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Rectangular painted limestone stela of Renefseneb. It records the traditional prayer in Middle Egyptian for an invocation offering (bread and beer), whereby the recitation of the words would provide sustenance for the deceased, taking the...

Painted wooden model group: four figures preparing food and beer. 6th Dynasty, Sidmant, Egypt. British Museum, London.

Model group of brewing, comprising nine (originally 13) figures sifting, an overseer, three sieving mash, and three (originally four) crouching before ovens. Found at Deir el-Bahri, dating to c. 2050-2000 BCE.

The bust known as the 'Patrician Torlonia' thought to represent the Roman statesman Cato the Elder (234-149 BCE), Marcus Portius Cato, also sometimes known as 'Cato the Censor'. (Torlonia Collection, Rome)

A toy dog in glazed turquoise, Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2040-1782 BCE). The British Museum, London.

A detail of the funerary stele of Intef II depicting his dogs. Egypt, 11th Dynasty, c. 2063 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

The Egyptian 'Four Dogs' cosmetic palette. Louvre, Paris.

A mummy containing the remains of a dog. Kharga Oasis, Egypt, 400-100 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Facsimile of a detail from a wall painting in the Tomb of Nebamun showing a dog seated beneath its master's chair. From Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1479-1458 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A small ivory figurine of a dog swallowing a fish, with its tail rendered in bronze. From Thebes, New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th Dynasty (1350-1300 BCE). The British Museum, London.