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No. 21. A colossal statue of Amenoph III. Found, in 1818, in 
the Temple of Memnon. Dark granite. Fnom Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 22. Part of the frieze of a temple, containing the name of 
Nectanebo, the last of the Pharaohs. Green basalt. Presented in 
1766, by His Majesty King George III. 
No. 23. f A large sarcophagus of Hapimen, a royal scribe, &c., 
brought from Grand Cairo, used by the Turks as a cistern, which they 
called “ The Lovers’ Fountain.” Black granite. 
No. 24. f The Rosetta stone, containing three inscriptions of the 
same import, namely, one in hieroglyphics, another in the ancient ver¬ 
nacular language of Egypt, and another in the Greek language. These 
inscriptions record the services which Ptolemy the Fifth had rendered 
his country, and w'ere 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 Rosetta, 
No. 25. f A figure kneeling on a square plinth. Dark granite. 
No. 26. A seated figure of Sethe 11. or Ousiree Menephtha III., 
bearing on his knees the figure of a ram’s head; in a hard white stone. 
From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 27. A mutilated figure of Rameses III. (Sesostris) kneeling, 
and supporting an altar, on which is a scarabsus. Dark granite. Pre~ 
sented, in 1805, by Earl Spencer. 
No. 28. A circular vessel, decorated with the head of Athor, and 
hieroglyphics. Sandstone. 
No. 29. A group of an Irinofre guardian of the temple of Amoun 
and his daughter Maut-bakh, seated. Calcareous stone. 
No. 30. A.colossalhead. Calcareous stone. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 31. A group of Atou, a sacerdotal functionary, and his sister 
a priestess of Amoun ; between them his son Nofrehbaif, second priest 
of Amenoph II. ; found in a tomb. Sandstone. From Mr. Salt's col¬ 
lection. 
No. 32. A sarcophagus of grey stone, with its cover, of the Queen 
of Amasis, king of the 26th dynasty. It was discovered at the bottom of 
an excavation, 130 feet deep, behind the palace of Sesostris, near Thebes. 
No. 33. A sarcophagus of a person named Onkh, in form of a 
mummy. Green basalt. 
No. 34, A lion couchant; the mane inscribed wdth hieroglyphics, 
as is also the pedestal, which bears the name of Amenoph III. (Mem¬ 
non). From Mount Barkal. Syenite. Presented by Lord Prudhoe, 
1835, 
'No. 35. A painted statue, found in a sepulchre near the Pyramids. 
Presented, in 1817, by Captain Caviglia. 
At each side of the door on the left, a statue of Bubastis. Black 
granite. 
No. 86. Group of a male and female figure seated. Calcareous stojie. 
No. 37. A large statue of Bubastis, inscribed with the name of 
Amenoph III. (Memnon). Black granite. 
No. 38. A statue of a baboon, the pedestal inscribed with the name 
of Ammnoph III. (Memnon). Sandstone. 
No. 39. A stone sarcophagus, discovered in a tomb at Thebes; the 
paintings with wLich it is ornamented have been restored. Calcareous 
stone. Presented, in 1820, by the Earl of Belmore. 
