Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Museum of Hartwell House (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...in which was probably put some corn, or a small papyrus; also a hole at the top of the head for the insertion of the horn and feathers. The hole in the pedestal is usually closed by a wooden image of a hawk. 401. Another specimen of the same, of somewhat better work, and of the same sycomorewood ryo-Q 12 inches high. A hole, one and a half inch in diameter, has been made through the head to the depth of five and a half inches, and in which was hidden a papyrus. Sycomore. 12 inches high. Wood of the acacia tree. 24 inches. Sycomore. 12 inches. Theban limestone. 9 inches. Sycomore wood. lit inches high. Basalt. 12 inches. 402. Statue of Osiris. This fragment is interesting, from the circumstance of its having an inscription down the obelisk at the back, and is undoubtedly of very ancient work, from the style of the hierogly-phics and the proportions of the figure. In its perfect state it must have been two feet high-This fragment is published in Mr. S. Sharpe's collection of Egyptian inscriptions. 403. Figure of a goddess wearing the cap of Lower Egypt in the position of sycomore wood. the hieroglyphics. e inches high. The style of this statue is ancient, of the time of Rameses. 404. Isis nursing Horus. Probably of the Roman period, and made in Nubia, at which time the disk and horns, in imita-tion of the more ancient examples, very frequently supplied the place of the throne. It has been entirely gilt. The throne and base are likewise antique, although of two different H Bronze, gilt. 8 inches. Sycomore. 9 inches. species of wood; that of the throne being of the acacia or gum-arabic tree, and the plinth of a cedar, on which may still be seen two characters in the Enchorial writing. The statue, including the disk and horns, is nine inches high. 405. A beautif...