152 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
Smaller basket wove in with colours, which has held fruit of the 
doum palm. 3J in. h. 
Small oval basket which held fruit. 5 in. h., 7f in. b. 
Fruits of the doum and date palm, fig, grape vine, carthamus, heglyg 
(persea), nebbek, ricinus, and pomegranate; wheat; barley; tares. 
Cakes of bread or biscuits, some apparently of barley. 6 in. 1. 
Div. 3. Horn of a cow or ox. 
Rolls of prepared leather, of a maroon colour. 1 ft. 3 in. to 7 in. 1. 
Bitumen, and materials with which the mummies are embalmed. 
Fragments of leaves of the papyrus, from a box or basset. 
Roll of fibres of palm leaves or cane. 
Blade of a sickle, fractured in three pieces, completely oxydized 
throughout. Traces of the wooden handle into which it has been fitted 
are visible upon the end. Iron. 11 in. dr. Found by JBelzoni under 
a statue at Karnak. 
Pick-axe used in agriculture, of a single piece. Wood. 2 fit. 1. 
Hoe, the blade of which is fastened by a cord of fibres of the nalm. 
Wood. 1 ft. 10 in. h. 
Yoke, with a knob at each end, to retain the leather straps, one of 
■which remains. Acacia wood. 3 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Eight steps of rough wood from a rope ladder; rope of the same 
ladder made of fibres of the palm; found in the tomb of Menephtah I. 
Wood. 1 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Pair of tassels of fibres, united by a cord of the same material. 
Palm leaves. 5 in. 1. 
Div. 4. Fragments from the tomb of Sethei, Menephtah I. (Aken- 
cheres). In front the arm and anterior portion of the body of Thmei, 
and part of her titles; before her are small hieratic characters. Cal¬ 
careous stone. Presented by Col. T. P. Thompson. 
Fragments of vases, with enchorial inscriptions. Pottery . 
CASE 36—37. FRAGMENTS OF TOMBS, WEAPONS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Fragments from the tombs, exhibiting the mode in which 
the sepulchres of the kings at Thebes are ornamented. Calcareous 
stone. 
Div. 2. War-axe, the head of bronze, riveted into a hollow handle 
of silver. 2 ft. f in. 1. 
Daggers, the handies of ivory and silver ornamented with studs. 
Bronze. 11 in. to 9J in. 1. 
Sheath of a dagger, which has been gilt. Wood. 11 in. 1. 
Bows of small size. Wood. 4 ft. 9 in. to 3 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Heads of small spears or javelins ; one has hieroglyphics on each 
side. Iron , bronze. 7 in. to If in. 1. 
Arrows with blunt tips ; some have flint heads. 2 ft. 8J in. 1., 2 ft. 
4 in. 1. 
Triangular shaped arrow-heads. Bronze. 3f to 2f in. 1. 
Three bladed arrow-head. If in. 1. Presented by Dr. C. Leemans, 
1836. 
Fowling-stick, with a knob at one end. Wood. 3 ft. 1. 
Flat rib-shaped fowling-sticks. 3 ft. 8 in. to 2 ft. 1. 
