cows or bulls, their distinctive emblems 
broken off. Wood. 1 ft. 7f in. h., 9f in. 1. Tombs of the Kings at 
Thebes. 
A mystic animal; the head and neck of a viper, the body of a 
quadruped. ( Vid. Rosellini, m.c.xxiii. 2.) Wood. 11 in. 1., 4| in. h. 
Ears from similar heads. Wood. 5J in. 1. 
Models of rams’ heads. Crude unbaked earth. 2J to 2 in. h. 
Head attire, disk, &c. Wood. 
Fragments of hieroglyphical inscriptions from temples, on which are 
cynocephali, gazelles, lions, hares, jackals, &c. Sandstone. 
CASES 10, 11. SACRED ANIMALS, CHIEFLY BIRDS. 
Div. 1. Haw T ks, bodies swathed. Wood. 1\ to 2 in. h. 
Hawk, wearing the pschent, upon a pedestal, decorated with an au¬ 
ditor of truth in the act of adoration. Wood. 1 ft. 4^ in. h. 
Hawk of Re, or Ra, the sun: on its head the solar disk. Wood. 
1 ft. h. 
Vultures, upon plinths. Wood. 8J in. h. 
Div. 2. Head of an ibis. Wood. 4J in. 1., 2 in. h. 
Head and neck of a goose. Wood. in. 1., 3^ in. h. 
Ibis. The eyelids of one have been inlaid in silver. Bronze. 
2J in. h. Thebes. 
Hawks, crowned with urseated disks. Bronze. 1 to ■[§ in. h. 
Human-headed bearded hawk, with extended wings. Silver. 2J 
in. h., 3 in. b. 
Hawks, with the pschent. Bronze. From 1J- in. h. to 1 in. h. 
Oxyrhyncus; on its head the urseated disk and horns. Bronze. 3^ 
in. 1., 2f in. h. Thebes. 
Fish of the Lepidotus, or Carp species. Silver , bronze . 1 in. h., 
2£ in. h., 4 in. 1., 1 in. 1. 
Snake on plinth. S| in. 1. Wood. 
Ureei, the heads disked. Wood. 6J to 3J in. h. 
Small hawks, with swathed bodies. Wood. 3J- to 1J in. h. 
Human-faced hawks. Those whose heads are disked represent the 
souls of deities. Wood. 6 to 3^ in. h. 
Urseus, coiled upon a plinth; on the breast the symbol of Neith. 
Wood. 7 in. h. 
Lower part of an urseus, coiled upon a plinth. Wood. 9 in. 1., 4£ 
in. h. 
Pedestal and part of the female-headed urseus, covered with inscrip¬ 
tions, dedications to the goddess Rennu. 5 in. 1., 2| in. b. Wood. 
