objects

Egyptology collections objects

Window lattice: Fragment of bronze window lattice, broken into pieces during excavation - found as large complete sheets of lattice.
Eye ornament: Gold foil eye ornament found on mummy in grave in long low tell on the south of San el-Hagar.
Tongue ornament: Gold foil tongue ornamant found on mummy in grave in long low tell on the south of San el-Hagar.
Handle: Handle of thin curved section of bronze, with pointed terminals. Probably from a casket, small shrine or was a furniture fitting.
Amulet: Bronze crook of Osiris, inlaid with red paste.
Plaque, Cippus of Horus: With incised standing figure of Horus, facing right as a hawk-headed human figure wearing the Double Crown and holding a sceptre. Behind his head and body is a smaller seated figure, probably Nefertum, who holds a sceptre. Horus stands on something, possibly crocodiles, but there is wear to the stone. No traces of any inscription and back of stone roughly shaped.
Model cradle: Model stone cradle or rocker with semicircular solid wood sides joined by 7 wooden spars fitted into sides. Model version of a cradle used to move blocks of stone. Inscribed: ntr nfr (M3-k3-R') Imn m dsr dsrw R'mry - 'the good god, Makare, beloved of Amun-Re in the Holy of Holies (Deir el-Bahri temple)'.
Model hoe: Model hoe made of two spars of wood fitted together. Model version of hoe used to dig foundation trenches. Inscribed: ntr nfr (M3-k3-R') Imn hnt dsr dsrw mryt - 'the good god, Makare, beloved of Amun, foremost in the Holy of Holies (Deir el-Bahri temple)'
Cosmetic palette: Bird palette with large body and head and feet carved. Hole for suspension pierced near edge of back of bird. Petrie, type 23H.
Cosmetic palette: Roughly oval cosmetic palette, notched all round the edge on one side. With a green patch of malachite staining on the unnotched side. Petrie, type 61R.
Cosmetic palette: Rhomboid plain cosmetic palette, with slight trace of red staining remaining on one side. Petrie, type 91P.
Cosmetic palette: Roughly square cosmetic palette with pierced hole at one corner and double parallel lines incised round edge on one side. Petrie, type 96U.
Cosmetic palette: Fish cosmetic palette with suspenion hole on back near edge and hole pierced for eye, tail shape carved but otherwise plain. :Petrie, type 45Q.
False door of Sennedswi: Limestone false door of Sennedswi, who held the titles, smr w'ty; sd3wty bity; imy-r pr. Sole companion, treasurer of the king, overseer of the house. On the central panel Sennedswi and his wife 'Iwwti, hkryt nsw w'ty Hwt-hr hm-ntr, Sole Royal Ornament Priestess of Hathor are shown seated before a table of offerings. In front offering a cup is Nb3y, hrp sh, Director of the Dining Tent.
Architrave, son Khui: Limestone architrave relief fgt. preserving part of inscription at top with below the standing figure of Sennedswi's fourth son, Khui, 'his son, whom he loves, the treasurer, overseer of commissions, Khui'. Behind Khui is preserved the upper part of the figure of a daughter.
Stela of Sennedswi: Fragment of a rectangular stela of two adjoining pieces. On the left is the standing figure of Sennedswi with part of his name preserved. On the right facing him one behind the other are standing figures of his daughters, Hotepi and Bebi - 'his daughter whom he loves, the Sole Royal Ornament priestess of Hathor, lady of Dendereh, the revered Hotepi' and ' the Sole Royal Ornament, the revered, Bebi'.
Stela of Sennedswi fragment: Fragment of a rectangular stela. The whole stela had on the left the standing figures of Sennedswi and his wife 'Iwwti, holding the hand of her third son Sennedswi and with inscription on right. Fragment preserves most of inscription. 'Offerings for the revered/ under the great god, Sennedswi'.
Stela of Bebi fragment: Part of small rectangular stela of Bebi. On the left is figure of Bebi in raised relief with part of his wife's figure preserved behind him. With 4 lines of inscription on right. 'An offering which the king gives to Anubis, he who is upon his mountain/ he who is in the place of embalming, lord of the Necropolis/ that he may give offerings for the Sole Companion/ the revered Bebi'
Drum-lintel fragment: Drum lintel fragment, inscribed h3ty-'Mni, 'the local prince (nomarch) Meni'.
Stela of Mrri fragment: Fragment of stela preserving on the left, carved in raised relief, the standing figure of Mrri, with his wife standing behind him, and in front of the figures, the edge of a table of offerings. Traces of colour remaining.
