Old (1916?) envelope with L.16.013 A with contemporary note describing contents in pencil ( Piece of the top of the Sphinx ) and more recent blue pen description ( Piece of the top of the Sphinx Collected by J W Sinclair in c 1916).
envelope on which is written: Faience beads picked up in the sand Valley of the Tombs of the Kings 1916. Circa 1500 BC (pre Tutankhamen) authenticated by British Museum. 3400 yrs old With L.16.019 A
With an envelope (post 1916) on which is written in dark ink: Bes, probably after 1000 BC. The serpent strangler; Note long hair, bow legs, squat figure. The prototype of satyrs gorgons etc. God of childbirth and the female arts spinning etc.…
tissue reading: beast waiting to devour unworthy souls at judgement and in a different ink Anubis? . The identification in each case is not correct and the amulet is certainly a classic representation of taweret. With L.16.033 A
Scrap of lined paper on which is written in black ink: Brought from Abydos 1? hour by motor from Balinana Stn abt 5 or 6th Dynasty. Found in Tomb sacred Talab or fox. No known association with other Sinclair Collection Pieces