Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . plinth, in which are seven lines of hieroglyphics,reading vertically, and having on one side cakes of bread, bunches of onions, and other viands,and on the other two vases, such as are usually placed under tables, entwined by buds andflowers of the lotus. These express, a vast quantity of flesh and foivl, and icine, incense and wax, clothes, and plants, all other gifts, of divine incense all kinds, and all other good and pure things, for Onebto. Tlic liistorical deduction to be drawn from this statue has been already mentioned in theac
Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . plinth, in which are seven lines of hieroglyphics,reading vertically, and having on one side cakes of bread, bunches of onions, and other viands,and on the other two vases, such as are usually placed under tables, entwined by buds andflowers of the lotus. These express, a vast quantity of flesh and foivl, and icine, incense and wax, clothes, and plants, all other gifts, of divine incense all kinds, and all other good and pure things, for Onebto. Tlic liistorical deduction to be drawn from this statue has been already mentioned in theaccount of the Queen Amense, or Amoun-noum-he. Tlie present statue is well executed; theeyes are coloured red, the brows blue, and hair black. The hieroglyphics are coloured bluethroughout. It was acquired from Mr. Salts Collection of 1835, and was found at Thebes. See Atlianasi (Giov.), A Brief Account of the Researches and Discoveries in Upper Egypt. 1836, p. 246. It was Lot 1114 of Mr. Salts sale. ^!---. r-<^-ZTr- IS ii— -)t. « < e^ W o tei
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