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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
[EGYPTIAN 
Soter, and Philopator, of the statues of the king, Meri-her-phtah, 
&c. It is dated on the 6th of Mecheir, in the 7th year of the king’s 
reign, and states that deceased received an embalmment for the space 
of seventy days: that he lived fifty years, six months, and five days, 
and that he was born on the 22nd of Mecheir. On it are apparently 
traces of an enchorial inscription. Sakkara. From Mr. Salt's col¬ 
lection. , 
No. 379. Sepulchral tablet, imperfect; on the upper part is Nesatu, 
a person holding various priesthoods, among others those of the Rames- 
seium, in Memphis, of the queens Berenice and Arsinoe, and of a royal 
sister, and daughter Philetsera or Philotera; the figure and hiero¬ 
glyphics on this tablet are painted and not engraved. From Sakkara. 
Calcareous stone. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 380. Sepulchral tablet, of the Ptolemaic period, broken in two 
pieces; it contains a long inscription relative to Ei-em-hept, holding 
many offices of the priesthood, son of Nes-ati, holding many priesthoods, 
among others that of the king Senefru. Calcareous stone. From 
Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 381. Fragment of a tablet ; on it Athor. Calcareous stone. 
No. 382. Sepulchral tablet, of the Ptolemaic period; inscription 
much effaced; it appears to be for a person holding several priesthoods, 
among others that of one of the Ptolemies ; the inscription is painted, 
not engraved; below, traces of a line of demotic. Sakkara. Cal¬ 
careous stone. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 383. Sepulchral tablet, of the Ptolemaic period, for Berenice, 
priestess of Harsaphes, or Amen-Horus, and daughter of Arsinoe, de¬ 
ceased at the age of sixtv-four years, eight months, and twenty-five 
days, who is twice worshipping, traced in red; below, a demotic in¬ 
scription of four lines, in black. Calcareous stone. 
No. 384. A small monument, in form of a trough or bason, dedi¬ 
cated to Amen-ra, for a deceased. Calcareous stone. 
No. 385. Small fragment, on it a judge of truth in the west, 
adoring the Sun. Calcareous stone. 
No. 386. Fragment of a sepulchral tablet, of the Ptolemaic period, 
for Ta-mut-sher, a priestess, daughter of Pet-nefer-hept, a priest of 
Athor and Osiris, deceased at the age of ninety-seven. Calcareous 
stone. From Mr. Sams's collection. 
No. 387. Sepulchral tablet, of Tai-em-hept or Ta-imouthis, a 
priestess of Phtha, who is represented adoring Osiris and Isis; it ap¬ 
pears, from the inscription, that she died on the 17th day, of the 39th 
year of the reigning Ptolemy; that she lived thirtv-six years, three 
months, and twenty days, and received funeral ceremonies for thirty- 
six days, and an embalmment during the time of seventy days ; the 
inscription is traced, not engraved. From Sakkara. Calcareous 
stone. 
No. 388. Sepulchral tablet of the Ptolemaic period; the inscrip¬ 
tion traced and much erased. Calcareous stone. 
No. 389. Sepulchral tablet, of Her-sanch, a priestess of Amen- 
Horus; deceased at the age of sixty-six years, five months, and five 
days, on the 2nd of Mechir, in the 22nd year of the reigning monarch ; 
she is stated to have received an embalmment for seventy days, and is 
adoring Osiris. Sakkara. Calcareous stone. 
