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CASE 5*2—53. ANIMAL :mummies. 
Div, 1. Mummies of cynocephali or dog-headed baboons, animals 
sacred to loh-Thoth and Khons-ioh, and chiefly worshipped at Her- 
mopolis. 1 ft. 8 in. h., 1 ft. 7 in. h. Tliehes. 
Head of the cynocephalus. 8^ in. 1. Thebes. 
Mummies of jackals or dogs with long, upright ears, emblems of 
Anubis. 1 ft. 3 in. to 1 ft. in. h. Thebes. 
Head of a dog, animal sacred to Anubis, enveloped in bandages.. 
in. h. 
Head of a dog, unrolled, 5j in. h. 
Div. 2. Mummies of cats. The male was the emblem of the sun,, 
the female of Pasht or Bubastis, the lion and cat-headed deity. 1 ft. 
9 in. to 11 in. h. Thebes. 
Wooden case in shape of a cat seated on a pedestal. In it some 
embalmed object, probably the mummy of that animal. 1 ft. h. 
Cats, unrolled. 1 ft. 8 in. to 1 ft. 10 in. 1. Thebes. 
Various fragments of cats. 
Div. 3. Mummies of bulls, consisting of the head and some of the 
principal bones. On the forehead is the triangular mark of Apis, to' 
whom all cattle were sacred. 1 ft. 7 in. h., 1 ft. 11 in. 1. ; 1 ft. 8 t 
in. h., 2 ft. 4 in. 1. ; 1 ft. 6 in. h., 2 ft. 5 in. 1. Thebes. 
Heads of gazelles, impure animals, emblems of Typhon and Ty- 
phonian divinities. 9^, 10^ to 114 in. 1. Thebes. 
Div. 4. Mummy of a bull, as above. 
Mummy of a small ram, sacred to and emblem of Amoun-ra, only 
the head and some of the bones are preserved. 1 ft. 1 in. h., 1 ft. 8^ 
in. 1. Thebes. 
Hoads of rams, unrolled, or in bandages. 1 ft. 1 in. 1. 
Mummy of a lamb. 11 in. h., 1 ft. 2 in. 1. Thebes. 
Head of a sheep. 
CASE 54—55. ANIMAL MUMMIES. 
Div. 1. Conical pots, with their covers, containing mummies of 
the ibis, sacred to Thoth. Red earthenvjare. 1 ft. 4 in. 1. Sakhara^ 
Mummy of the black ibis, unrolled, and two eggs. 1 ft. 1^ in. 1, 
Div. 2. Mummies of the ibis. 1 ft. 3 to 9 in. 1. 
Bones of the ibis. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilhinson, 1834. 
Eggs of the ibis, in. 1. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilhinson, 1834, 
Mummy of an owl or hawk. 1 ft. 1. 
Mummies of hawks, emblems of Ra and Horus; on the body of one 
a network of strips; another unrolled. 1 ft. 44 to 11 in. h. Thebes. 
Div. 3. Mummies of crocodiles, emblems of Sevek; one has been 
unrolled. 1 ft. 5 to 1 ft. 6 in. 1. Thebes. 
Mummies of the Silurus or Bayad, emblems of Isis. 
Div. 4. Mummies of fish in the shape of cakes. 
Mummied lepidotus fish unrolled, in fragments. 
Rectangular case with a lizard at top and two small rings ; in it w'as 
found the skeleton of the small snake lying near it. Bronze. 2f in. 1. 
Thebes. 
Oval mummied objects. 1 ft. 4 to 10 in. 1. Thebes. 
Mummies of snakes in the form of oval cakes. 11 in. to 4 in. 1. 
