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Div. 2. Head of the cynocephalus. 8|- in. 1. Thebes. 
Mummies of jackals or dogs with long, upright ears, emblems of 
Anubis. 1 ft. 3 in. to 1 ft. 14 in. h. Thebes. 
Head of a dog, animal sacred to Anubis, enveloped in bandages. 
7jin. h. 
Head of a dog, unrolled. 5J in. h. 
Div. 3. Mummies of cats. The emblem of the sun, and of Pasht 
or Bubastis. 1 ft. 9 in. to 11 in. h. Thebes. 
Wooden case, in shape of a cat seated on a pedestal. One contains- 
a mummy of that animal. 1 ft. h. 
Cats, unrolled. 1 ft. 8 in. to 1 ft. 10 in. 1. Thebes. 
Figures of cats, and head of a cat, emblems of the goddess Pasht 
or Bast; found in the cat mummy-pits at Abouseir. Bronze. 
Pedestal of a cat, in shape of the name of the goddess Bast; found 
in the cat mummy-pits at Abouseir. Wood. Presented by A. C. 
Harris , Esq. 
Various fragments of cats. 
Rectangular case for an animal mummy, surmounted by the figure 
of a shrew mouse. 4J in. 1. Bronze. 
CASES 54, 55. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1—2. Mummies of bulls, consisting of the head and some of 
the principal bones. On the forehead is the triangular mark of Apis, 
to whom all cattle were sacred. 1 ft. 7 in. h., 1 ft. 11 in. 1. ; 1 ft. 
8J in. h., 2 ft. 4 in. 1.; 1 ft. 6 in. h., 2 ft. 5 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of gazelles, impure animals, emblems of Typhon and Ty- 
phonian divinities. 9^, 104 to 114 in. 1. Thebes. 
Div. 3. Mummy of a small ram, sacred to Amoun-ra; only the 
head and bones are preserved. 1 ft. 1 in. h., 1 ft. 8 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of rams, unrolled, or in bandages. 1 ft. 1 in. 1. 
Mummy of a lamb. 11 in. h., 1 ft. 2 in 1. Thebes. 
Head of a sheep. 
CASES 56, 57. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Mummies of the ibis. 1 ft. 9 in. h. 
Div. 2. Mummy of the black ibis, and two eggs. 1 ft. 14 in. L 
Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson , 1834. 
Bones of the ibis. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson , 1834. 
Mummies of the ibis, 1 ft. 3 to 9 in. 1. 
Div. 3. Mummies of the ibis, 1 ft. 9 in. 1. 
Eggs of the ibis. 2j in. 1. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson , 
1834. 
Rectangular case for holding an animal mummy, surmounted by a 
hawk. 7 in. 1. Bronze. 
Div. 4. Conical pots, with their covers, containing mummies of 
the ibis, sacred to Thoth. Red earthenware. 1 ft. 4 in. 1. Sakkara. 
CASE 58. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Mummies of crocodiles, emblems of Sevek, or Sabak.; one 
has been unrolled. 1 ft. 5 to 1 ft. 6 in. 1. Thebes. 
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