EGYPTIAN GALLERIES. 20 1 
“ the divine wife of Amen-ra;” on it are parts of an animal, cakes of 
bread, vases of figs, &c. Calcareous stone. 
No. 595. Fragment, on which is part of the head of a monarch 
wearing the head attire called nemms, and holding before him, in one 
hand, a sceptre, with the head of Athor. From the neighbourhood of 
the Pyramids. Calcareous stone. 
No. 596. Large tablet, or altar of libations; on it are two water- 
vases, two water-fowls, a jar, and two rows of circular cakes of bread. 
Calcareous stone. 
No. 597. Part of a small sepulchral naos; on the upper part Han-pe- 
shaa, a Theban judge, kneels and prays to Phtah, Sebak, and the goddess 
of the Harvest, Ren-nu, personified as a snake; on the lintels is a dedi¬ 
cation to Phtah, by En-pe-shaa, his sister, Hen-hura, adoring. Thebes. 
Calcareous stone, x rom the collection of the Earl of JBelmore. 
No. 598. Fragment from a tablet on the side of a tomb; on it Pa- 
meht, a judge, followed by his wife Makha, stands in adoration to Amen- 
ophis I. and the Queen Aahmes-nefer-ari. Calcareous stone. 
No. 599. Upper part of a statue of Pekht. or Pasht, wearing on 
her head the solar disk. From Karnak. Eark granite. Presented 
by W. R. Hamilton, Esq., 1840. 
No. 600. Torso of a statue, having on the back the prenomen and 
titles of Psammetichus II., or Apries, probably the former. From 
Karnak. Black granite. Presented by W. R. Hamilton, Esq., 1840. 
No. 601. Coptic Tablet of Peter, a deacon, deceased, 25th of 
Choiak. 7th Indiction. Sandstone. 
No. 602. Greek tablet of Akkendarpe, deceased, 16th Choiak. 
1st In diction. Sandstone. 
No. 603. Tablet, in Greek, recording the repairs of the gate of a 
church on the 1st of Phaophi. 14th Indiction. Calcareous 
Stone. 
No. 604. Coptic tablet of Georgios, deceased, 17th Thoth. 5th 
Indiction. Sandstone. Presented by Sir J. Bowring. 
No. 605. Fragment of a pilaster, having on it in bas-relief, frieze 
of uraei, winged globe, and figure w 7 ith upraised arms. Sandstone. 
No. 606. Fragment of the moulding of a church, having an eagle 
and crosses between columns, with capitals in shape of the palm. 
Sandstone. 
Nos. 608-732. Sepulchral vases. These objects, when complete 
in sets of fouC with heads in shape of the four genii of the dead, 
viz., of Amset (human-headed), Hapi (baboon-headed), Tuautmutf 
(jackal-headed), and Kebhsnuf (hawk-headed), were employed te 
hold the viscera of the dead, which w 7 ere embalmed separately, and 
deposited in them. Amset appears to have had the stomach and large 
intestines; Hapi the small intestines; Tuautmutf the lungs and heart; 
and Kebhsnauf the liver and gall bladder. Each vase, of the most 
finished kind, is inscribed with hieroglyphics, containing a formula 
appropriate to it. That on the vase of Amset is the speech of Isis 
to the dead, considered as Amset; that of Hapi, a similar speech 
from Nephthys; that of Tuautmutf, one from Neith ; that on Kebhsnuf 
from Selk. Each addresses the genius as under her protection, and 
“ beside her; ” occasionally the formula varies, and the genius tells 
the dead that he has come to his side, or that they respectively bring 
