ROOM.] EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 149 
Lamps; the handle of one is formed by the head of a dog issuing 
from a lotus calyx. Bronze . 2J to 1J in. h., 4j in. 1. 
Circular shallow vessels. Bronze. 4J to 5 in. dr. 
Div. 2. Rectangular stand of two stages, composed of papyrus, 
supported at each corner by a column of cane. On each is a small 
duck, trussed; and on the bottom circular cakes of bread. Papyrus 
and cane. 8ij in. h., 9^-in. b., 6 in. dr. Private tomb at Thebes. 
Basket containing the fruit of the doum palm, &c. 8 in. h. 
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., 7^ 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 basket. 
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 Belzoni under 
a statue at Karnak. 
Pick-axe used in agriculture, of a single piece. Wood. 2 ft. 1. 
Hoe, the blade of which is fastened by a cord of fibres of the palm. 
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 Menephtah I. (Akencheres). 
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 U. 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. ^ in. 1. 
Daggers, the handles of ivory and silver ornamented with studs. 
Bronze. 11 in. to 9f 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 f bronze. 7 in. to 1J in. 1. 
