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AXTJ0UITTES Vf THE MUSEUM.
Tiie ecneril secretary of tae Pubiis
Liiimri', Museum, and -Arc Gallery btates
that 'A ins to the jnceasin^r interest thai
i-. ru-iniiW^i in the study ot past cirilka
tknui a reprc^entaovc collection of «ntt
liuitics V-longiufi to the Archaeological
ucpartmenv uae oeeo cxhioited ..:?!? tuc
M^useam, in the caac containing, the Kuliion
Di-jjnniy. All die objects displayed have
bc-ji labelled by the archaeologist (Mr. A.
Ko*cl, and are genuine amacot Jvcvpuan
and Babylonian relics, the oidtst of them
da.L in^ to about. HflKt B.C-, and. toe lawst
to about tbo beginning of tbr Roman oc
cupation o!' Rgf-itz. Among the mm in»
poitint. i wans ai« wooien liead-resls for
n'ummies: stone i»i»iucitie of a pries-;
fijiircs of 'Isiris, the divine '.Judge of tn£(
IKjad,' and the goddea* Isas «ueklin£
Horitf. und of the dog-iieaded faored a^-c;
ut.'npjytris. or modek of field workers buried
.vi^li the id-eased :o ac-ompany him to
the 'Fields of Peace.' and there to v-er- i
form c-n his beaalf any a^riculairal irork ;
tlut he aad neea adjudged to carry out;
earthenware lamps: vase of a prieaestf
whn lived about 1,500 B.C.: Sv-ribes painfc
frlao: mummy beads; scarabs; portions of
r. 1-th dyna^tr coflin made about 2,000
p.C: cla-y model of a i.read cake placed
in the tomii 4or tho Fastening of tlic
'?iou'-ile'* of the deceaaed: dieh of ancien-;
lCivptian grain or 'rnuTnmy wheat;' and
a porti-Mi of a caa.y 'brick iD^cril^eil in tbc ?
old l!:ib\ Ionian cunch'orm (vedgtr-«n&p«d) -
?a r.tin^.
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