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Shabti Africa, Egypt Glazed ceramic Donor unrecorded Museum number 1976-803-2 1976-803-2 on display ...

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Scarab Glazed steatite Geographical origin unknown Donor unrecorded Museum number 1975-488-7 The symmetrical arrangement of hieroglyphs dates this protective amulet to the late Middle Kingdom. Included are the ankh 'life' sign and the pla ...

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Scarab Blue and green glaze Geographical origin unknown Donor unrecorded Museum number 1975-488-5 A scarab beetle with a blue and green glaze, bearing several hieroglyphs on the underside. Scarabs were mostly made for the living as amulets ...

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Coffin and cartonnage, 22nd Dynasty ca. 900 B.C. Geographical origin unknown Donated by Sir James Key Caird, 1913 Museum numbers 1914-204-1-3 A wooden 'outer' coffin base 1914-204-1-3x ...

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Coffin lid, 22nd Dynasty ca. 900 B.C. Geographical origin unknown Donated by Sir James Key Caird, 1913 Museum numbers 1914-204-1-1 1914-204-1-1x ...

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Scarab Geographical origin unknown Dark blue faience Donor unrecorded Museum number 1975-488-1 Scarabs were mostly made for the living as amulets or charms and were believed to have protective powers. They were also used as seals bearing t ...

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Heart Scarab Geographical origin unknown Polished stone Donor unrecorded Museum number 1975-488-2 The heart scarab was common in elite burials from the New Kingdom onwards. It hung from a necklace or was wrapped into the mummy bindings abo ...

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Cartonnage, unknown date Field Collection: Egypt Plaster and textile Museum number 1976-1708 Full length and tapering towards protruding foot. Made of plaster and textile. Relief face-mask painted yellowish brown with black eyes and eyebrows ...

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Wooden sarcophagus, unknown date Egypt Museum number 1976-1158 Wooden sarcophagus, dismantled, comprising 21 separate pieces forming the base, sides, ends and part of the lid. The lid has a carved wooden face mask on it. The whole is covered w ...

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Portrait of a Roman noble Geographical origin unknown Wood, pigment and wax Donated by Sir James Key Caird, 1913 Museum number 1914-204-36 Under Roman rule, Egyptian funerary traditions changed very little and the dead continued to be mumm ...

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