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EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
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CASE 42—43. BASKETS, TOOLS, ETC. 
Div. 1. Large oval basket. Palm leaves. 1 ft. 8^ in. dr., 1 ft. 7 
in. h. 
Smaller oval basket. 1 ft. 5^ in. dr., 9 in. h. 
Mallets used by the Egyptians for hammers. Wood. 10^ to 1 ft* 
2 in. h. One found in the masonry of the Great Pyramid at Abooser. 
Presented hy Col. Howard Vyse and J. S. Perring, Esq., 1840. 
Long rectangular staves, inscribed witli the name of Har-piphai.. 
Wood. 2 ft. 9 to 1 ft. 4^ in. 1. 
Bag, found in the larger basket. Leather. 
Div. 2. Set of tools found in the same basket, consisting of— 
Drill bow, 1 ft. 1\ in. 1.; sa'.v, 1 ft. 3^ in. 1.; drill, 10 to 9 in. 1. 
chisel, 10 in. 1.; bradawl, 5;^ in. 1. ; horn for water or oil, in. 1. ; 
hone, 5 in. 1.; roll of prepared leather, 6 in. b. ; drill breast-plate, 2^ 
in, 1. With this set was one of the mallets in Div. 1 
Another set of tools found in the smaller basket, consisting of— 
Adze, Of in. h. 8^ in. b. ; chisel, 1 ft. 1^ in. 1. ; drill, 9 in. 1.; 
bradawl, 4| in. 1. ; knife, 9|- in. 1. ; axe-blades, 9^ to 3^ in. 1. ; handles 
of tools, 3|- in. 1. With this set was a mallet in Div. 1. The blades 
of the pi-eceding tools are of bronze. 
Other tools or models:— 
Chisels, 10^ to 8|- in, 1.; saws, IH to 11 in. 1. ; adzes, in. h., 
7;V in. 1. ; hatchets, 1 ft. 6 to 1 ft. 5 in. 1. 
The blades have been attached by linen bandages and an adhesive 
composition. On the blades of the larger, and handles of the smaller 
tools, is generally inscribed a line of hieroglyphics relative to Thoth- 
mes III. (Mosris.) 
Model of an axe or hatchet, painted. Wood. 1 ft. 7 in. 1. 
Knife-handle. Wood. 4 in, 1. 
Horn for holding water or oil. 4-| in. 1. 
Handles of tools. Wood. 8f in. 1. to in. 1. 
Blades of chisels and other tools. Bronze. 4|- to 4^ in. 1. 
Nails. Bronze. 4^ to 1|- in. 1. 
Bradawl; the iron blade of a late era. Wood. 4^ in. h. Pre¬ 
sented hy Sir J. G. Wilkmson, 1834. 
Instrument twisted like a corkscrew, supposed to be used by em- 
balmers. ]0| in, 1. Bronze. 
Tools or models, the peculiar use of many unknown. Several are 
inscribed with the name and titles of Atkai. Bronze. 5 to 2f in. 1. 
Div. 3. Hands on handles or fore-arms; one has the head of Athor; 
the others lotus flowers; their use unknown. Wood, ivory. 1 ft. 1^ 
in. to 7 in. 1. 
Fragments of a gorget, on which are Typhon, Teoeri, lion’s head, 
camelopard, frog, and jackal-headed sceptre. Ivory. 6^ to 5 in. 1., 
2 j to 1J in. b. 
Fragments of carving; a person of high rank adoring Osiris. Wood.. 
8 in. h., 5j in. 1. 
Moulds, having figures of the bird Ben; one has an enchorial in¬ 
scription on its reverse. Calcareous stone. 5| in. sq.. If in. th.,. 
4f in. b,, 3 to 3j in. h., 1|- to 1 in. th., b}^ 3 in. sq., by 4- in. h. 
One presented hy Sir J. ~G. Wilkinson, 1834; another hy II. W. 
Diamond, Esq., 1837. 
