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Title: A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms : predynastic antiquites, mummied birds and animals, portrait statues, figures of gods, tools, implements and weapons, scarabs, amulets, jewellery, and other objects connected with the funeral rites of the ancient Egyptians
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934 Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald), 1873-1930
Subjects: British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt Egypt -- Antiquities Catalogs
Publisher: (London) : Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: New York University, Institute of Fine Arts Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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of the Greek god ofthe Underworld, Hades. From this time onwards thedeity Serapis was always represented with the head of theGreek god Hades. (See Standard-Case H, No. 37,448.) Nos. 5, 6. Skulls of the Harbary Sheep (Ovis trage-laphus). I X (>s. 3 5,863, 6779.) Xo. 7. Mummy of a ram, the animal sacred toAmen-Ra. From Thebes. (Xo. 6781.) Nos. 8-10. Three mummies of the Cynocephalus ordog-hcaded Ape, an animal which was associated with theMoon, and was the companion of Thoth, and which, undercertain circumstances, was the representative of this god.This animal was sacred to Khonsu as the god of the Moon, MUMMIED APES, GAZELLE, CATS. 63 The sun at his rising was supposed to be hymned by acompany of seven of these apes, which, as soon as thedisk was above the horizon, turned into the spirits of thedawn. The dog-headed ape was, and still is, a native ofthe Sudan, and is often associated with the god Bes, who,according to some, is of Nubian or Sudanese origin. (Nos. 35,856,6736,35,857.)
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No. 675S. No. 6752. No. 36,847. No. 37,348. No. 6750. Mummied Cats. Xo. 11. Mummy of a gazelle with a painted linenface. From Kom Ombo. Presented by J. A. Home, Esq.,1868. For an example of a gazelle, with the sheathson the horns, see No. 45. (No. 35,855.) 64 THIRD EGYPTIAN ROOM—WALL CASES 93-96. Nos. 12 15. A group of mummied cats, with eyesformed of pads of linen painted and sewn on to the outerwrapping. Nos. (3 (5 are specially interesting on»account of the careful bandaging in linen of two colours, arrangedin a symmetrical diamond pattern. XXth dynasty, orlater (l,.C. IOOO ?). (Nos. 6751 6753,6756.) On the second shelf is arranged a fine representativeseries of bronze and wooden figures of cats, and casesfor mummied cats; among these may be speciallymentioned :— No. 16. Wooden, mummied cat case, which wasoriginally covered with plaster and painted linen. Theirides of the eyes are formed of slices of crystal laid upona gilded surface, and the closed pupils are made of blackobs

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