XXVI-XXX Dynasty, 711-332 a.C. Sizeable upper part of a wooden sarcophagus, the owner is depicted wearing a tripartite headdress with black and white band, bronze and alabaster inlaid eyes with the pupil painted in black, the mouth smiling in an enigmatic attitude. Three vertical lines of hieroglyphs for the deceased, probably a priest. Perfect condition. Anthropoid coffins, were believed to be the idealized substitute for the deceased should something happen to the body. The face on the coffin was essential, even though it was seldom a true portrait of the deceased and more often representational. The tomb was the deceased’s eternal house, and the coffin an enclosure to safeguard his earthly remains, or spirit. In this setting, life would be insured in the afterworld in the same way as on earth. To the ancient Egyptians there was no difference between the coffin’s function and its religious importance; they were intertwined. A wooden coffin, with its painted, symbolic, sacred decorations and scenes, was paramount to the devout. Cod. 176/2002

XXI-XXII Dynasty, 1069-715 B.C. A blue glazed composition shabti for Nesy Amun, with black glazed details, mummiform figure wearing the tripartite wig, holding the pick and the hoe, seed bag on the shoulder.

Predinastic/Old Kingdom, 3.000-2.000 a.C. circa. A large calcite bowl with flat base flared sides and polished interior. Intact. Cod. 190/2007

New Kingdom, 1570-1075 a.C. A veined alabaster canopic jar with ovoid body, flattened base and rounded sides and rim. Intact. Cod. 44/200

Late Period, 716-30 B.C. A funerary alabaster scarab naturalistically carved with head and wing case. Cod. 136/2005

XXV Dynasty, Nubian-Kushite, 750-656 B.C. An Uninscribed bright turquoise glazed composition shabti, holding a seed basket over his left shoulder the pick and the hoe on the right . The statuette is depicting with the false beard and the wig to outline the rank of the owner. Probably from an aristocratic outfit in Tebe. Intact

Coptic Period, V-VI century A.D. A wooden writing palette with two circular hole containing the ink and a rectangular handle. Intact.

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. A bronze figure of Harpocrates shown seated wearing the Sidelock of Youth and with his right forefinger held to his mouth, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, with central uraeus, suspension loop at the back of the neck, on integral rectangular base. Good brown patina. Cod. 220/2006

Late Period, 600-30 B.C. A wooden figure of the God Anubi represented as a recumbent jackal, the tail wrapped around the body. Right ear and forepaw missing, pait losses.

New Kingdom, 1567-1085 B.C. A painted wooden mask, the face painted in red with the eyes and brows detailed in black. Paint losses, worn, framed. Masks were a very important aspect of Ancient Egyptian burials. In common with the anthropoid coffin they provided the dead with a face in the afterlife. In addition they also enabled the spirit to recognize the body. Cod. 310/2005

II Intermediate Period, XV Dynasty Hiksos, 1720-1530 B.C. A steatite scarab carved with a hieroglyphic inscription with the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and fishes, typical motifs of the Hiksos period. Cod. 110/2001

II Intermediate Period, 1786-1567 B.C. A steatite scarab carved with a quantity of hieroglyphic signs disposed in a symmetrical pattern, typical of the Hiksos period. Cod. 76/2007

Late Period, 664-300 B.C. Little fragmentary terracotta head representing a man with a flat headdress, facial features in relief. Cod.319/200

Late Period, 304-220 B.C. A wood rectangular plaque with rounded edge and upper hole for suspension with remaining of a hieroglyphic inscription in black slip on either side.

