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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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it is thought that they may havebeen related to thedwellers in SouthernBabylonia, where theart of brick-making hadattained a high pitch ofperfection. Babyloniacontained large massesof a peculiar kind ofclay, which was emi-nently suited for themaking of bricks, andthe earliest Babylonianbricks known to us arebaked, and stamped withthe names of the kingswho had them made.The mud of Egypt wasnot very suitable for themaking of bricks of alarge size, hence Egyp-tian bricks are relativelysmall, and it was foundnecessary to mix chop-ped straw (tebeji) andreeds, hair, etc., with themud in order to bindit together. The Egyp-tians never succeeded in making such large, well-shapedbricks as the Babylonians and Assyrians, and want of fuelprevented them from burning their bricks on a largescale. No. 2 is stamped with the name and titles ofAmen-hetep III., B.C. 1450 (No. 6016). Nos. 3 and 15bear the name of the high-priest of Amen, Pa - ren - nefer(Nos. 6023, 6024). Nos. 5, 11, 24, bear the name of
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Sun-dried mud brick stamped with thename of Rameses II. (No. 6020.) EGYPT. ANTIQUITIES OF THE GR^CO-ROMAN PERIOD. 267 Thothmes III., and come from Thebes (Nos. 6011-6013). Nos. 6, 12, 14, 17, 21, bear the name ofRameses II. (Nos. 6118-6022). No. 7 bears the name of a steward of Amen called Thothmes (No. 483). Nos. 9and 13 bear the name of Thothmes I. (Nos. 6009, 6010),Nos. 18, 19, 22, 23 came from the Pyramids of Hawara.Dahshur, Ulahun (Nos. 6005-6008). Several of the abovebricks were presented by Lord Prudhoe in 1835, Col.Howard Vyse and J. S. Perring, Esq., in 1840, and Sir J.Gardner Wilkinson. WALL-CASES 176-181. On the top shelf are severalexamples of heads of portrait figures, and portions ofstatues of the Graeco-Roman period, which have beenfound at Alexandria and at various places in the Delta. On shelves 2-4 are arranged groups of bronze figuresof Egyptian and Greek gods and Heroes of the Graeco-Roman period. The most interesting are:—1. Bust of aqueen wearing tiara, necklac

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