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of Typhon.—This divinity was particularly cherished
by women, and very commonly found engraved on
the foot of the wooden pillow in full armour, and in
heroic position, as if in the act of striking a foe.
Probably considered as the terrifier of evil spirits,
the expeller of frightful dreams.

135. The Right Hand of a Female Mummy.

136. The Left Hand of a Mummified Person,
clenched.—It has a scarab ring on the ring finger.

137. Bronze Ladle, with goose-head handle,
highly finished.

138. A Scaratleus of Soft Lime-stone, with
an inscription.—This scarab is a modern forgery by
the Arabs of Gorna or Luxor. It has been greased
and smoked to assist the fraud. 2-| inches long.
The inscription is without sense.

139. Head of a Cat, in hard porcelain, covered
with a blue glaze. 1^ inches.

140. Porcelain Scarab, that belonged to a net-
work of beads, with which the mummies of a certain
class and of a certain period were covered. Into
this network of beads was also interweaved porcelain
figures of the four divinities of Amenti, and other
emblems connected with the superstitious rites of
the Egyptian belief in a future state. The holes at
the sides are for the attachment of the wings of the
scarab. 2 inches long.

141. Scarab, in soft black stone. If inches long.

142. Rudely Formed Scarab, in hard green
stone, ll inches.