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Figure of a mummy. SSf 51
This likewise has been modified into the prescribed form, out of a rude piece of alabaster
bearing- a very indistinct resemblance to the figure of an embalmed person. Rude and
uncouth as this performance is, it is still of great interest, for there is no question, from the
handwriting and the cartouch, which are so entirely in harmony with each other, that it
was made during the reign of Rameses V., 1000 B.C.
It has been covered with a composition of red and green wax.
Figure of a mummy, with five horizontal lines of hieroglyphics, in perfect Ebony or Acacia.
° . " 5J inches.
preservation.
The wood of which this little figure is made is remarkable for its weight and hardness. The
marks of the ancient instrument used to smooth the wood are quite evident on several parte
of the surface. See plate 1, fig-. B.
Figure of a mummified lady, with one line of hieroglyphics down the Hard wood.
9 1 lie lies.
front.
Of inferior work, but decorated with black, yellow, red, and white pigments.
Figure of a mummified lady, rude work, formerly covered with bitumen. Unknown wood.
This figure must have been for ages exposed to the action of the dripping- of water, either from ^4 'nc^es-
the dew, or the periodical rains in that part of Egypt, Sakkara, from which it is said to have
been brought. A stream carrying- with it a quantity of sand would effect that kind of
excavation in the leg and foot in a short time.
Rude figure of a mummy, painted white, with red face, black hair, and Sycamore. 4j
one line of hieroglyphics inscribed in black pigment down the front, mcheS'
in which the deceased has the title of scribe.
Figure Of a mummy. Sycamore
Undoubtedly by the same hand as the preceding, and probably representing- the wife of the 4* mchcs-
former. In this figure a white fillet is bound round the head, the two ends hanging down
behind. The basket hangs in the middle of the back, in both figures, but in the male figure
it is in red pigment, in the female in black. Purchased of Mr. Athanasi.
Figure of a mummy, „ ,
° J Calcareous stone,
Of inferior work : from the head to the elbow being more than half the length of the whole Thebes16 S^'mchef
figure : some remains of paint on the face and hands. If it were not for a few hieroglyphics, 6 * mC ^
which none but a hierogrammatist could have written, this work might have been attributed
to an Arab.
Figure of a mummy of a man, uninscribed.
i Porcelain. Green
I glaze. 2i inches.
Figure of a mummy. SSf 51
This likewise has been modified into the prescribed form, out of a rude piece of alabaster
bearing- a very indistinct resemblance to the figure of an embalmed person. Rude and
uncouth as this performance is, it is still of great interest, for there is no question, from the
handwriting and the cartouch, which are so entirely in harmony with each other, that it
was made during the reign of Rameses V., 1000 B.C.
It has been covered with a composition of red and green wax.
Figure of a mummy, with five horizontal lines of hieroglyphics, in perfect Ebony or Acacia.
° . " 5J inches.
preservation.
The wood of which this little figure is made is remarkable for its weight and hardness. The
marks of the ancient instrument used to smooth the wood are quite evident on several parte
of the surface. See plate 1, fig-. B.
Figure of a mummified lady, with one line of hieroglyphics down the Hard wood.
9 1 lie lies.
front.
Of inferior work, but decorated with black, yellow, red, and white pigments.
Figure of a mummified lady, rude work, formerly covered with bitumen. Unknown wood.
This figure must have been for ages exposed to the action of the dripping- of water, either from ^4 'nc^es-
the dew, or the periodical rains in that part of Egypt, Sakkara, from which it is said to have
been brought. A stream carrying- with it a quantity of sand would effect that kind of
excavation in the leg and foot in a short time.
Rude figure of a mummy, painted white, with red face, black hair, and Sycamore. 4j
one line of hieroglyphics inscribed in black pigment down the front, mcheS'
in which the deceased has the title of scribe.
Figure Of a mummy. Sycamore
Undoubtedly by the same hand as the preceding, and probably representing- the wife of the 4* mchcs-
former. In this figure a white fillet is bound round the head, the two ends hanging down
behind. The basket hangs in the middle of the back, in both figures, but in the male figure
it is in red pigment, in the female in black. Purchased of Mr. Athanasi.
Figure of a mummy, „ ,
° J Calcareous stone,
Of inferior work : from the head to the elbow being more than half the length of the whole Thebes16 S^'mchef
figure : some remains of paint on the face and hands. If it were not for a few hieroglyphics, 6 * mC ^
which none but a hierogrammatist could have written, this work might have been attributed
to an Arab.
Figure of a mummy of a man, uninscribed.
i Porcelain. Green
I glaze. 2i inches.