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Aegis amulet

Aegis amulet

Aegis

Green glazed amulet with three row pearl border. Card for Egyptian IV states “Amulet in fused green enamel”.

Reference: CANCM: 2428
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Amulet

Amulet

Small ornament in red stone/sun disc amulet of carnelian.

Reference: CANCM: 2122
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Amulet

Amulet

Faience amulet of a pregnant woman / taweret. Hole for cord, broken at bottom.

Reference: E190
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Amulet

Amulet

Green amulet in the shape of an eye.

Reference: E256
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Amulet

Amulet

Glazed amulet in the shape of a collar or Bes.

Reference: E365
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Amulet

Amulet

Bes, grotesque amulet figure for suspension with blue glaze

Reference: CANCM: 2126
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Amulet

Amulet

Faience amulet, possible obscene. Hole for cord has broken off the back.

Reference: CANCM:6009
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Amulet

Amulet

Large amulet in the shape of the cat goddess.

Reference: E53
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Amulet

Amulet

Small bird amulet.

Reference: CANCM: 6014
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Amulet

Amulet

Cat amulet.

Reference: CANCM:6013
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Bead

Orange stone bead with six indentations.

Reference: 6088
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Faience bead.

Reference: E122
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Faience bead with a hole for cord.

Reference: E125
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Semi-precious stone bead with a hole for cord.

Reference: E164
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Glass bead.

Reference: E198
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

A blue glazed bead.

Reference: E24
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

A blue glass bead.

Reference: E163
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

A green glazed bead.

Reference: E168
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

A green glazed bead.

Reference: E267
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Bead

A blue faience bead.

Reference: E372
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Bead

An inscribed cylindrical green bead with a hole for cord.

Reference: E214
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

White scarab bead.

Reference: E266
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Bead

Pink stone bead. Scarab.

Reference: E138
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Bead

A blue bead in the shape of a bull.

Reference: E79
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bead

Bead

Green bead in the form of a cat.

Reference: E50
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Beads

Blue Egyptian beads strung on a modern string and clasp with a Roman lock.

Reference: E20
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Beads

Beads

Beads on modern string.

Reference: E195
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Bronze Cat Head

Bronze Cat Head

Bronze Sekhet.

Reference: E346
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Cosmetic Container

Cosmetic Container

Alabaster Kohl Jar, stone vessel.

Reference: 1999 (E334)
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Cowroid

Cowroid

Faience cowroid. Hole for cord (second from the left) and a selection of blue and green glazed beads.

Reference: E257
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Cross

Cross

A coptic cross.

Reference: E117
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Egyptian Figurine

Egyptian Figurine

Bronze Egyptian figure of Buto, the nurse of Horus.

Reference: CANCM: 4130
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Egyptian Figurine

Egyptian Figurine

Small faience Egyptian deity amulet perforated for suspension.

Reference: CANCM: 4407
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Egyptian Figurine

Egyptian Figurine

Bronze Egyptian figure of Isis or Hathor bearing a disc or moon on her head.

Reference: CANCM: 4122
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Faience Necklace

Faience Necklace

A necklace of small faience beads in blue and white with modern stringing.

Reference: 1979
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Figurine

Figurine

Bronze figurine of Osiris.

Reference: E397
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Figurine

Figurine

Bronze Egyptian Amun-re statuette with hook for suspension.

Reference: CANCM:4206
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Figurine

Figurine

Stone statuette, possibly depicting Nilus.

Reference: CANCM: 4127
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Figurine

Figurine

Harpocrates (The child Horus); bronze Egyptian figure, minus legs.

Reference: CANCM: 4134
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Furniture Fitting

Furniture Fitting

Buckle of tin girdle hook/wooden tyet (the buckle of Isis) emblem furniture fitting.

Reference: CANCM:2108
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Jar

Jar

Small stone jar.

Reference: E9
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Jar

Jar

Egyptian cosmetic container in stone, maybe a kohl pot (front row 3rd from left).

Reference: CANCM:6145
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Jar

Jar

Small stone jar for eye paint.

Reference: E338
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Jar

Jar

Small stone jar for eye paint.

Reference: E337
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Jasper Earring

Jasper Earring

Circular red stone bead.

Reference: 2120
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Kohl Jar

Kohl Jar

Alabaster kohl jar (middle row 1st on left).

Reference: CANCM: 2005
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Kohl Jar

Kohl Jar

Alabaster Kohl Jar (back row 1st on left).

Reference: CANCM: 2007
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Kohl Jar

Kohl Jar

Alabaster kohl jar with lid/stone cosmetic container or Kohl pot.

