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It stands over a staircase, which communicates with a subter-
raneous passage, leading downwards 300 feet in length.
On the right of the Saloon, is a small Chamber
No. 10, roughly cut out of the rock, as if unfinished, and
without painting.
On the left of the Saloon is another Chamber
No. 11, with two square Pillars.
On the wall opposite the Model, are placed some casts from
different parts of the Tomb.
CASES OF EGYPTIAN CURIOSITIES, t(e.
Nos. 1 and 2 contain female ornaments;, the mummy of an
ape; the toe of a colossal figure, the head and arm of which are
coming to England.
No. 3 contains different idols: some made of porcelain, others
of a hard calcareous stone; and also fragments of. the tomb of
Psammis.
No. 4. Various idols of white stone, or of beautiful blue porcelain,
from the tomb of Psammis; different fragments of breccia, with
hieroglyphics,—found among the ruins of the temple of Berenice,
on the Red Sea.
No. 5. Idols of calcareous stone; scarab-aei of basalt, and of
verde antico ; one of a square form, used by the Kings of Egypt,
and worn as an ornament on their breasts; some fragments of
terra cotta, and lacrymatories.
No. 6. Figures of alabaster; plates of the same substance,—
supposed to have been used for the religious ceremonies; vases
and fragments of alabaster; tomb-stones, from the mummy pits
of Gournou.
No. 7. Figures of wood, and of bronze; ancient coins; vases,
containing the bowels of mummies.
No. 8. Wooden idols; stone fragments; a most beautiful head
of black basalt, from Sais; fragments of a sarcophagus of terra
cotta, from the Oasis of Ammon.
No. 9. Wooden boxes, which contained idols.
It stands over a staircase, which communicates with a subter-
raneous passage, leading downwards 300 feet in length.
On the right of the Saloon, is a small Chamber
No. 10, roughly cut out of the rock, as if unfinished, and
without painting.
On the left of the Saloon is another Chamber
No. 11, with two square Pillars.
On the wall opposite the Model, are placed some casts from
different parts of the Tomb.
CASES OF EGYPTIAN CURIOSITIES, t(e.
Nos. 1 and 2 contain female ornaments;, the mummy of an
ape; the toe of a colossal figure, the head and arm of which are
coming to England.
No. 3 contains different idols: some made of porcelain, others
of a hard calcareous stone; and also fragments of. the tomb of
Psammis.
No. 4. Various idols of white stone, or of beautiful blue porcelain,
from the tomb of Psammis; different fragments of breccia, with
hieroglyphics,—found among the ruins of the temple of Berenice,
on the Red Sea.
No. 5. Idols of calcareous stone; scarab-aei of basalt, and of
verde antico ; one of a square form, used by the Kings of Egypt,
and worn as an ornament on their breasts; some fragments of
terra cotta, and lacrymatories.
No. 6. Figures of alabaster; plates of the same substance,—
supposed to have been used for the religious ceremonies; vases
and fragments of alabaster; tomb-stones, from the mummy pits
of Gournou.
No. 7. Figures of wood, and of bronze; ancient coins; vases,
containing the bowels of mummies.
No. 8. Wooden idols; stone fragments; a most beautiful head
of black basalt, from Sais; fragments of a sarcophagus of terra
cotta, from the Oasis of Ammon.
No. 9. Wooden boxes, which contained idols.