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Two joining neck fragments of a Fatimid buff-white ware water vessel with incised filter. The fabric is characteristically buff with a white/cream slip over the surface. The broken neck flares outwards towards the top and is well preserved on only…

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…

A fragment of Roman tile or brick, roughly diamond shaped, with a sticker on one face, identifying it as "Roman Tile from City of Verulam" in black ink, and "100 AD" in blue biro. The sticker appears to be the selvedge of a sheet of stamps, possibly…

A Fatimid sphero-conical vessel with a dark brown to purple slip, worn in many places on the body to show a yellow fabric. The rim is thick and inverted, on top of a thinner neck. The mouth has only a small opening. The main body of the vessel is…

A Fatimid sphero-conical vessel with a dark brown slip. The neck is broken, showing a sandy coloured fabric around the shoulder. The main body of the vessel is an ovoid, tapering to a rounded point at the base. Immediately below the undecorated…

Shabti, terracotta, modern, dark grey shabti in coarse terracotta with hands folded over chest and cartouche of Thutmose III above. This famous type of replica shabti is produced widely in Egypt during the 19th and 20th centuries for the tourist…

A shabti of the Egyptian Late Period in an olive green faience, with areas of a brighter green, probably the original colour, on the nose and shoulders. The shabti is mummiform with a nemes headdress and false beard with crosshatching. The arms are…

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…

A very worn Sestertius of Hadrian. Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, laureate, right. Inscription obliterated but probably read "HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS" with or without "PP" based on the type. Reverse: Fortuna, draped, seated left on throne, holding rudder on…

Scarab, Faience/Stone?, Egyptian Roman Period? Small scarab, lustrous green surface, water bird with wing raised on reverse. Wrapped with L.16.015-18