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soft stone painted. The front of the statues and sides 
of the chair are inscribed with hieroglyphics. 
No. 30. A colossal head, in white hard stone. Prom 
Mr. Salt’s collection. 
No. 31. A group of two figures seated with a smaller 
one between them, in hard sand-stone: found in a tomb, 
and probably represents the man, his wife and child, who 
were buried therein. The sides of the seat, the ground 
about their feet, and a stripe down the front of their 
lower garments are decorated with hieroglyphics, with 
the name of Amenoph II. The heads and upper parts 
of the bodies of the figures have been covered with a 
thick coat of paint, part of which still remains. From 
Mr, Salt’s collection. 
No. 32. f The Rosetta stone, containing three in¬ 
scriptions of the same import, namely, one in hierogly¬ 
phics, another in the ancient vernacular language of 
Egypt, and another in the Greek language. These in¬ 
scriptions record the services which Ptolemy the Fifth 
had rendered 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 Ro- 
. setta. 
No. 33. f An Egyptian obelisk, of black basalt, found 
I at Cairo. 
No. 34. A lion couchant, of red granite; the mane 
inscribed with hieroglyphics, as is also the pedestal, 
j which bears the name of Amenoph III. (Memnon). On 
the left fore-paw is another royal name not yet ascer¬ 
tained, and apparently of different work. 
No. 35. A painted statue, found in a sepulchre near 
the Pyramids. Presented , in 1817, by Captain Caviglia. 
No. 36. The low r er part of an Egyptian figure kneel¬ 
ing on a square plinth, round which is a border of hiero¬ 
glyphics, containing the name of Rameses the Great. 
Presented , in 1812, by His Royal Highness the Duke of 
York . 
No. 37. A large statue of Bubastes sitting in a kind 
of chair, and resting the arms upon the thighs. In the 
I left hand is the emblem of life; the disk which was once 
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