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A fragment of tomb painting from a tomb in the "Valley of the Queens" at Luxor, taken by GH Bourne in early 1915 and said to be "5000 years old". In a letter to his mother in March 1915 Bourne says: "it had broken off so it was not vandalism... The…

An Egyptian shabti figurine, described as an "answerer" in "blue enamel", broken, it was 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…

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…

Necklace, faience, Egyptian Late Period, Five strings of blue faience beads (alternating long and short) restrung onto modern thread (c. 1916) and clasped with a scarab which appears to be blue faience but is probably a modern replica with nonsense…