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Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of Art of the New York Historical Society
Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of Art of the New York Historical Society Author:New York. Historical Society General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1903 Original Publisher: Printed for the Society Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where... more » you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 8 A piece of Linen, inscribed, -- the figure represents Amunoph 1st, a Pharaoh of the 18'th Dynasty, 1550 years before Christ. From Thebes. 9. A piece of woollen Cloth worked in the corners. From Sakkarah. 10. A Shelf of "Vases in common Earthenware, of various forms. From Sakkarah. 11. A most magnificently Carved Slab of Limestone, from the Temple of Erment. The hieroglyphics are most beautifully executed in relief. It represents the return of a king of the 13th Dynasty, or perhaps a more ancient Pharaoh on his return in triumph from a distant war, about 1850 years B. c. 12. A Figure of a Warrior in relief. From Lower Egypt- 13. An Inscribed Stone from a tomb. From Lower Egypt 14. A Limestone Slab covered with beautifully and deeply cut hieroglyphics. From a tomb in Sakkarah. 14|. A Fragment of Papyrus, supposed, from the style of the figures, to be of the Ptolemaic Period. From Abouseer 15. A piece of very fine Linen. From Thebes. 16. A piece of Linen, a shroud. From Thebes. 17. Six conical Stamps for securing the locks of public buildings or granaries; the locks were covered with the mud of the river Nile, and while wet were stamped with the government stamp, and of course could not be opened without breaking the seal. 18. A beautiful Earthenware Osirian Figure, with eleven lines of hieroglyphics. This figure is beautifully coloured, and is covered with a vitrous composition, and similar figures have rarely or ever been found. From Sakkarah. 19. A very beautiful Osirian Figure in white limestone. So called from being offerings to the god...« less