The upright sides are adorned with a hieroglyphic legend.

A central rosette is engraved at the bottom.
Six fish are represented in the act of swimming round the rosette; and these again are surrounded by a border of lotus-bells united by a curved line.

The five vases of Thmuis, in the Gizeh Museum, are of silver.

They formed part of the treasure of the temple, and had been buried in a hiding- place, where they remained till our own day.

We have no indication of their probable age; but whether they belong to the Greek or the Theban period, the workmanship is purely Egyptian.