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catalogue of egyptian antiquities. 25
65. Piece of Wood carved into the shape of
a Vase, with a handle, and painted to imitate
granite of the rose colour. 7\ inches high.
66. Vase of Tekra-Cotta with long neck and
handle. The handle is broken. This vase is of
Greek form, 5-| inches.
67. Terra-Cotta Vase with two handles. The
body of the vase is circular in one aspect, and gibbous
in another. 4^ inches.
68. Vase of Hard Black Earthenware, 5\
inches.
69. Solid piece of Wood turned in a shape
imitating an unguent vase and its cover. It has an
illegible inscription in two short lines painted on it.
The whole has been coloured to imitate the alabaster
vases, and covered with a resinous varnish which has
turned excessively yellow. It is 6^ inches high.
70. Rudely executed Figure of Osiris, or of a
mummified person. It is painted white, and has a
line of hieroglyphics down the front and back. In
the fore part of the pedestal is a square excavation,
the cover of which is shaped into the form of a
hawk. The figure is of sycomore fig wood, 14f
inches high, and the pedestal, of the same wood, 13
inches long.
71. Similar Figure and Pedestal, but less
decorated, and smaller. Sycomore fig wood, llf
inches.
72. Figure of Isis in a kneeling position.—The
face is entirely corroded, and there is only a slight
stain of the former painted decorations. 12 inches
high, and of sycomore fig tree wood.
65. Piece of Wood carved into the shape of
a Vase, with a handle, and painted to imitate
granite of the rose colour. 7\ inches high.
66. Vase of Tekra-Cotta with long neck and
handle. The handle is broken. This vase is of
Greek form, 5-| inches.
67. Terra-Cotta Vase with two handles. The
body of the vase is circular in one aspect, and gibbous
in another. 4^ inches.
68. Vase of Hard Black Earthenware, 5\
inches.
69. Solid piece of Wood turned in a shape
imitating an unguent vase and its cover. It has an
illegible inscription in two short lines painted on it.
The whole has been coloured to imitate the alabaster
vases, and covered with a resinous varnish which has
turned excessively yellow. It is 6^ inches high.
70. Rudely executed Figure of Osiris, or of a
mummified person. It is painted white, and has a
line of hieroglyphics down the front and back. In
the fore part of the pedestal is a square excavation,
the cover of which is shaped into the form of a
hawk. The figure is of sycomore fig wood, 14f
inches high, and the pedestal, of the same wood, 13
inches long.
71. Similar Figure and Pedestal, but less
decorated, and smaller. Sycomore fig wood, llf
inches.
72. Figure of Isis in a kneeling position.—The
face is entirely corroded, and there is only a slight
stain of the former painted decorations. 12 inches
high, and of sycomore fig tree wood.