Stela of Thauti/Resi, fragment: Fragment of a rectangular stela of the nomarch T3wti/ Rsi, preserving part of the inscription in 3 vertical columns. 'Offerings for the treasurer of the king of Lower Egypt... the district governor, sole companion... T3wti'.
Offering table: Offering table, with two basins, one being for water with steps, and channel.
Stone bowl sherd: Rim sherd from a yellow limestone bowl, with incised inscription on exterior of the titles of Qaa. nsw-bity nbty k'
Points: Two plain sticks of ivory pointed at one end. The pointed ends are coated with remains of red ochre. The other ends of the sticks are carved down roughly as though they may have originally fitted into a shaft.
False beard: Wooden false beard from a coffin, carved in one piece with tenon for attachment at top.Front of beard decorated with incised lines imitating plaiting. The beard curves slightly outwards and is squared off at the bottom.
Vase: Small footed cosmetic vase, with a rounded body and an outward flaring rim.
Headrest collar: Wooden fluted collar from a headrest which fitted between the top of the shaft and the curved pillow top. With a rectangular hole through which the tenon fitted.
Kohl pot: Large kohl pot with a projecting base, body rising to shoulder, then narrowing to small neck with wide flattened rim. Interior hollowed out like a tube containing remains of a grey, powdery residue.
Lid (vase): Flat circular lid for a serpentine cosmetic pot.
Polisher: Irregular-shaped, roughly circular smooth lump of diorite used as a polishing stone.
Vase lid: A group of four flat circular lids from cosmetic pots or jars. One has remains of brown substance on the exterior of the lid.
Cosmetic spoon: Abdomen and part of legs of female figure from a swimming girl cosmetic container. Navel shown, legs together. One leg remains to the knee and the other to the foot. Partly broken away at front and much broken away at back.
Cosmetic spoon: Legs of female figure from swimming girl cosmetic container. Legs together with feet stretched out, finely carved.
Canopic jar of Neb: Canopic jar with hollowed-out interior and has been used. Inscribed for Neb,overseer of the cattle of Onuris. The text is that for Nephthys and Hapi and the jar was baboon-headed and theoretically contained the mummified lungs.
Relief fragment: Fragment of incised relief inscription with yellow paint in the signs. The inscription gives dates of special offerings in years 38 and 39 of the reign of Ramesses II.
Scribe's palette of Inhertmes: Palette of Inhertmes, overseer of the granary in Thinis. Long narrow block of wood with two wells for black and red ink at top below cartouche of Tuthmosis III. Below ink wells is slot for holding pens with vertical column of inscription on either side of slot. Bar across centre of slot holds pens in position.
Mirror handle: Plain wooden mirror handle, with round base, narrow circular stem widening towards top, hole in top in which tang of mirror was set. Decoration of four incised lines around stem just above base.
Lintel fragment: Fragment of a lintel with some incised hieroglyphs remaining on both sides in one horizontal line with double dividing lines at top and bottom which bear traces of red and yellow paint. Text: a)..n k3 (n) h3ty-'imy-r.... b)....imy hr(t)-ntr.... a)...for the ka of the mayor, overseer...b)...who is in the necropolis..
Kohl stick: Kohl stick of polished haematite in the form of a curved human arm, ending in a hand with an incised bracelet at the wrist. The hand end was probably used as a spatula for mixing the cosmetic before applying it with the rounded shoulder end.
Earrings: Three penannular earrings.
Stone bowl sherd: Rim sherd of red-brown greywacke from a shallow flat bowl with raised rim, inscribed with the sign hnt on the exterior.
Stone vessel sherd: Body sherd from a stone vessel inscribed on the exterior with the Horus name of Qaa in a serekh surmounted by a hawk.
Beads: String of 25 amethyst barrel beads, graduated in size, of good colour.
Beads: String of 41 blue-glazed faience spheroids with two small fused blue-glazed faience cylinders.
Knife: Slim knife with single curved blade at top and long narrow handle widening slightly at botton, which is curved and forms a second blade. Used as a cutting-out knife, possibly for linen cloth, top blade for cutting, bottom blade for cutting through stray threads.
Tweezers: Pair of tweezers with flat ends curved slightly inwards, straight broad sides, and a rounded bridge at the top. Made from one piece of metal.
Spearhead: Spearhead with leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib, the midrib widening and continuing to form a circular hammered and lapped socket. Suggested by excavators that spearhead may be from a later burial in D9.
