In this figure he is represented wearing the atef or cap of the upper world, but the ostrich feathers which occurred on the side of it have been broken off. On this part, however, the Uræus snake is depicted. It was regarded as the type of dominion and was affixed to the head-dress of Egyptian monarchs. Et. 24.-Another and smaller metal figure of Osiris, but with his crook and scourge. It measures 6" 85 high.

Et. 25.-A small round vase with a handle, the height of the vase being 2"-75, with an almost similar diameter at the middle. It is made of clay, the upper half having been coloured red. Taken from a mummy case.

Presented to the Asiatic Society of Bengal by H. M. Elliot, Esq., 1st November 1848.

Et. 26-27.-The wooden hand and the mask of a mummy. From the Necropolis of Thebes, Upper Egypt.

This, and the following small fragments from Egypt, were presented by Dr. J. Anderson, 9th February 1881.

Et. 28-59.-Six pieces of plain, six of glazed pottery, two alabaster fragments, and 18 pieces of glass.

From the neighbourhood of the sulphur springs at Heluan, to the west of the town. About half a mile further to the north-west, there are mounds covered with broken pottery red bricks, glass, and marine shells, associated with human bones.

Et. 60.-A baked clay vessel.

From mounds at Saqqara.

Et. 61.-The handle of a vessel with a small rude figure of a cynocephalus ape on it stretching out its arms towards an oval object.

From Saqqara.

Et. 62-79.-Eighteen shells and fragments of shells.

1 Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII, Pt. II, p. 559.

From mounds at Saqqara.

Et. 80-86.-One piece of mummy cloth, and six fragments of hieroglyphic writing from the covering of a mummy.

From the Necropolis of Thebes, Deir-el-Medinah, and Gournah, Upper Egypt.

Et. 87.-Portion of the claw of a bronze tortoise found under the base of the Alexandrian obelisk which was sent to New York.

I am indebted to Mr. Mallett for the determination that this fragment is bronze.

Et. 88-90.-Three necklaces of a mummy, made of elongated porcelain beads covered with blue enamel, one with Bes as a pendant, and the two others with Plah.

From Thebes.

Et. 91-92.-Two plain necklaces of mummies.
From Thebes.

Et. 93.-Mummy necklace, made of wood shavings and cloth.

From Thebes.

Et. 91.-Network of elongated blue beads forming a network over the breast of a mummy.

From Thebes.

Et. 95.-Piece of blue glazed pottery, showing some hieroglyphics in black.

From Thebes.

Et. 96.-Piece of blue glazed pottery, part of an ornament. From Thebes.

Et. 97.-The upper two-thirds of a sepulchral figure, in light-blue glazed pottery.

From Thebes,

Et. 98.-Human face, in red pottery.

From Thebes.

Et. 99.-Portion of a small human seated figure in stone rudely executed.

From Thebes.

Et. 100,-A scarabæus or sacred beetle 1 covered with glaze, and with hieroglyphics. The beetle Ateuchus sacer was the form most commonly represented by the ancient Egyptians, but other species were sacred, and a Buprestis has been found embalmed in a tomb at Thebes.

The scarabæus was considered an emblem of the sun and of Ptah, the Creative Power, and was also a symbol of the world.

In some zodiacs it took the place of Cancer, and it was also used in funeral rites. It is yet however uncertain for what object the great mass of small scarabs were used. By some it has been suggested that they passed as money.

Et. 101.-A clay impression of the cartouche of Rameses, the III of the XX Dynasty. Date about 1200 B. C.

Greece.

Ge. 1.-A vase measuring 8"-30 high, discovered in an excavation made at Athens by Dr. Robert Wilson, and presented to the Asiatic Society, by W. B. Bayley, Esq., 17th June 1820.2

Ge. 2.-A portion of a vase of similar form, but wanting the neck and handle. Excavated at Athens by Dr. Robert Wilson, and presented to the Asiatic Society of Bengal by W. B. Bayley, Esq., 17th June 1820.

Ge. 3-7.-Vases of the same form as the preceding, and measuring 6" 50, 6′′-30, 5′′ (broken) 4′′·80 and 4′′·30 (broken). Excavated at Athens by Dr. Robert Wilson, and presented to

1 Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XI, Pt. 1, p. 577.
2 As. Res. Vol. XIV, 1822, App. III, p. 1, et epistola.

the Asiatic Society of Bengal, by W. B. Bayley, Esq., 17th June 1820.

Ge. 8.-A vase, without the basal expansion on which it stood. It now measures 7 inches high and 3"-40 in diameter, being a much broader form than any of the previous vases. Excavated at Athens by Dr. Robert Wilson, and presented to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, by W. B. Bayley, Esq., 17th June 1820.

Ge. 9-10.-Two others of the same form, with the necks broken, and now measuring 5′′.50 and 4"-75.

Ge. 11.-An elegant oval form 5" 75, very attenuated below and gracefully swelling above, with a thin neck. Excavated at Athens by Dr. Robert Wilson, and presented by W. B. Bayley, Esq., to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 17th June 1820.

Ge. 12.-A long-necked vase, 6"-40 high, the neck being three inches in length made of a bluish clay. Excavated at Athens by Dr. Robert Wilson, and presented to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, by W. B. Bayley, Esq., 17th June 1820.

Ge. 13.—A vase measuring 420, of nearly equal width in the body above and below. Excavated at Athens by Dr. Robert Wilson, and presented by W. B. Bayley, Esq., to the Asiatic Society, 17th June 1820.

Ge. 14-18.-Five earthern lamps. The first has the handle entire; the second has the central depression ornamented with a rosette and the handle broken; the third has a hunting scene in relief on the central hollow; the fourth has a wide central opening and the handle towards the side, the colour of the lamp having been black; and the last is round with a tube in the centre, the middle being entirely open. Excavated at Athens by Dr. Robert Wilson, and presented to the Asiatic Society by W. B. Bayley, Esq., 17th June 1820.

Italy.

Herculaneum.

Hm. 1.-A small earthern lamp, with a hole in the handle, and the central depression very small, the upper surface being covered with concentric lines of small granules. Presented to the Indian Museum by T. B. Swinhoe, Esq., 1867.

France.
Dordogne.

The caves in the Department of Dordogne in France occur in the cretaceous cliffs of certain valleys. The most of them are natural, but may have been modified and enlarged by the hand of man. These caves and rock recesses were used as places of temporary shelter, and apparently in many instances as permanent residences.

Abundant and undoubted traces of the existence of man occur in them, and along with his instruments in stone, horn and bone, and occasionally his skeleton, have been found the remains of the reindeer and other animals now extinct, or no longer found in France. The weapons consist chiefly of flint-flakes, cores, scrapers, lance and arrow heads, rude mortars, hammers, sharpening instruments and saws, all made of stone; while in bone and horn have been discovered darts, harpoon heads, barbed in some on one, and in others on both sides, and made to fit into socketed shafts; and also bone needles. Besides these, carved reindeer horns depicting hunting scenes in which the Mammoth and the Reindeer figure as the objects of the chase, and also horses and other animals, have been found in considerable numbers. Portions of reindeer horn perforated with large round holes have also been found, and from the idea that they were used as rods of office, they have been designated "batons de commandement."