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catalogue of egyptian antiquities. 15
29. Mummy Case of Cedar, from Memphis,
shaped into the prescribed form, the lid fitting
closely, without the intervention of canvas or stucco.
There are no remains of paint on this case, if we
except the stains of red pigment on the face, but
there are distinctly to be seen indications of the
religious emblems and hieroglyphics with which this
case was adorned, the fashion of which appears to
belong to the same period as that last described,
No. 28.
30. Mummy of a Cat.—Bundles of linen made
into the form of the mummy of a cat are not un-
frequently found. This, however, is not an ancient
forgery, but contains a real cat.
31. Legs of a Mummy of a Child, in the highest
state of preservation, and in the best mode of em-
balming.
32. The Embalmed Head of a full-grown
Young Man.—Remarkable for a kind of seal placed
on the right parietal bone, near the sagital suture.
This seal, which is of an oval form, seems to bear
the impression of a scarabaeus, and has been covered
with gold leaf much alloyed with copper. The eyes
have also had a smaller round seal placed on them,
likewise covered with the same metal. The double
thread coarse canvas wrappings have been partially
removed from the cheek and back of the head, dis-
closing a scanty reddish beard, and coarse hair of
the same complexion, which makes it almost certain
that this is the head of a foreigner, and not im-
probably an Israelitish inhabitant of Lower Egypt,
29. Mummy Case of Cedar, from Memphis,
shaped into the prescribed form, the lid fitting
closely, without the intervention of canvas or stucco.
There are no remains of paint on this case, if we
except the stains of red pigment on the face, but
there are distinctly to be seen indications of the
religious emblems and hieroglyphics with which this
case was adorned, the fashion of which appears to
belong to the same period as that last described,
No. 28.
30. Mummy of a Cat.—Bundles of linen made
into the form of the mummy of a cat are not un-
frequently found. This, however, is not an ancient
forgery, but contains a real cat.
31. Legs of a Mummy of a Child, in the highest
state of preservation, and in the best mode of em-
balming.
32. The Embalmed Head of a full-grown
Young Man.—Remarkable for a kind of seal placed
on the right parietal bone, near the sagital suture.
This seal, which is of an oval form, seems to bear
the impression of a scarabaeus, and has been covered
with gold leaf much alloyed with copper. The eyes
have also had a smaller round seal placed on them,
likewise covered with the same metal. The double
thread coarse canvas wrappings have been partially
removed from the cheek and back of the head, dis-
closing a scanty reddish beard, and coarse hair of
the same complexion, which makes it almost certain
that this is the head of a foreigner, and not im-
probably an Israelitish inhabitant of Lower Egypt,