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•2*3$ PHARAOHS, FELLAHS, AND EXPLORERS.
a lion's head engraved with her two cartouches, which was
found at Karnak, and is now in the Museum of Ghizeh; her
signet-ring, engraved on turquoise and mounted in gold, in
the possession of an English gentleman ; and a funerary stat-
uette, or Ushabti, inscribed with her name and titles, in the
Museum of the Hague, are, with one exception, the only
authentic mementos of Hatasu which have come down to
our time.
The exception is a splendid one, and of great historic and
archaeological value, being an object of no less importance
than the throne-chair of this great Queen. It was discovered
by some Arabs in 1885 or 1S8(>; brought to England in 1887,
and exhibited at the Jubilee Exhibition in Manchester that
year. At the close of the exhibition it was presented by
Mr. Jesse Haworth to the British Museum, where it now oc-
cupies a conspicuous place in the upper Egyptian gallery.
THRONE-CHAIR OK QDKEN HATASU.
(From a photograph from the original in the British Museum.)
Specimens of ancient Egyptian stools and chairs, some
beautifully inlaid with marqueterie of ivory and various
woods, may be seen in several European museums; but in
none do we find a Pharaonic throne such as this, plated with
a lion's head engraved with her two cartouches, which was
found at Karnak, and is now in the Museum of Ghizeh; her
signet-ring, engraved on turquoise and mounted in gold, in
the possession of an English gentleman ; and a funerary stat-
uette, or Ushabti, inscribed with her name and titles, in the
Museum of the Hague, are, with one exception, the only
authentic mementos of Hatasu which have come down to
our time.
The exception is a splendid one, and of great historic and
archaeological value, being an object of no less importance
than the throne-chair of this great Queen. It was discovered
by some Arabs in 1885 or 1S8(>; brought to England in 1887,
and exhibited at the Jubilee Exhibition in Manchester that
year. At the close of the exhibition it was presented by
Mr. Jesse Haworth to the British Museum, where it now oc-
cupies a conspicuous place in the upper Egyptian gallery.
THRONE-CHAIR OK QDKEN HATASU.
(From a photograph from the original in the British Museum.)
Specimens of ancient Egyptian stools and chairs, some
beautifully inlaid with marqueterie of ivory and various
woods, may be seen in several European museums; but in
none do we find a Pharaonic throne such as this, plated with