178 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
upon the head has been broken off. It is inscribed with 
the name of Amenoph III. (Memnon). 
No. 38. A statue of a baboon, the pedestal inscribed 
with the name of Amenoph III. (Memnon). 
No. 39. A stone sarcophagus, discovered in a tomb 
at Thebes; the paintings with which it is ornamented 
have been restored. Presented , in 182(1, by the Earl of 
Belmore. 
No. 40. A baboon, of sand-stone. 
No. 41. A statue of Bubastes standing, with the head 
of a lioness, on which was the disk of the moon and 
erect serpent’s head; she holds the lotus before her in 
her left hand, the emblem of life in her right. From 
Mr. Salt’s collection . 
No. 42. A small Egyptian figure kneeling upon a 
square plinth, and supporting with his hands a kind of 
altar, in front of which, within a sunk tablet, is a figure 
of Neith. The plinth and front of the altar are covered 
with hieroglyphics, in which appears the royal name of 
Amasis. Presented , in 1771, by Matthew Duane t Esq . 
It is placed upon 
An oblong stone, with a shallow excavation in the 
centre. The top and sides are adorned with hierogly¬ 
phics. It was perhaps intended for a pedestal. From 
Mr. Saifs collection. 
No. 43. A much mutilated seated statue of a military 
chief, of black basalt; the sides of the seat inscribed 
with hieroglyphics. 
No. 44. A capital of an Egyptian column. Pre¬ 
sented, in 1805, by Earl Spencer. 
Upon it, f a small mutilated Egyptian figure, kneel¬ 
ing on a broken square plinth, the front and back in¬ 
scribed with hieroglyphics. 
No. 45. Similar to No. 41, but the disk is nearly per¬ 
fect. From Mr. Salt’s collection. 
No. 46. A figure, the size of life, of a royal scribe, 
seated upon the ground, and resting his arms upon his 
knees ; the left arm has been broken off. Ears of corn 
are in his left hand; round his neck is suspended a tablet 
inscribed, in hieroglyphics, with the name and titles of 
Rameses (Sesostris). In front a tablet inscribed with 
