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Shabti of Ramesses

Shabti of Ramesses
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Dark steatite shabti, inscribed for the scribe Ramesses. The shabti is mummiform in shape with arms crossed over the chest and holding a hoe in each hand.


Red jasper penannular earring with loops

red jasper penannular earring with loops
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Penannular earring carved from red jasper, with two small loops from which pendants may have been suspended.


Red faience penannular earring

red faience penannular earring
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Red faience penannular earring with very simple decoration resembling the rope-braid of metal earrings of the New Kingdom.


Fish-shaped palette

fish-shaped palette
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Cosmetic palette in the shape of a fish, used for grinding eyepaint. One side of the palette is decorated with incised lines representing the features of a fish.


Sculpture of the face of Bes

sculpture of the face of Bes
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Sandstone sculpture of the face of the dwarf-god Bes. Bes is depicted as having a broad face with large eyes, furrowed brow, rounded ears, full lips, large nose and a curly beard.


Calcite dish

calcite dish
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Shallow calcite dish, slightly concave with a flat bottom. Broken into two pieces and repaired, with a small crack across the centre.


Terracotta coffin lid

terracotta coffin lid
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Section of a terracotta coffin lid depicting a man's face, with eyes closed. The reverse has been left unworked.
There is some damage to the eyebrows, nose and lower section of the face.


Pressure-flaked flint knife blade

pressure-flaked flint knife blade
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Light brown pressure-flaked flint knife blade. One face of the knife blade is heavily worked and the underside is completely smooth except for being worked only along the edge to form a sharp, finely denticulated convex knife edge.


Sole of a sandal

sole of a sandal
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Sandal made by binding parallel bundles of rushes together with strips to form a flat surface and then edged to finish the sole. A circular hole can be seen to have been pushed between the fibres in order to secure the thong between the toes.


Wooden mirror handle

wooden mirror handle
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Wooden handle into which a polished bronze mirror disc fitted. Carved in the shape of a papyrus column terminating in the head of the god Bes.


Lapis-lazuli papyrus sceptre amulet

lapis-lazuli papyrus sceptre amulet
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Amulet representing a wadj or papyrus sceptre, with three horizontal bands carved around the neck and a ring for suspension near the throat. Carved from lapis lazuli.


Funerary stela of Nesy-wer

funerary stela of Nesy-wer
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Round-topped funerary stela.


Scribal palette

scribal palette
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Scribe's palette made from wood.


Funerary stela of XXX

funerary stela of XXX
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Round-topped stela with two scenes and eight lines of inscription, the hotep-di-nesw, below. The lunette contains a winged sun-disk below a curved sky-symbol. There is a was-sceptre down both sides of the stela, supporting the sky-symbol.


Funerary stela of Py

funerary stela of Py
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Triangular funerary stela with flat apex.
At the top of the stela is a single-winged sun-disk with two ankh-symbols below. Below are three columns of inscription on left hand side and three columns on the right hand side.


Offering table

offering table
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Rectangular offering table carved in raised relief with a water channel (possibly stained through use) around the perimeter, meeting in a spout at the front.


Funerary stela of Menty-em-hat

funerary stela of Menty-em-hat
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Round-topped funerary stela.
In the lunette is the winged sun-disk with 2 uraei. Below are two recumbent jackals facing each other, on shrines. Between the two jackals is a shen-symbol with 3 water ripples below, all set on a sky-symbol.


Funerary stela in adoration to Osiris

funerary stela in adoration to Osiris
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Round-topped stela with three registers.


Painted false door stela

painted false door stela
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Limestone false door, with architectural features carved in relief and details painted in red and black.


Funerary stela of Amenemhat

funerary stela of Amenemhat
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Round-topped funerary stela in two registers, carved in fairly crude raised relief with incised inscriptions.