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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[EGYPTIAN 
CASE 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. 
8^- 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. 9J, 10^ to 1H in. 1. Thebes. 
Div. 3. Mummy of a small ram, sacred to and emblem of 
Amoun-ra, only the head and some of the 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. 1J in. 1. 
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. I. 
Eggs of the ibis. 2^ in. 1. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson, 1834. 
Div. 4. Conical pots, with their covers, containing mummies of 
the ibis, sacred to Thoth. Red earthenware. 1 ft. 4 in. 1. Sakhara, 
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. 
Div. 2. Mummies of snakes or siluri, emblems of Isis, in shape 
of cakes with moeander patterns. 
Div. 3. Mummies of snakes in the form of oval cakes. 11 in. to 
4 in. 1. 
Rectangular case with a lizard at top and two small rings ; in it was 
found the skeleton of the small snake lying near it. 2J- in. 1. Bronze. 
Thebes. 
Rectangular case with a hawk-headed urseus snake on the top, which 
has held some animal mummy. 7§ in. 1. Bronze. 
Div. 4. Snake mummies bandaged in shape of oval cakes. 
CASE 59. COFFIN, ETC. 
Coffin of Irioui, in the form of a mummy. The subjects on it 
are similar to those on the coffin of Otaineb in Case V.; at the 
back is a figure of Athor. 6 ft. 6 in. h. Bequeathed by Col. William. 
Lethieullier, a.d. 1755. 
Figures of Osiris pethempamentes, used as cases for papyri. These, 
which are always portions or copies of the great funeral ritual of the 
