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EGYPTIAN GALLERIES. 
him wax clothes, incense and water. The most elegant vases of this 
class are of arragonite; others are of calcareous stone, pottery, or 
wood; and many from being solid, or from the smallness of their 
hollowed part, must be regarded as mere models. They were often 
inclosed in large wooden boxes, and are said to be found more fre¬ 
quently in the tombs of Memphis that, those of Thebes or of Abydos. 
Their use seems to have prevailed from the earliest time; but towards 
the close of the Egyptian monarchy, and under the Ptolemies, the en¬ 
trails appear to have been embalmed in separate packets, which were 
wrapped up with the dead, and had each attached to them a small wax 
figure of its respective genius. —No. 608, with the usual inscription of 
the address of the goddess Selk to the deceased Haneb, as personified 
by Kebhsnuf, the 4th genius (hawk-headed).—No. 609, with cover, 
in shape of a human head, and part of an erased inscription, traced in 
waxy paint of the time of the 19th dynasty: arragonite. —No. 610, 
with speech of Nephthys and Hapi for Apui, a deceased royal scribe 
and chamberlain : arragonite —No. 611, with a human head for 
Menkheper, a prince, and speech of Selk to Kebhsnauf: arrago¬ 
nite. —No. 612, with the head of a baboon, dedicated to Selk and 
Kebhsnauf for the deceased Net-a-tapii: arragonite —No. 613, with 
human head and one line of inscription, dedicated to Amset.—No. 614, 
with human-headed cover on it, the address of Nephthys for Hapi, and 
the deceased for Amen-em-api, eldest son of Rameses II.: arragonite. 
From Mr. Salt$ collection. —No. 615, with the speech of Isis, relative 
to Nephthys, for the same. —No. 616, with speech of Selk addressing 
the deceased as Kebhsnuf, for the same prince.—No. 617, with speech 
of Amset addressing the prince as Tuautmutf. From Mr. Saifs collec¬ 
tion. —No. 618, human-headed, with speech of Neith and Selk for 
deceased Nebi: arragonite. Sr. Athanasi's collection. —No. 619, 
jackal-headed, speech of Nephthys and Hapi for a deceased, whose 
name is left blank.—No. 620, hawk-headed—No. 621, speech of Selk 
to Kebhsnuf for Satimes, a deceased chamberlain.—No. 621*, human¬ 
headed, plain: arragonite. —No. 622, human-headed, plain : arragonite. 
—Nos. 623, 624,625, 626, with human heads and no inscription, faces 
coloured yellow and red_No. 627, body of a vase, with an inscription 
relative to a functionary in the time of the 28th dynasty.—No. 628, 
body of a vase, dedicated to Hapi or Apis: arragonite. —No. 629, 
with jackal’s head, on it an inscription in which the genius Amset 
tells the dead Hara, a standard-bearer of Ptah, that “ he is beside him : ’ 
in arragonite. From the collection of Sr. Anastasi. —No. 630, with 
speech of Selk and Hapi for Pi-ra-hept, superintendent of the palace, 
and a local governor: arragonite. —No. 631, with speech of Isis 
addressing the dead as Amset for Amenmes, chief groom of the king : 
arragonite. —No. 632, with head of a baboon and illegible inscription: 
arragonite. —No. 633, with human head, and speech of Selk and Kebhs¬ 
nuf for deceased Tebn; eyes, &c., traced in black. Sr. Athanasi's 
collection —No. 634, with head of a baboon and inscription for Kebhs¬ 
nuf, which says, “ I come to be beside thee: ” arragonite. From Sr. 
Anastasi's collection. —No. 635, of arragonite, in a very waxy paint, co¬ 
loured green, for Renpu, bow-bearer of the king, 19th dynasty.— 
Nos. 636-639, a complete set, apparently unopened, with inscriptions for 
a deceased Uah-ra-hati, son of Petisi: arragonite. From Mr. Sams's 
