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Case 96. Head of Polyphemus; six figures of boys, perhaps 
Cupids; figures of Lares; Camilli, augurs, and Fortune, unarranged. 
Case 98. Astragali, some of crystal, carnelian, and ivory ; dice, 
many of which appear to have been anciently loaded, and tesse.at' or 
tickets for the games, with these are some fish probably used by the 
Christians at a later period, and recalling the word IX0T2. 
Case 99. Hair pins of ivory ; busts of the same ; large bands of 
beads, and portions of architectural members in opaque glass or com¬ 
position ; bronze needles, &e., and a patera in porphyry. 
Case 100. Various specimens of ancient glass, oenochose, and ala- 
bastra, or lecythi, of opaque substance and many colours; a small vessel 
with a remarkable iridiscence, found in the vicinity of Naples; frag¬ 
ments of rich cups of carnelian, onyx, &c., and a crystal vessel holding 
gold. 
Cases 101—103. Various figures of animals in bronze; among 
them are some bulls of fine work, and a hare dedicated to the Apollo 
of Priene, by Hephaistion, found in the temple of the god at that place; 
head of a lion ; ram and panther in toreutic woik ; from the soffits of 
Etruscan sepulchres; found in the temple of Apollo at Priene. 
Case 104. Styli for writing, the flat ends to erase or smooth the 
wax ; compasses, medical instruments, forceps, spoons. 
Case 105. Votive offerings ; legs, arms, small chairs, &c. ; hinges ; 
stamps, which are conjectured to have been employed for pottery. 
Case 106. Keys ; plates ; various specimens of ancient inlaid and 
enamel work; some ancient plate, and chasings and castings of the 
middle ages. 
Cases 110—112. Various kinds of Etruscan and of Roman fibulae, 
some of a very late period ; ancient Roman finger rings. 
Above the Cases 7 to 26, are paintings in fac-simile of a tomb found 
at Vulci in 1832, representing games of leaping, running, horse and 
foot race, &c. 
Above Cases 38—58, accompanied by Etruscan inscriptions, are 
fac-similes of another tomb at Vulci, unfortunately much mutilated, 
and the subject of the paintings not quite certain. Pluto and Pio- 
serpine are near the centre. The chequered ceilings of the tomb are 
above the upright Cases above the south w T all. 
Synoptical View of Egyptian Mythology, with an Explanation of 
certain Egyptian Terms. 
Mythology. —In this list the following order has been observed. The Egyp¬ 
tian names of the deities are given first, with a translation, and the names of the 
analogous personages in Greek mythology; next, a statement of their character 
and attributes and of the mode of their representation in Egyptian art; and lastly, 
the names of the places which were the chief seats of their worship. 
Amen, Ammon, or H ammon ; “the hidden; ” Jupiter; king of the gods. Repre¬ 
sented, 1, under the human form, with a teslier on his head, which is sur¬ 
mounted by two plumes ; 2, human form, ram-headed. Thebes. 
Mut or Mout ; “ the mother;” Juno, the wife of Amen. Female form, wearing 
the pschent. Thebes. 
Chuns, Chons; “Force;” Hercules, the son of Amen and Mut. A youthful 
figure with a single lock of hair; on his head a lunar disk. Thebes. 
Num ; “ Water ; ” called by the Greeks Jupiter Chnumis; the creator of mankind; 
described as Baenra, “the soul of the sun.” Human form, goat-headed. Ele- 
phantina. 
Aneka; Anucis, or Vesta; the wife of Num. A female wearing on her head a 
circular crown of feathers. Elephantina. 
Sate ; “ sun’s arrow cr beam Juno; the wife of Jupiter Chnumis. A femalv 
