130 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [EGYPTIAN 
A lion very rudely sculptured, supposed to have stood on one of the 
walls between the paws of the Great Sphinx. 
The impression of a human foot carved in stone, with the letters 
NEKO0 engraved over it. Found in front of the Great Sphinx. 
Calcareous stone. 
One of the horns of an altar found in front of the Great Sphinx. 
Calcareous stone. 
Nos. 117, 118. The tablet of Abydos, containing the succession of 
the Egyptian monai'chy. In the second horizontal line are the cartouches 
of the kings of the 17th and ISth dynasty. 
Nos. 119, 120. Fragments from the sides of tombs, &c. Calca¬ 
reous and sandstone. 
No. 121. Tablets executed during the 18th and successive d^masties. 
No. 122, 123. Tablets executed under the Ptolemies. 
No. 124. Tablets executed under the Romans, one with the name 
of Tiberius : Christian Greek, and Coptic inscriptions. 
Under the shelves round the room are various tablets, &c., affixed to 
the walls (Nos. 125 — 194); among them the following articles ai'e 
worthy of j^i-ticular notice. 
No. 133. A small figure kneeling upon a square plinth, and sup- 
poning a naos, in fr’ont of which is a figure of Neith, vrith the 
royal name of Amasis. Presented, in 1771, hy Matthew Duane, 
Esq. It is placed upon 
An oblong stone, with a shallow excavation in the centre. It was per¬ 
haps intended for a pedestal. Black granite. From Mr. Salt's collection. 
No. 135. A large squai'e tablet, covered with hierogh-phics. It 
appears to have been used as a inill-stoiie for giinding corn. Basalt. 
Fresented. in 1805, hy Earl Spencer. 
No. 137. The capital of a column. Preseyited, in 1805, by Earl 
Spencer. 
Upon it, f a small mutilated figure, kneeling on a broken square 
plinth. 
No. 
Gray granite. 
No. 145. A fragment covered with hieroghphics. Presented, in 
1805, by Earl Spencer. 
Nos. 1G9 — 171; 17.3 — 177; 179 — 181 are fresco paintings, chiefiy 
illustrative of the domestic habits of the Egyptians. No. 175. preseniea 
hy Sir H. EUis, 1834. 
Under No. 168. A head, of white stone. 
Under No. 169. A torso, of marble. 
Under No. 170. Fragments of sandstone, with hieroglyphics. 
Under No. 171. A fragment of a statue holding a staff or sceptre 
ornamented at the top with a head of Isis. 
Under No. 173. The upper half of a seated statue. White stone. 
From Mr. Sams' collectiori. 
Under No. 174. A bust broken from a statue. Gray granite. 
Under-No. 175. A mutilated statue of Thothmes 111. Black ba¬ 
salt. From Mr. Sams' collection. 
Under No. 176. Fi-agmeut of a bas-relief representing a group 
resembling No. 5. 
A small statue of Amounemhe, an officer of state, seated on a 
throne. Basalt. 
140. A large head from a mummy-shaped sarcophagus. 
