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Painted Wooden Stela of Neswy
The gilded wooden statuette represents the "Ba" of Neswy perching on the top of the stela. The painted scenes below, from top to bottom: the winged sun-disc flanked by goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet as serpents, and by...
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Painted Pottery Shabti-Jar
From Abydos, Egypt. 19th to 20th Dynasties, circa 1295-1070 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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Shabti Box
Painted wooden shabti box of of the priest of Amun Amenhotep containing blue faience shabtis. There are 6 columns of Hieroglyphic inscription on one side. From Thebes, Egypt. 21st Dynasty, 1070-945 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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Egyptian Stela of Bakkay
A painted limestone stela where the deceased offers flowers to Osiris. Below, offerings are made to a couple named Huy and Henutnofret by four members of their family. From Egypt. 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, circa...
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Egyptian Offering table of Amenemhat
The surface of this black granite offering table is carved in relief with images of food and drink offerings. From Egypt. 12th or 13th Dynasty, circa 1985-1750 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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Male Egyptian Mummy with Amulets
This unidentified man was wrapped in a painted and inscribed shroud and provided with small amulets of gilded wood, threaded on a frame. From Egypt. Roman Period, after 30 BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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Marble Obelisk from Kition
The finely carved inscription on this obelisk dates to the 4th century BCE. The obelisk was set up in a cemetery at the Phoenician colony of Kition in Cyprus by a certain Arish in memory of his parent; his father Parz...
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Carthaginian Tombstone for Gemellus
This limestone monument was set up in a cemetery in Carthage, in memory of a man called Gemellus. The inscription towards the base is written in Phoenician, the native language of ancient Carthage, often known...
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Carthaginian Tombstone for Maximilla Bassi
This finely carved limestone monument was set up in a memory for a woman called Maximilla Bassi. The Latin inscription says "Maximilla Bassi, Pious daughter, lived nineteen years. Here she is placed". After...
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Assyrian Helmet
Assyrian military equipment was particularly effective. Pointed helmets deflected blows or missiles, and were commonly issued to Assyrian soldiers. This iron example was decorated with bronze inlay, now corroded to a greenish...
