142 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
No. 6. Colossal head, exactly resembling No. 4, and probably 
from a similar statue ; many of these statues stood facing the jrreat 
colossi in the intervals of the front column of the Propylon ; from 
Gournah : Brownish breccia. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 7. f A colossal ram’s head, from a ram, emblem of the divi¬ 
nity Amen-ra, in his form as Chnumis. This is from one of the 
colossal rams which were placed as a dromos to the Pylon of Har- 
em-hebi ( Horus), of the 18th dynasty, at Karnak, and were sculp¬ 
tured in the reign of that monarch. Sandstone. 
No. 8. Statue of the god Hapimoou, or the Nile, bearing an altar 
of libations, from which hang down water fowl and plants. At the side 
is a figure dressed as a priest, and on the back a dedication from 
Sheshank I., of the 22nd dynasty, to Amen-ra. Karnak. Sand¬ 
stone. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 9. f Colossal fist from the ruins of Memphis; it is supposed 
to have formerly belonged to one of the statues, which, according to 
Herodotus, stood before the Hephsesteum, or temple of Phtha, at 
Memphis. Fed granite. 
No. 10. f The chest of the sarcophagus of the monarch Necht- 
her-hebi, or Her-necht-hebi (Amyrtseus), of the 28th dynasty. The 
subject of the sun, attended by various divinities passing through the 
hours of the day, is represented on the exterior, while inside are vari¬ 
ous usual sepulchral deities. From the mosque of Saint Athanasius, 
at Alexandria. Breccia. 
Underneath No. 10 is a sandstone altar, on which are tw*o cows, 
emblems of the goddess Athor, walking among the papyrus and lotus 
plants. Presented by W. F. Hamilton , Esq. , 1838. 
No. 11. A figure of a gryphon or haw 7 k-headed sphinx, the emblem 
of the divinity Munt-ra, found by Belzoni, in the great temple of 
Ibsamboul or Aboosimbel. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 12. Monument found amidst the ruins of Karnak; it was 
placed on a pedestal of white stone, in a small temple, in the 
north-east angle of the wall inclosing the great temple, probably 
close to the granite sanctuary; on each of the broad sides is the 
monarch Thothmes III., of the 18th dynasty, standing, and holding 
with one hand the deity Munt-ra, and with the other the goddess 
Athor, who is placed at the short side; from the much lower bas relief 
of the deities, it appears that they have been sculptured in the place 
of some others originally there. Syenite. From Mr. Salt's collec¬ 
tion. 
No. 13. Hawk-headed gryphon or sphinx, emblem of the god 
Munt-ra, the companion of No. 11, found by Belzoni in the great 
temple of Ibsamboul or Aboosimbel. Sandstone. 
No. 14. Fractured Colossus, apparently, from the features, of the 
monarch Amenophis III., and probably from the edifice erected by 
that monarch in the Gournah quarter of Thebes. Black granite. 
No. 15. Colossal head of a king wearing the pschent, found with 
the arm, No. 55, detached from a colossus lying in the sand in the 
Karnak quarter of Thebes; the features resemble those of Thothmes 
III. Discovered by Belzoni in 1818. Fed granite. From Mr. 
Salt's collection. 
No. 16. Lower part of a seated colossal figure of the goddess Fasht, 
