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562. Head, from the statue of a king, as the urseus on the cap informs us.
This fragment is the size of life, and probably belonged to a statue partly composed of stucco
which has now been worn off. It is carved out of the numulitic rock, on which the great
pyramids of Giza stand, and is a good specimen of the stone of which the two larger
pyramids are constructed. The last-described slab is of the quality of stone used for the
exterior of these remarkable buildings, and for the interior of the chambers of the smaller
tombs at Giza and Sakkara.
Numulitic
limestone.
9 inches high,
12 inches wide.
563. Fragment of the decoration of one of the chambers of the tomb of Oime-
nepthah I. B.C. 1200.
The chief part of the decoration of the chamber from whence this fragment is taken was effected
by casing the coarse natural rock with a finer stone. A kind of sideboard ran along one end
of the room. The royal sepulchre, of which this and the two next pieces formed a part,
was discovered by Belzoni in the valley of the Biban el Moluk at Thebes.
Fine Theban
limestone.
22 inches high,
16 inches broad.
564. Fragment from the same tomb, and probably from the same chamber.
It represents a basket or bowl, signifying lord, and three stems of the expanded papyrus, an
emblem of Lower Egypt.
Fine Theban
limestone.
18 inches high,
13 inches wide.
565. Fragment from the same tomb.
566. A cast from a part of a sarcophagus now in the Louvre.
This and other parts of the same monument are published in the volume of Egyptian
Inscriptions by S. Sharpe, Esq., Second Series, pi. 1—21 : it may be supposed to have been
made during the reigns of the later Ptolemies.
llf inches high,
8 inches wide.
Plaster.
20 inches long,
16 inches high.
567. Head of a urseus, belonging to a winged globe taken from the curvetto
moulding over an entrance to a temple of the Ptolemaic period, as
the style of the work proclaims.
It was probably purchased at Mr. Burton's sale.
568. Head of a woman, the size of life.
In the place of the eyes a large cavity has been made for the insertion of some other material.
The hair is divided in front, and hangs down in long ringlets. The nose is broken. This
work is of the Greek or Roman period.
569. Head of a man, the size of life: the hair in separate curls ; the features
European.
This is also of the Greek or Roman period.
M
Sandstone from
the quarries of
Silsilis.
11 inches -high,
12 inches wide.
Black granite.
9 inches high,
(! inches wide.
Black granite.
9 inches high,
6 inches wide.
562. Head, from the statue of a king, as the urseus on the cap informs us.
This fragment is the size of life, and probably belonged to a statue partly composed of stucco
which has now been worn off. It is carved out of the numulitic rock, on which the great
pyramids of Giza stand, and is a good specimen of the stone of which the two larger
pyramids are constructed. The last-described slab is of the quality of stone used for the
exterior of these remarkable buildings, and for the interior of the chambers of the smaller
tombs at Giza and Sakkara.
Numulitic
limestone.
9 inches high,
12 inches wide.
563. Fragment of the decoration of one of the chambers of the tomb of Oime-
nepthah I. B.C. 1200.
The chief part of the decoration of the chamber from whence this fragment is taken was effected
by casing the coarse natural rock with a finer stone. A kind of sideboard ran along one end
of the room. The royal sepulchre, of which this and the two next pieces formed a part,
was discovered by Belzoni in the valley of the Biban el Moluk at Thebes.
Fine Theban
limestone.
22 inches high,
16 inches broad.
564. Fragment from the same tomb, and probably from the same chamber.
It represents a basket or bowl, signifying lord, and three stems of the expanded papyrus, an
emblem of Lower Egypt.
Fine Theban
limestone.
18 inches high,
13 inches wide.
565. Fragment from the same tomb.
566. A cast from a part of a sarcophagus now in the Louvre.
This and other parts of the same monument are published in the volume of Egyptian
Inscriptions by S. Sharpe, Esq., Second Series, pi. 1—21 : it may be supposed to have been
made during the reigns of the later Ptolemies.
llf inches high,
8 inches wide.
Plaster.
20 inches long,
16 inches high.
567. Head of a urseus, belonging to a winged globe taken from the curvetto
moulding over an entrance to a temple of the Ptolemaic period, as
the style of the work proclaims.
It was probably purchased at Mr. Burton's sale.
568. Head of a woman, the size of life.
In the place of the eyes a large cavity has been made for the insertion of some other material.
The hair is divided in front, and hangs down in long ringlets. The nose is broken. This
work is of the Greek or Roman period.
569. Head of a man, the size of life: the hair in separate curls ; the features
European.
This is also of the Greek or Roman period.
M
Sandstone from
the quarries of
Silsilis.
11 inches -high,
12 inches wide.
Black granite.
9 inches high,
(! inches wide.
Black granite.
9 inches high,
6 inches wide.