Page 110
82 Section 3. BERLIN. Engruvings-
sacred animals, temple utensils, mummies of sacred animals. *12,500.
Head of an old man, in an unusual style; 10,114. Statuette of a
queen; 10,972. Statue of an old man; 14,463. Vessel with the name
of Artaxerxes in fonr languages; 2271. Statue of a general; 2123.
Head in the Phoenician• style from a marble sarcophagus; 2115.
Relief with some of the Ptolemies. — In Passage X: 7733. Inscrip¬
tion of Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, referring to a synagogue.
Room of the Roman Period (PI. XI). At the back (adjoining
the lift): 31. Wooden coffin in the form of the goddess Hathor; 17,039.
Coffin in the shape of a chapel. Terracotta figures of household gods,
etc.; stucco heads from mummies; 17,126. Chapel with coffin of a
child. — Mummies of the 2nd and 3rd cent. A.D. found in the Fayum
(Central Egypt), with portraits on wood or linen. The portrait of
Aline and the gilded mask of her husband should be noticed. Palls
(13,277. that of Dion). — Christian Period: Greek and Coptic in¬
scriptions, textiles, writing materials. Adjoining the vestibule is
the —
Nubian Room (PI. XII; closed). Gold ornaments of a qneen from
her pyramid at Meroe (her portrait is opposite on the rear-wall);
2268. Monument of victory erected by King Nastesen; by the rear-
wall, marks indicating the level of the Nile. — Other Nubian anti¬
quities on the S. side of the vestibule (comp. p. 79): 1157. Mon¬
ument of victory of King Sen-wosret III. (1870 B.C.); 2261. Nubian
king adoring Isis, from a pyramid at Meroe.
Second Floor.
In the staircase of the New Museum (p. 78) the stairs below the
wall-paintings ascend to the second floor, which contains the en¬
gravings. Lift, see p. 78.
The *Cabinet of Engravings contains engravings, wood¬
cuts, and lithographs (300,000 plates); drawings by artists who
died before 1800 (among which the German and Dutch schools are
especially well represented); illustrated MSS. of the 10-16th cent.;
old illustrated books; and lastly an extensive collection of photo¬
graphs of paintings and drawings. Among the recent acquisitions
are the Posony Diirer Collection, the illustrated MSS. from the col¬
lection of the Duke of Hamilton, including 84 illustrations to Dante
by Botticelli (d. 1510), engravings by Rembrandt from various
private collections, including those presented by Baron von Lipper-
heide, the drawings by Italian masters (about 4000) of the Beckerath
Collection, and the engravings, etchings, and wood-cuts by modern
artists which are constantly augmented. Portfolios of engravings
are shown on application. — To the left (N.) the students' room for
ancient art. By the entrance, behind a curtain, is an excellent water-
colour portrait of CountessPotocka (d. 1823), probably by KucharsM.