Reference: CANCM: 2003.1-2
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Kohl Jar

Kohl Jar

Alabaster kohl jar card, stone jar containing piece of cloth.

Reference: CANCM: 2004
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Kohl jar

Kohl jar

Alabaster kohl jar with lid (back row last on right).

Reference: CANCM:2001
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Mirror

Bronze round mirror from Thebes.

Reference: 2012/E355
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Mummified Cat

Mummified Cat

This mummified cat, whose face can still be seen, would have had its insides removed and filled with earth or sand before being wrapped in bandages soaked in natron (salt) or resin. The cat’s front...

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Reference: CANCM:nn
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Pin

Pin

A bone pin.

Reference: E174
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Plaque

Plaque

A bronze plaque possibly depicting the goddess Hathor.

Reference: E304
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Ring

Ring

A blue cartouche bearing the name ‘Amenhotep’ set in a modern ring.

Reference: E234
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Ring

Ring

A blue faience ring in the shape of the Wadjet Eye.

Reference: E126
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Scarab

Scarab

An un-inscribed faience scarab with a hole for cord.

Reference: E189
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

A steatite stone scarab.
The scarab beetle was often carved on top of stamp seals. The underside could include names, titles, or other important information that the owner could stamp on clay or papyrus.

Reference: E233
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

A faience scarab with a hole for cord.

Reference: E230
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

A faience scarab with a hole for cord.

Reference: E247
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Scarab.

Reference: E225
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Scarab.

Reference: E259
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Faience scarab in the shape of Amun Re Cartouche.

Reference: E245
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Stone scarab in the shape of a jackal base. Hole for cord.

Reference: E110
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Stone with some turquoise patches scarab in the shape of a jackal base. Hole for cord.

Reference: E111
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Soapstone scarab with two cobras on cartouche. Hole for cord.

Reference: E114
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Faience scarab. Hole for cord.

Reference: E265
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Soapstone scarab with cartouche of god and goddess. Hole for cord.

Reference: E269
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Soapstone scarab - possibly fake. Hole for cord.

Reference: E274
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Faience scarab. Hole for cord.

Reference: E263
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Blue scarab bead.

Reference: E108
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Green glazed scarab bead.

Reference: E147
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Blue scarab bead.

Reference: E148
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Two scarab beads in the shape of Tutmosis III and Dyn. Stone and bone.

Reference: E221
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Green scarab bead.

Reference: E226
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Green double scarab bead.

Reference: E251
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Blue scarab bead.

Reference: E252
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Faience scarab with missing wings; would have been sewn on mummy netting.

Reference: E313
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scarab

Scarab

Dark green scarab bead.

Reference: E100
Can be found: Ancient EgyptCollection of scarabs

Scaraboid

Scaraboid

Faience scaraboid with a hole for cord.

Reference: E239
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Scaraboid

A soapstone scaraboid in the shape of ankh car.

Reference: E241
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Scaraboid

Bone scaraboid with a hole for cord.

Reference: E106
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Scaraboid

Scaraboid

Faience scaraboid with inscription ‘the good god Tutmosis’ on base. Hole for cord.

Reference: E115
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Scaraboid

Scaraboid

Stone scaraboid with a hawk and cobra cartouche. Hole for cord.

Reference: E136
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Seal Ring

Seal Ring

Bronze ring with cartouche bearing a hieroglyphic inscription.

Reference: 2052
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Staff head with Ibis and Snake

Staff head with Ibis and Snake

This head of a military standard was found during digging of docks for Nelson’s fleet at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Standards identified particular branches of the Egyptian army and were readily visible to help rally troops.

Reference: CANCM:nn
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Statuette

Statuette

Statuette head, depicting Osiris.
A small painted bronze head of Osiris wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt. This conical shaped headpiece was worn as early as 3000BC. The White Crown may actually have been green because it is believed to be have been made from reeds.

Reference: CANCM:5892
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Statuette

Statuette

Bronze cobra’s head statuette, Uraeus Cobra.

Reference: E393
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Stone Amulet

Stone Amulet

Small object in red stone/fruit amulet in carnelian or haematite.

Reference: CANCM: 2119
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Vessel

Vessel

Egyptian ceramic vessel

Stone lidded pots for storing kohl or galena eye-paint. Several found in an early New Kingdom shaft tomb of about 1550–1450 BC (Y66) near Abydos by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942).

Reference: CANCM:6147
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

Vessel

Vessel

Glass vessel.

Reference: E308
Can be found: Ancient Egypt

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