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FIRST EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
Instrument twisted like a corkscrew, supposed to be used by em- 
balmers. 10§ in. 1. Bronze. 
Tools or models, the peculiar use of many unknown. Several 
are inscribed with the name and titles of Atai. Bronze. 5 to 
2§ in. 1. 
Div. 3. Hands on handles or fore-arms; one has the head of Athor; 
the others lotus flowers ; their use unknown. Wood, ivory. 1 ft. 1 \ 
in. to 7 in. 1. 
Fragments of a gorget, on which are Typhon, Ta-ur, lion’s head, 
cameleopard, frog, and jackal-headed sceptre. Ivory. 6|- to 5 in. 1., 
2\ to 1J in. b. 
Fragments of carving; a person of high rank adoring Osiris. Wood. 
8 in. h., 5^ in. 1. 
Moulds, having figures of the bird Ben; one has an enchorial in¬ 
scription on its reverse. Calcareous stone. 5J- in. sq., 1J- in. th., 
4\ in. b., 3 to 3J in. h., 1J to 1 in. th., 3J by 3 in. sq., by J in. h. 
One presented, by Sir J. lx. Wilkinson , 1834 ; another by H. W. 
Diamond, Esq., 1837. 
Plates, pedestals, and fragments. Bronze . 4 in. 1., 2 in. b., ^ in. 
h., by J in. cube. 
Rectangular plinths, with a leaf-shaped smoother. Arragonite. 
If in. b., 4J in. h., ^ in. th. ; J in. b., 1J in. h., ^ in. th. 
An oval disk, with a seated female deity. Bronze. 2\ in. dr. 
Handles or rails. From a tomb at Memphis. Ivory. 
Studs. . Ivory and dark wood. 
Div. 4. Flat square baskets, circular fragments of the bottoms of 
baskets, oval covers, and other pieces, some worked in colours. 
Various sizes. 
CASES 44, 45. BASKETS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PLAYTHINGS, 
WEAVING TOOLS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Oval, and circular baskets, covers, &c., of the fibres of the 
palm, some worked in with colours. Palm leaves. 1 ft. 3 in. dr., 
9 in. h., to 6 in. dr., 3 in. h. 
Div. 2. Sistrum; the handle cylindrical, with the head of Athor on 
each side; on it the head of Athor, between lion-headed ursei and 
vultures, Pasht Merephtah, seated in anaos, with Meri-Mihi and Meri-Ras 
holding sistra. These subjects are in outline. Bronze. 1 ft. 4^- in. h. 
Temple of the Western lake, Karnak. 
Handle of a sistrum; at the top the aegis of Athor between ursei, and 
a lion seated. Bronze. 8-J in. h. 
Sistra, the ends of the wires generally terminating in the head of a 
goose; one has for its handle a figure of Khons Kneph; they have 
cats with kittens at the top. Silver, bronze. 9.^ to 3Jin. 1. 
Models of sistra. The bodies of those in porcelain are in the form 
of agateway. Some from the Sarabut-El-Khadem. Wood, porce¬ 
lain. 5§ in. 1. ; 11 to 2 in. 1. 
A cat from a sistrum. Bronze. 2 in. 1. 
Small bells; one in shape of a head of Typhon or Baal; another 
has at the top the heads of Typhon, Chnouphis, Anubis, and Merephtah. 
Bronze. J- to 2f E in. 1. 
