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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[EGYPTIAN 
OASES 22—29. YASES. 
The relation of the various forms of vases to their uses is not easy 
to determine; some appear in the hieroglyphic texts to have been appro¬ 
priated to particular substances,—as wax, wine, liquids, &c. The 
smaller and more elegant are supposed to have held unguents, perfumes, 
&c., for the toilet; the larger and coarser, domestic objects, as wine, 
eatables, &c. ; others again contain varnish, bitumen, &c. The follow¬ 
ing appear most w T orthy of remark : — 
Case 22—23. Div. 1. A large vase, with the prenomen and name 
of Thutmes or Thothmes III. (Moeris.) Another has the name of 
Ouonas (?). Arragonite. 1 ft. 1^ to 8^ in. h. 
Two vases, one having in front the prenomen Merenre, standard, 
and titles of a king prior to the 16th dynasty; the other, those of Re- 
Nofrekah, of the 15th dynasty, assumed by Sabaco, first king of the 
25th dynasty. Arragonite. 8 to 5| in. h. 
Div. 2. Four ampullce, each inscribed with a single line of hieratic. 
Two have stoppers. Pottery. 6^ to 5| in. h. 
Vase, with the name of Noubmet-het, a princess. Arragonite. 4J 
in. h. 
Vases with flat circular bodies, and necks of lotus flowers, apes, and 
oskhs; on the lateral bands are invocations to Amoun, Phtah, Nofre- 
Thmou, Khons, Neith, and Pasht. Porcelain, pottery, Sfc. 5^ to 3 
in. h. Thebes. 
Vase, on each side Horus advancing. Pottery. 3^ in. h. 
Div. 3. Circular table; on it eight vessels of various forms, all 
inscribed with the names and titles of Atkai. Arragonite. 1 ft. 1 k 
in. dr. Abydos. 
Slab, with the following objects -.—two bottle and four crucible- 
formed vases; a peculiar object, bifurcate at. one end; a piece of 
basalt. Calcareous stone. 6| in. 1., 4| in. d. Abydos. 
Vase, with two projections, perhaps intended to represent eyes. 
Porcelain. 6| in. h. Memphis. 
Vase; on the neck a female face. Arragonite. 9 in. h. 
Memphis. 
Div. 4. Vases with long necks; one with the neck twisted. Glass. 
1\ to 2 in. h. 
Bottles, with a rude representation of a face and arms in front. 
Pottery. 7| to 6 in. h. 
case 24—25. VASES. 
Div. 1. Jar-snaped vase, with three small handles on the neck. 
Painted pottery. 11^ in. h. 
Bottle-shaped vase, with three small handles round the body; be¬ 
tween them three emblems of life, with human hands, in each a gom. 
Painted pottery. 10| in. h. 
Small vase with four handles. Porcelain, or opaque glass. 4 J in. h. 
Small diota; one handle and the neck broken. Porcelain, or 
opaque glass. 4-i in. h. Memphis. 
Div. 2. Small jug, richly ornamented; a portion of the handle 
still remains. Porcelain, or opaque glass. 3J in. h. 