New Kingdom, 1567-1085 B.C. A steatite rectangular plaque inscribed on one side with the enthroned figure of Ptah and on the other with the pharaoh brandishing a club

II Intermediate Period, 1720-1530 B.C. Steatite scarab with incised on the underside oval scrolls and spirals around a central sign. Chipped. Cod. 132/2007

Late Period, 664-30 B.C. Steatite scarab with incised on the underside the stylised figure of Bes wearing the plumes headdress. Intact

Late Period, 600-30 B.C. A wooden comb with serrated edge and flared handle with incised bands. Height 19,7 cm (with an old label : Ptolemaic comb 100 B.C. Pr. Luxor Sycamore-fig wood”)

Late Period XXVI-XXX Dynasty. Fine mummiform figure of slender proportion, rendered with particularly handsome face with finely outlined eyes, smiling lips, wearing the ceremonial beard and tripartite wig, with crossed relief hands holding the pick and the hoe, seed bag pending from left shoulder, back pillar. Intact, finely detailed. Cod. 197/2002

II Intermediate Period, 1720-1530 B.C. Steatite scarab with incised on the underside rosette and spirals. Chipped. Cod. 131/2007

Late Period, 740-300 B.C. A Mummy net panel composed of a lattice of turquoise tubular beads. This panel of blue faience mummy bead netting once rested atop the bandages of a mummy. The composition uses three kinds of beads in various hues of green, gray, and blue: medium serrated tubes and small rings for the field, and long smooth tubes for the border. The serrated beads were arranged to produce a diamond pattern, with the smooth beads providing a solid frame. The bead-networks of the Late Period are thought to derive from the costumes worn by goddesses, although they are found on mummies of both sexes. When they initially appeared, they were a simple covering over the body with winged scarabs and images of the Four Sons of Horus worked in. By the Late Period they had incorporated occasional bands of text and a face mask, all executed in painstaking patterns of tiny coloured faience beads. Cod RPS 184/2006

Late Period, 664-343 B.C. A pale turquoise glazed composition shabti with a vertical line of hieroglyphic inscription, mummiform figure wearing the tripartite wig, holding the pick and the hoe, seed bag on the shoulder.

Late Period, 716-30 B.C. A rock crystal scaraboid, uninscribed, hole for suspension. Cod. 140/2007

Late Period 600-30 B.C. A wooden figure of the solar god Amon, striding with arms at sides, wearing the shendyt kylt with narrow belt, the withe crown with plumes and the usek collar. Lower part missing, chipped, paint losses.

New Kingdom, 1540-1075 B.C. A seated figue of a wooden rower wearing a knee-lenght kilt, with short black hair, arms outstretched, polychrome decoration. Intact clour losses.

New Kingdom, 1567-1085 B.C. A large steatite scarab carved with a couchant ibex and a double Uraeus. Intact.

Late Period, 716-30 B.C. A carnelian scaraboid, uninscribed. Cod. 145/2005

Old Kingdom, 3700-2200 B.C. Alabaster vessel with piriform body and everted rim, Intact. Cosmetic articles were very important in Egyptian households. Scenes showing elaborate vases and spoons for ointments and perfumes were depicted in tomb paintings and actual artifacts have been found in tombs and elsewhere. Cod. 189/2007

Late Period XXX Dynasty-Ptolemaic Period, 600-30 B.C. A bronze figure representing the goddess Isis seated on a throne and nursing the infant Horus in her lap, her right hand at her breast, her left supporting the child with side-lock of youth, wearing a long, close-fitting dress, tri-partite wig and crown with modium and uraeus. Solar disc missing. Cod. 173/2007

Middle Kingdom, XII Dynasty, 1991-1783 B.C. A basalt statue of a scribe seated cross-legged, wearing a short flared wig, with a wrap around skirt pulled across his thighs on which his hands rest, inscribed with three lines of damaged hieroglyphs with an invocation offering prayer to Ptah-Soker, on a integral plinth preserving a fragmentary inscription along the front. Head restored. The image of a seated man with crossed legs, holding an open papyrus roll on his lap, was the traditional pose for scribes throughout Egyptian history. Scribes were highly valued members of Egyptian society. They studied for many years to learn to read and write. Scribes had great opportunities as accountants, priests, doctors, and government officials of all sorts. Cod. 194/2002

II Intermediate Period, XV Dynasty Hiksos, 1720-1530 B.C. A steatite scarab carved with a spiral motif typical of the Hiksos period. Chipped. Cod. 108/2001