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period of the coffin of king Nentef, in Case S S. Wood. 6 ft. 
1. n. h. 
Over Case 34. Coffin of Mauteneimas, or Mouteneimos, female 
musician of the goddess Maut; on it Netpe, a door with bolts, a ram 
and vase, and the usual scenes. Wood. 5 ft. 11 in. h. 
Over Cases 40 to 57. Casts of sculptures from the entrance of 
the small temple at Beit-oually near Kalabshe. In the first division 
on the left hand, the monarch Rameses II. seated on his throne re¬ 
ceives the principal officers of his court, who bring before his feet cap¬ 
tives of the chief nations of Asia. In the second division, the king, 
attended by his dog Anathemnisht, is about to decapitate an Asiatic. 
In the third, crowned in the teshr or red cap, having ascended his 
chariot, he attacks an Asiatic nation, who are represented in full rout. 
The next compartment shews the monarch attacking a fortress of Central 
Asia; the nation is personified by a larger figure, while the scenes 
going on at the fortress are a female throwing a child over the battle¬ 
ments, and a man supplicating with a lighted censer, while the son or brother 
of the king attacks the door of the fortress with a hatchet; in the last com¬ 
partment he is represented bringing before the monarch a file of Asiatic 
prisoners. The nations mentioned in the hieroglyphics are the Tahen 
or Tohen and the Sharo. 
These casts, made in Nubia under the direction of Mr. Hay and by 
Mr. Bonomi, have been coloured in imitation of originals by the latter 
gentleman. 
Over Case 5. Glass case containing the bones of a mummied ibis, 
with insects and other contents of the stomach, prepared by Sir Anthony 
Carlisle, in 1805. Presented by Sir Joseph Banks. 
Over Case 61. Osiris onnophris; the eyes have been inlaid with 
some other material. Bronze. 2 ft. 10 in. h. 
Over Case 64. Osiris pethempamentes, standing. Bronze. 
Over the door. Cross from the vestment of a Copt priest, sup¬ 
posed not to be later than a.d. 640 ; is gilt, and embossed with a double 
spiral pattern : the right arm of the transverse bar imperfect. Leather. 
2 ft. 6 in. h., 1 ft. 6 in. b. Medinat Abou. Presented by Sir J. G. 
Wilkinson , 1834. 
On the marble tables in the centre of this and the succeeding itoom 
are models, in plaster, of the great standing obelisk at Karnak, am* 
of that at Heliopolis. Presented by Joseph Bonomi , Esq., 1840. 
EXPLANATION OF EGYPTIAN TERMS. 
Claft.— Head-dress with long lappets pendent on the shoulders and neck. See 
statue of Amenof III. Egyptian Saloon, 21. Coffins of mummies, &c. 
Gobi.— Sort of sceptre, terminating in the head of an animal called the koucoupha. 
See in the hands of a male figure in a fresco painting. Eg. Sal. 176, and object 
Egypt. Room, Case G. Div. 3, &e. 
Oskh —Semicircular collar or tippet worn round the neck. See bust of Rameses 
II. or Ill. (Sesostris), Eg. Sal. 19. Object in Case BB. Div. 4, &c. 
Oft. —Crown of Osiris and other deities, composed of a conical cap flanked by two 
ostrich feathers, with a disk in front, placed on the horns of a goat. See fig. of 
Osiris, Case B. Div. 2, &c. 
Pschent. —Cap or crown worn by deities and Pharaohs, composed of the shaa and 
teshr. See Pharaonic head. Eg. Sal. 15. 
Shaa.— Conical cap, upper portion of the pschent, called also out and uobsh or 
white. See statue of Menephtah II., Eg. Sal. 61. 
Shenti. —Short garment worn round the loins. See statue of Amenof III., Eg. 
Sal. 21. Bronze fig. of Amoun-ra, Egypt. Room, Case A. Div. 2, &c. 
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