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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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and resting his arms upon his knees, holding an ear of corn in his 
left hand, and in his right a symbol of life; from his neck is sus¬ 
pended a pectoral plate, on which are inscribed the names and titles 
of Rameses II. or III. (Sesostris). Calcareous stone. 
No. 47. Sarcophagus in the shape of a mummy, and apparently 
unfinished : found at Tana, near Hermoplis. Calcareous stone. From 
Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 48. Statue of Banofre, a military chief, holding several posts, 
son of Thoth-hai and Thothsi, entirely enveloped in drapery, seated 
upon a pedestal, with the arms crossed : on it is a dedication to 
Osiris ; about the commencement of 18th dynasty. Found behind the 
statue of Memnon, at Thebes. Black basalt. From Mr. Salt's col¬ 
lection. 
No. 49. Statue of Pasht standing, holding a lotus sceptre; pro¬ 
bably from Karnak. Dark granite. 
No. 50. Bust from a seated statue of Pasht. Dark granite. 
No. 51. A statue of Anebta, a prince, holding many offices ; de¬ 
dicated to Amen-ra and Anubis. It was the joint gift of the queen 
regent, Amen-num-t, Ha-asu, and the monarch Thothmes III. of the 
18th dynasty; found at Thebes. Calcareous stone. From Mr. Salt's 
collection. 
Statue of Painehsi, a royal scribe of the treasury, kneeling and 
holding a shrine, containing the figures of Osiris, Isis, and Horus. 
On his shoulders and on the shrine are inscribed the name and titles 
of Rameses II., or Great, (Sesostris,) of the 18th dynasty. Thebes. 
Calcareous stone. From Mr. Barker's collection. 
Statue of Shamarau, officer attached to the bringing of the libations 
to the god Amen-ra, kneeling and holding before him a tablet, on 
which is a representation of Ra, and a prayer to him. Calcareous 
stone. Thebes. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 52. Bust of a seated statue of Pasht, wearing the disk of 
the sun, apparently from the edifice erected by Amenophis III. 
(Memnon) in the Karnak quarter of Thebes. Black granite. 
No. 53. Upper part of a standing figure of Pasht, from the same 
edifice as the preceding. 
No. 54. Feet from the statue of a god or king, whose form ha3 
been enveloped in bandages. Calcareous stone. From the collection 
of the Earl of Belmore. 
No. 55. A colossal arm, belonging to the same statue as the head, 
No. 15. It was found detached and lying near it. Syenite , or red 
granite. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
Under this are two of the casing stones from the great Pyramid at 
Gizeh, exhibiting the angle of inclination. Calcareous stone. Pre¬ 
sented by Col. Howard Vyse , 1838. 
No. 56. Blank. 
No. 57. Statue of Pasht (Bubastis) seated on a throne, on the 
front of which are the names and titles of Amenophis III., who is 
styled the beloved of this goddess; apparently from Karnak. Black 
granite. 
No. 58. A fragment of the plaited beard of the Great Sphinx. 
Calcareous stone. Presented by Captain Caviglia , 1817. 
