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fices and the judgment of the dead; on the ceiling is a reproduction
of the Zodiac of Dendera.
Room of the Ancient Empire (after 2800 B.C.; PL III). Wall I:
Walls of the tomb of Manofer, with admirable reliefs (the deceased at
table; his herds); sacrificial slabs and cups. Wall II: Tomb-chamber
of Prince Mer-eb (son of Cheops), who was buried beside the Great
Pyramid at Gizeh. This was reconstructed from fragments brought
home by Lepsius. — Window-wall: Family-groups; *10,858. Wooden
figure of Per-her-nofret. — Central passage: 15,701. Stone statue
of the major-domo Der-senez. — AVall XI: 1185. Pyramid-door with
fayence plaques; 1129. Relief with harvest-scenes.
Room of the Middle Empire (after 2200 B.C.; PL V). In the
window-niches: fragments of *Scenes of animal life, from Abusir
(Early Empire); well-preserved mummy (about 2000 B.C.). In front:
1121. Statue of Amen-em-het III. Between the columns: houses and
corn-magazines from tombs. To the right, by the vestibule: toilet
case of a queen. Wall VIII (on the left): 1160, 1161. Blocks of rock
with marks indicating the level of the Nile. At the end next the
Colonnade Court: Mural paintings of domestic scenes. — The —
Anteroom (PI. VI) is devoted to the 18th Dynasty (1600-1400
B.C.). Heads of sphinxes, representing queens; 2296. Statue of
Sen-Mut, with a little princess in his lap.
Room of the New Empire (after 1600 B.C.; PI. VII). Tomb¬
stones and coffins. Wall 1: 2297. Statue of Ptahmai and his family.
Table-case B. Small household utensils and ornaments. — Case A.
Furniture and musical instruments. Case C. (Wall II): Funeral offer¬
ings from a tomb of the period of Ramses II. — Wall III: Case D.
Small statues, head-rests, draught-board. — Wall IV: Case E. Fig¬
ures buried with the dead. 2. Sarcophagus of a general called Meriti;
2058. Relief from the tomb of Seti I. — Wall V: 2079. An Egyptian
and an Asiatic. — AY all VIII: Case F. Weapons and baskets.—
Wall IX: 10,859. Wooden relief of Tamaket; 2060,2061. Stucco paint¬
ings from Thebes; Paintings on Nile mud. — Walls X and XI: Reliefs
of funeral feasts, particularly Nos. *12,411, 12,412, 2088, and 2089.
— Libyun Epoch (after 1100 B.C.). Wall XII: 2094. Relief from
Karnak of captive Jews, from the wars of Sheshonk (Shishak).—
Wall XIII: Case G. Sepulchral figures in dark blue fayence; 1480.
Door and wall of a chapel of the Ethiopian king Shabaco. — Time of
Amenophis IV. (ca. 1400B.C.), who tried to establish a new religion :
painted stucco slabs from El-Amarna (ducks among reeds); Wall
XV: 15,000. The king and his queen; 14,115. The king with his
family (reliefs); in the window case , *Head of his daughter. — On
the walls are representations from Egyptian history.
The Rooms of the Late Period are closed at present. Room
VIII contains, among other objects, coffins of priests from Der-el-
Bahri; scarabs. — R. IX: Numerous coffins; figures of deities and
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