. A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians . ures in gold, silver, electrum, bronze, * A facsimile of the Papyrus of Ani has been published by theTrustees of the British Museum (folio or half bound), price £2 10s. ;also the Egyptian Text, with interlinear transliteration and translation^a running translation, introduction, etc., half mor., 4t0., price £1 10s. 30 THIRD
. A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians . ures in gold, silver, electrum, bronze, * A facsimile of the Papyrus of Ani has been published by theTrustees of the British Museum (folio or half bound), price £2 10s. ;also the Egyptian Text, with interlinear transliteration and translation^a running translation, introduction, etc., half mor., 4t0., price £1 10s. 30 THIRD EGYPTIAN ROOM—TABLE-CASE II. crystal, .xud other rare stones, glass vases, bowls, bottles,etc. which illustrate the finer Egyptian work in thesematerials. Worthy of special note are:— Nos. 14. Bronze kneeling figures of kings making offerings, XXV 1th dynasty to the Ptolemaic period. No. 1 is from Tell-Gemayemi,and was presented by theEgypt Exploration Fund. [Nos. 24,323, 36,297,23,458, and 36,212.] No. 5. Portion of a hol-low-work amulet (menat)in bronze. The goddessrepresented is Hathor ; inthe oval portion is a figureof a cow, which was thesacred animal of this god-dess, and above it is theHathor sistrum. Nearthe sistrum is the preno-men of Amen-hetep 0 A> in whose No. 36,212. tomb the object wasfound. [Xo. 20,760.] Xo. 6. Group of gilded bronze figures of gods. In the centre is Isis, who is suckling Horus; on her right stands Mut, and on her left Nephthys. In front are three uraei, the middle one, which represents Uatchet, wearing theicrcwn of Lower Egypt ^. Ptolemaic period. [No. 34,954-]XTo. 7. Bronze figure of the god Nefer-Atmu, whowears a cluster of papyrus plants on his head. Romanperiod. [No. 319.] No. 8. Silver figure of the god Nefer-Atmu. XXVIthdynasty. [No. 11,072.] GOLD AND BRONZE FIGURES OF THE GODS. 31 No. 9. Bronze figure of the god Khonsu, wearing thedisk and lunar crescent and horns ; on the right of his headis the lock of Harpocrates, symbo
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