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A gold coin of Valens, said to have been found "in a hermetically sealed vase in an Egyptian tomb" by a Mr E Hendricksen of Townsville during the war. This coin was only brought to the Queensland Museum for identification and was never donated. Mr…

A Roman lamp, purchased from the sale room of the Cairo Museum in 1915 by George Herbert Bourne. This artefact was sent home to Australia in March 1915 but its current whereabouts is unknown. In his "What to Know in Egypt: A Guide for Australasian…

A Roman coin, purchased from the sale room of the Cairo Museum in 1915 by George Herbert Bourne. This artefact was sent home to Australia in March 1915 but its current whereabouts is unknown. In his "What to Know in Egypt: A Guide for Australasian…

A Roman coin, purchased from the sale room of the Cairo Museum in 1915 by George Herbert Bourne. This artefact was sent home to Australia in March 1915 but its current whereabouts is unknown. In his "What to Know in Egypt: A Guide for Australasian…

Figurine, Bronze, Egyptian Late Period?, fragmentary bronze figurine of Osiris (top half only surviving) hollow with good patina. Cracks to front at base. Accompanied by a modern label and facial tissue with text (L.16.014 B + C)

Scarab, Faience, Egyptian Late Period? possibly modern. Small scarab, lustrous green surface, hawk? Glyph on reverse with lines. Wrapped with L.16.015-18

Scarab, faience, Egyptian New kingdom/ Late period, small pale scarab darker on obverse, four well defined glyphs on reverse: Gardiner M17-Aa1-S20-X1 (i-xmt "my seal"?). Wrapped with L.16.015-18

Scarab, faience?, Egyptian late period? possibly modern. Pale buff colour with scarab glyph (L1  xpr) between two filling ornaments. L.16.020-024 wrapped together.

Scarab, faience, Egyptian middle kingdom? possibly modern, pale buff colour, two rough glyphs (one compound?) on reverse  i-(nfr-xpr-?) L.16.020-024 wrapped together.

Cloth Strip(s), linen, unknown date, probably ancient, mass of linen strips mixed with modern cotton wool, very friable with significant loss collected in bottom of tissue packet.