EGYPTIAN GALLERIES. 167 
No. 105. Torso, from the statue of Amenophis III., 18th dynasty. 
Dark granite. 
No. 106. Colossal fist, from a statue. Red granite. Presented by 
Earl Spencer , 1806. 
No. 107. Statue of Merau, royal scribe and military commander, 
seated on the ground, and having before him the shrine of Osiris; 
coloured. Calcareous stone. 
No. 108. A small rectangular basin, dedicated to Amen-ra and 
Phtha, by Nefer-ba or Nefer-ter, a high officer of state, in the reign of 
Rameses II. (Sesostris), who is sculptured at one end, offering the 
basin. Black granite. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 109. Mutilated statue of Rameses II., 19th dynasty, seated. 
Black granite. 
No. 110. Double statue of a high officer of state, and a female of 
his family, seated side by side; on the belt across his shoulders is the 
standard, prenomen, and name of Rameses XI., of the 20th dynasty. 
Red granite. 
No. 111. Colossal statue of Uah-ha-ti-ra (Apries), a functionary 
holding many offices under the 26th dynasty, kneeling and holding 
before him a little shrine of Osiris; it is inscribed with dedications to 
Osiris, Petur, and other divinities. Found near the Maeotis lake, about 
forty-nine miles from Rosetta, in a.d. 1785. Basalt. 
No. 112. Sepulchral tablet, dedicated to Osiris and Anubis, 
for Pepi-set-heb, an officer under the 6th dynasty. Calcareous stone. 
No. 113. Group of Bas-nefer, a chief of the south, and Sent-nai, a 
royal nurse, seated side by side; at the side of the seat is his daugh¬ 
ter Neferari. Dark granite. 
No. 114. Head of Phtah, from a statue. Calcareous stone. 
No. 115. Sphinx, of coarse workmanship. Calcareous stone* 
Presented by Earl Bute. 
No. 116. Head of Thothmes III., part of No. 12. Red granite. 
No. 117. Tablet of Abydos. This celebrated monument, discovered 
by Mr. Banks in a chamber of the temple of Abydos, in 1818, pub¬ 
lished by M. Cailliaud in 1823, by Mr. Salt in 1825, and subsequently 
by different authors who have written on Egyptian chronology, origi¬ 
nally represented an offering made by Rameses II., of the 19th 
dynasty, to his predecessors on the throne of Egypt; uncertain 
whether in genealogical or chronological order. It originally con¬ 
tained the names of fifty-two kings disposed in the tw T o upper lines,, 
tw^enty-six in each line, and a third or lower line, with the name 
and prenomen of Rameses II. or III. repeated twenty-six times. At 
the time of the visits of Messrs. Banks and Cailliaud, the first twelve 
names of the first line, and the first eight of the second, had been destroyed. 
It was removed to France in 1837, and obtained at M. Mimaut’s sale 
by the British Museum. On the upper line, beginning from the right 
hand, are the names of monarchs anterior to the 12th dynasty, viz., 
Ra-nefer-ka, or Nepercheres I.; Ra-nefer-ka, or Nepercheres II., 
named Nebi; Ra-tet-ka, named Ma; Nepercheres III., named Khen-tu; 
Meren-her, Snefer-ka I., Ka-en-ra, Nepercheres IV., named Reru;. 
Nepercheres V. and Nepercheres VI., named Pepi-sneb; and Snefer- 
ka II., named An-nu. The names in the second line are, Amen. 
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