EGYPTIAN GALLERIES. 
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glyphical and demotic characters of Egypt. This stone was found 
near Rosetta, and it appears to have been placed in a temple dedicated 
to Atum by the monarch Nechao of the 26th dynasty. Basalt. 
No. 25. f Mutilated statue, without its head, of a high officer of 
state, kneeling upon a square plinth. Thebes. Black granite. 
No. 26. Statue of Seti (Sethos) II., monarch of the ISth dy¬ 
nasty, seated on a throne, and holding a ram’s head, placed on a small 
altar, by both hands on his knees; his names and titles are inscribed 
round the pedestal and on the plinth behind. The name of Set has 
been erased, and that of Osiris substituted for it throughout these in¬ 
scriptions. Found by Belzoni at Karnak. Sandstone. From Mr. 
Salt's collection. 
No. 27. Lower part of a statue of Rameses II., the Great, 
kneeling, and holding a shrine, on which is a scarabssus. The 
hieroglyphics in front express the names and titles of the king, and 
that the scarabeeus god, Kheper, the creator, “gives the breath of 
iife to his nostrils.” Bark granite. Presented by Earl Spencer, 1805. 
No. 28. A circular vessel, decorated with the head of Athor; 
on it is a dedication from several legal functionaries of Thebes to 
Ta-ur, or Thoueris, another form of the goddess Athor. Sand¬ 
stone. 
No* 28*. Circular bason, probably used for holding holy water, 
having at each handle, in cavo-rilievo, a head of the cow-eared terrestrial 
Athor, full face, surmounted by the pylon or gateway. These basons 
(see Nos. 28, 465) were dedicated to this goddess on account of her 
presiding over the waters. Basalt. Presented by R. Goff, Esq., 
1848. 
No. 29. Ari-nefru, guardian of the temple of Amen-ra, and his 
wife A-pu, seated on a throne, on the sides of which are dedications 
to Amen-ra, Osiris, Mut. The upper part of this group is restored. 
Age of the 18th dynasty. Calcareous stone. 
No. 30. Colossal bust from a statue of Amenophis III., much 
mutilated. Nummuliie limestone. Gournah. From Mr. Salt's col¬ 
lection. 
No. 31. A group of Atu, a sacerdotal functionary, seated on a 
throne or chair by the side of his sister Hanhur, a priestess of Amen, 
holding a nosegay of lotus flowers ; between them, of smaller propor¬ 
tions, is his son Neferhebf, second priest of the monarch Amenophis 
II., of the 18th dynasty. Found in a tomb near Thebes. Sandstone. 
From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 32. Sarcophagus with its cover, on which, in bas-relief, is the 
goddess Athor : in the interior is the Sun, and the Heaven represented 
as a female, and at the bottom the goddess Athor. The inscriptions 
with which this is covered are the addresses of various deities, in which 
is mentioned Ankh-nas-pi-ra-nefer-hat queen of Amasis 11., of the 
26th dynasty, daughter of Psammetichus II. and his wife Nitocris, and 
mother of the Queen Takhaut. It was discovered in an excavation, 
130 feet deep, behind the palace of Rameses II. (Sesostris), near 
Thebes. 
No. 33. A sarcophagus of a female named Ankh, in the form of 
a mummy, which appears to have been originally intended to hold a 
