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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

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

Wrapped with a note in pencil on a scrap of lined paper reading:  petrified Rhinocerus hide from Siwa? In the Libyan Desert. With L.16.032 A

tissue with a modern note recording the identification of the two cartouches. With L.16.029 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.…

Facial tissue with blue biro text. With L.16.014 A

Tissue with L.16.013 A with blue biro text.

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).