160 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
one has the head of a cat; others are pyramidal; under one is the 
figure of a jackal. Wood, porcelain, 8fc. 3 to ^ in. h. 
Dice of uncertain time. 
Ball, stuffed with chaff; others platted. Leather, palm leaves. 2J in. dr. 
Fish, the scales indicated by black paint. Wood. 4f in. 1. 
Models of fruit, balls, eggs, &c. Porcelain. 2^ to 1 in. dr. 
Div. 4. Linen cloths of various sizes and shades, and of different 
texture. Some have a selvage of blue lines. 4 ft. to 1 ft. 6 in. b. 
Specimen of Egyptian linen bleached by the modern process, and 
portion of the original. 6 in. b. Presented by Mr. J. Dodd. 
Skeins of thread, some dyed of a reddish colour. 
Spindles and knitting needles. Wood. 9J to 9 in. 1. 
Spindles; one has a base of plaster, on which is inscribed the symbol 
“ Ement; ” others are wrapped in cloth; and one is attached to a 
skein of thread. Wood. 1 ft. 1 in. to 10 in. 1. 
Needles for sewing. Bronze. 3 to 3J in. 1. 
Hackle for dressing flax or hemp. Wood. 4 in. sq. 
CASES 46—50. MUMMIES, COFFINS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Mummy of a female? On the head is a gilt mask, and 
round the neck, a coloured oskh. 4 ft. 8^- in. 1. 
Mummies unrolled and wrapped up again. 
Large heads and pieces from coffins. Wood. 
Coffin, of which the cover and upper end is of a far earlier epoch 
than the sides. On it is a deceased priest in adoration to Osiris, 
Anubis, Amset, Hape, Sioumautf, and Kebhsnauf. In it is the mummy 
of a child. Sycamore. 2 ft. 11 in. 1., 10 in. b., 1 ft. ^ in. h. 
Small coffin, in which is the mummy of a child, covered with 
painted linen, representing the face of the deceased, Kebhsnauf and 
Sioumautf, &c. 1 ft. 7J in. 1., 5b in. b. 
Coffin, containing the mummy of a child. 1 ft. 7b in 1., 5 b 
in. b. 
Div. 2. Sides of a coffin, covered with representations of deities ; 
among which are the judgment scene, the burning pool of the Amenti, 
and the boat of the sun. Wood. 5 ft. 10 in. 1., 11 in. h. 
Part of the mummy-shaped coffin of king Men-ka-re, the My- 
cerinus or Mencheres of the Greeks, builder of the third pyramid. 
Wood. 4 ft. 2 in. 1. Found in the third pyramid by Col. Howard 
Vyse, 1837, and presented by him in 1838. 
Part of a body, supposed to be that of king Men-ka-re, found 
in the third pyramid by Col. Howard Vyse in 1837. With a fragment 
of its woollen wrapper. Presented by Col. Howard Vyse, 1838. 
Skull, and part of a woollen wrapper, from the quarries at Mokattam. 
Presented by Dr. J. Bowring, 1838. 
Mummies of children. 2 ft. 8 in. h., 1 ft. 6 in. 1. 
Cases for holding a foetus, in shape of Osiris pethempamentes seated. 
Wood and stone. 5b in. h. 
Finger, sheathed in silver or silver gilt, from a mummy. 2} in. 1. 
Tress of hair in its bandages. Linen. 2 ft. 3 in. 1. Thebes. 
Mummied hair from the heads of men, in oval cakes. 6 in. 1. 
Div. 3. Part of the lid of the coffin of Taihreri, a female; on it 
are depicted the judgment scene of the Amenti, the embalmment 
