51
saw; oil horn. 776. Rollers for moving stones. Mason’s
square. 777. Hand tools of unknown use. 778. Legs of
seats and couches.
780. Architectural Work. 781. Restoration of
cavetto cornice, with hard stone inlays. Model of tanks.
Three models of fortresses of great interest for showing
details of windows and structure, which never actually remain.
Model hydreuma. Thirteen terra-cotta models of shrines,
showing architectural detail of a class which has entirely
perished. 782. Continuation of models ; note the successive
stories, the curtains across the openings, and the lamps at
each side of the doorway. Models of wooden shrines, one
portable carried by priests, another with cupboard below it.
Model chair with cupboard below. 783. Pieces of hieroglyph
inscriptions from the pyramids of Pepy and Teta. 784. Trial
pieces of sculptors. Pieces from Tell Amarna. 785. Frag-
ments of XI Ith dynasty carving. 786. Fragments of XVII Ith
dynasty carving. 787-8. Bricks.
790. Stone and Plaster Working. 791. Cornices in
plaster. Trial piece with hands. Plaster castings and
modelling of wreath. 792. Plaster castings, mainly for studies.
793. Trial pieces from 1st to XXVIth dynasty. 794. Trial
pieces, Ptolemaic and Roman. 795. Examples of drilling
and sawing granite, porphyry, basalt, &c., of pyramid period ;
showing the tubular drill holes and breadth of saw cuts.
796. Tube drilling in limestone and alabaster. 797. Sawing
and working of stone. 798. Cups and dishes showing work.
Whetstones.
800. Plaster and Stone Working. 801. Heads cast
in plaster. 802. Pieces of stone furniture. First draft of
lion’s head, showing mode of work. Squared tablets used
for designing. 803. Pieces of stone-working unfinished,
saw; oil horn. 776. Rollers for moving stones. Mason’s
square. 777. Hand tools of unknown use. 778. Legs of
seats and couches.
780. Architectural Work. 781. Restoration of
cavetto cornice, with hard stone inlays. Model of tanks.
Three models of fortresses of great interest for showing
details of windows and structure, which never actually remain.
Model hydreuma. Thirteen terra-cotta models of shrines,
showing architectural detail of a class which has entirely
perished. 782. Continuation of models ; note the successive
stories, the curtains across the openings, and the lamps at
each side of the doorway. Models of wooden shrines, one
portable carried by priests, another with cupboard below it.
Model chair with cupboard below. 783. Pieces of hieroglyph
inscriptions from the pyramids of Pepy and Teta. 784. Trial
pieces of sculptors. Pieces from Tell Amarna. 785. Frag-
ments of XI Ith dynasty carving. 786. Fragments of XVII Ith
dynasty carving. 787-8. Bricks.
790. Stone and Plaster Working. 791. Cornices in
plaster. Trial piece with hands. Plaster castings and
modelling of wreath. 792. Plaster castings, mainly for studies.
793. Trial pieces from 1st to XXVIth dynasty. 794. Trial
pieces, Ptolemaic and Roman. 795. Examples of drilling
and sawing granite, porphyry, basalt, &c., of pyramid period ;
showing the tubular drill holes and breadth of saw cuts.
796. Tube drilling in limestone and alabaster. 797. Sawing
and working of stone. 798. Cups and dishes showing work.
Whetstones.
800. Plaster and Stone Working. 801. Heads cast
in plaster. 802. Pieces of stone furniture. First draft of
lion’s head, showing mode of work. Squared tablets used
for designing. 803. Pieces of stone-working unfinished,