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The table is perforated to receive some of the vessels. Bronze, 
7 in. h., 1 ft. 4 in. b., 7^ in. dr. Abydos. 
Vase, which, from its inscription, appears to have been placed on a 
similar table. Bronze. 4\ in. h. 
Fragment of circular box, with bulls, &c. Bronze. 5 £ in. h., 
3 in. dr. 
Lamps; the handle of one is formed by the head of a dog issuing 
from a lotus calyx ; on the cover of another is a jerboa. Bronze. 2J 
to 1| in. h., 44 in. 1. 
Circular shallow vessels. Bronze. 4^ to 5 in. dr. 
End of the handle of a censer, amshoir , terminating in a hawk-head 
and bust in shape of a cartouche held by a king kneeling. Bronze. 
Two fragments inscribed with the name and titles of Ta,-har-ka, 25th 
dynasty. Bronze . 
Div. 3. Rectangular stand of two stages, composed of papyrus, 
supported at each corner by a column of cane. On each is a small 
duck, trussed; and on the bottom circular cakes of bread. Papyrus 
and cane. 84 in. h., 94 in. b., 6 in. dr. Private tomb at Thebes. 
Basket containing the fruit of the doum palm, &c. 8 in. h. 
Smaller basket wove in with colours, which has held fruit of the 
doum palm. 3^ in. h. 
Small oval basket which held fruit. 5 in. h., 1\ in. b. 
Fruits of the doum and date palm, fig, grape vine, carthamus, heglyg 
(persea), nebbek, ricinus, and pomegranate; wheat; barley; tares. 
Cakes of bread or biscuits, some apparently of barley. 6 in. 1. 
Two palm branches; from the tombs. Presented by Mrs. Andrews. 
Div. 4. Horn of a cow or ox. 
Rolls of prepared leather, of a maroon colour. 1 ft. 3 in. to 7 in. 1. 
Bitumen, and materials with which the mummies are embalmed. 
Fragments of leaves of the papyrus, from a box or basket. 
Roll of fibres of palm leaves or cane. 
Blade of a sickle, fractured in three pieces, completely oxydized 
throughout. Traces of the wooden handle into which it has been fitted 
are visible upon the end. Iron. 11 in. dr. Found by Belzoni under 
a statue at Karnak. 
Pick-axe usea in agriculture, of a single piece. Wood. 2 ft. 1. 
Hoe, the blade of which is fastened by a cord of fibres of the palm. 
Wood. 1 ft. 10 in. h. 
Yoke, with a knob at each end, to retain the leather straps, one of 
which remains. Acacia wood. 3 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Eight steps of rough wood from a rope ladder; rope of the same 
ladder made of fibres of the palm; found in the tomb of Seti I. 
(Belzoni’s tomb.) Wood. ] ft. 6 in. 1. 
Pair of tassels of fibres, united by a cord of the same material. 
Palm leaves. 5 in. 1. 
Specimen of rope made of palm-leaf fibre. Presented by Mrs. 
Andrews. 
CASES 36, 37. FRAGMENTS OF TOMBS, WEAPONS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Rough stick with a curved tooth. Wood. 3 ft. 34 in. 1. 
Sticks, forked at one end. Wood. 4 ft. 7 in. 1., 2 ft. 3 in. 1. 
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