144 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
his country, and were engraved by order of the High Priests, when they 
were assembled at Memphis, for the purpose of investing him with the 
royal prerogative. This stone was found near Rosetta, and it appears 
to have been placed in a temple dedicated to Atum by the monarch 
Nechao. Basalt. 
No. 25. f Mutilated statue, without its head, of a high officer of 
state, kneeling upon a square plinth. Thebes. Black granite. 
No. 26. Statue of Seti Menephta II., monarch of the 19th dy¬ 
nasty, seated on a throne, and holding a ram’s head, placed on a small 
altar, by both hands on his knees; his names and titles are inscribed 
round the pedestal and on the plinth behind. The name of Set has 
been erased, and that of Osiris substituted for it throughout these in¬ 
scriptions. Found by Mrs. Belzoni at Karnak. Sandstone. From 
Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 27. Lower part of a statue of Rameses II., or III., Great, 
kneeling, and holding a shrine, on wffiich is a scarabseus. The 
hieroglyphics in front express the names and titles of the king, and 
that the scarabaeus god, Tera, Tore, or Cheper, gives the breath 
of life to his nostrils. Dark granite. Presented by Earl Spencer , 
1805. 
No. 28. A circular vessel, decorated with the head of Athor; 
on it is a dedication from several legal functionaries of Thebes to 
Ta-ur, or Thou-eris, who was another form of the goddess Athor. 
Sandstone. 
No. 29. Iri-nefru, guardian of the temple of Amen-ra, and his 
wife A-pu, seated on a throne, on the sides of which are dedications 
to Amen-ra, Osiris, Mut. The upper part of this group is restored. 
Calcareous stone. 
No. 30. Colossal bust from the statue of a king, much mutilated. 
Nummulite limestone. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 31. A group of Atu, a sacerdotal functionary, seated on a 
throne or chair by the side of his sister Han-ur, a priestess of Amen ; 
holding a nosegay of lotus flowers ; between them, of smaller propor¬ 
tions, is his son Neferhebf, second priest of the monarch Amenophis 
II., of the 18th dynasty. Found in a tomb near Thebes. Sandstone. 
From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 32. Sarcophagus with its cover, on which, in bas-relief, is the 
goddess Athor: in the interior is the sun, and the heaven represented 
as a female, and at the bottom the goddess Athor. The inscriptions 
with which this is covered are the addresses of various deities, in which 
is mentioned the Queen of Amasis, of the 26th dynasty, who is called 
the daughter of the king Psammetiehus and his wife Nitocris, and 
mother of the Queen Tachaot. It was discovered in an excavation 
130 feet deep, behind the palace of Rameses II. ( Sesostris), near 
Thebes. 
No. 33. A sarcophagus of a female named Anch, in the form of 
a mummy, which appears to have been originally intended to hold a 
male figure; on it are the four genii of the Amenti, and a prayer for the 
deceased. Green basalt. 
No. 34. A lion couchant, companion of No. 1 ; on the mane are 
the names and titles of Amen-asro, supposed to have been an Ethi- 
