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Figurine, faience, Egyptian late period, Bes the dwarf god, head missing but otherwise well preserved. Dark green in colour. Accompanied by an envelope with explanatory text (L.16.028 B)

Figurine, faience, Egyptian late period, top part (head and shoulders) of a blue faience Isis amulet with suspension hole at back. The entire surface is worn, so that the facial features are obliterated. Attached to the piece is an original tag (c.…

Figurine, terracotta? Egyptian? Unknown date. Figure of Taweret, standing and holding belly. On reverse in pencil  Anubis . Buff clay with green grey slip. Accompanied by a tissue with explanatory text: L.16.033 B

An Egyptian bronze arrow-head, reportedly "of the earliest times", 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…

Bracelet, Bronze, Egyptian Roman or later. Two strands of thick wire, bent in half and then twisted on each other to form a crude bracelet. Very corroded with active bronze disease. Attached is a contemporary (1916) tag reading:  No 4: Old…

Bracelet, Bronze, Egyptian Roman or later. Thick flat band in a rough oval, flattened towards the join with a zigzag terminal. Very corroded with active bronze disease. Label on L.16.030 appears to also refer to this piece.

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.

Coffin Fragment, Wood with gesso and pigment, Egyptian 19-21 Dynasty. Wooden hand from an anthropoid coffin, typical of the ramesside period with yellow pigment and arms crossed over the chest. Here the hand is shown to be attached separately by…

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…