Handle: Hollow metal tube with one closed end and one open end. Fan/mirror handle.
Handle: Hollow metal tube with one closed end and one open end. Fan/mirror handle.
Canopic jars: Set of four dummy canopic jars. Three are solid and carved in one piece. The fourth jar of Imsety, human-headed, has a separate lid and the jar has been slightly hollowed out, but contains no traces of contents and was probably not used.
Palette and Rubber: Rectangular palette with bevelled sides and a rectangular depression on the top. Rubbing stone with rounded top and flat base. Used to grind pigments for ink or cosmetics.
Cosmetic vase: Small plain vessel with a rounded base.
Blue lotus chalice: Slender, trumpet-shaped goblet on a short stem decorated with sepals and petals of the blue lotus flower modelled in relief. Fine drinking vessel, probably for wine.
Jar sealing: Cone-shaped sealing of clay mixed with palm fibre, bearing seal impressions of Djer.
Jar sealing: Cone-shaped sealing of clay mixed with palm fibre, bearing seal impressions of Djet.
Jar sealing: Cone-shaped sealing of clay mixed with palm fibre, with four finger impressions in line down side. Bearing a seal impression of Den naming a fortress Hr.s hnt dw(?).
Jar sealing: Cone-shaped sealing of clay mixed with palm fibre, bearing a seal impression of Peribsen.
Sherd: Body sherd of cylinder jar with black painted inscription on exterior naming Ka? as Hr K3 nsw ip.
Sherd: Body sherd of cylinder jar, comprising approximately half of base and body with black painted inscription on exterior naming Ka? as Hr K3 hmt n ?
Spindle bottle: Flask bottle or one-handled jug of reddish-brown ware with polished red slip. With flared circular base, tall slim rounded body widening to shoulder, narrow tall neck, rim missing. With one handle in one piece with jug from neck to shoulder. Syrian type made in Egypt.
Oil flask: Flask bottle or bilbil with flared circular foot, globular body widening to shoulder, narrow tall neck, outward flared, flat-topped rim. Handle broken away, but comprised one strap handle from neck to shoulder. Cypriote-type, probably made in Egypt.
Scarab: Base of scarab decorared with incised peg-like figure of Bes holding knives with four stems with lotiform terminals tete-beche, two on each side of figure. Back of scarab has head, clypeus and plates shown, prothorax and elytra marked, legs raised, feathered and undercut.
Model-granary: Model granary crudely made in unbaked clay. With a round flat base, cylindrical body widening to shoulder and narrowing to hole at top. Small funerary model of a large pottery granary, which had a hole at top into which to pour the grain and a rectangular door at the bottom to extract the grain. Door not indicated on funerary model. Hand-made. Brownish-grey clay.
Sherd: Body sherd of pottery jar with incised potmark on exterior. Fabric of grey ware with orange surface.
Sherd: Part of rim and body of pottery jar with incised potmark on exterior. Fabric of orange ware.
Scarab: Decorated on base with boat with lotus terminals, carrying squatting figure of child-king and standing figure of Taurt with two wedjet eyes in field. On the back the head, clypeus and plates are shown, prothorax and elytra marked, legs raised and undercut.
Beads; amulet: 2 treble, 18 double and 2 single ribbed beads, blue-glazed; 24 small blue frit spheroids; 1 black-glazed ring bead; one black-glazed cylinder. Strung with one blue-glazed faience degraded fish amulet.
Shells: 6 arca shells in natural state.
Arrowheads: 8 ivory arrowheads, plain, sharpened to a point at one end, carved down at other end. Some tips stained black or red.
Model-tools: 9 model funerary tools from a deposit made from thin sheet copper roughly cut out. Comprising one axe, one double harpoon, one single harpoon, three chisels and three needles.
Stela fragment: Fragment of limestone stela preserving traces of paint with part of two horizontal lines of inscription at top and below 2 complete male figures and upper parts of 2 further male figures standing facing left. From lower part of a round-topped stela.
Kohl-pot: Blackened limestone kohl pot with incised line decoration around body, which contains traces of yellow infill.
Bead: Barrel bead of clear rock crystal perforated through length.
Bowl: White cross-lined bowl with circular flat base flaring to plain rim. Polished red exterior, polished interior decorated with yellow paint in triangles, filled with lines, cross-hatching, dots and chevrons.
Statuette: Crude limestone doll /cult figure painted in yellow and black. Head carved with basic features and long black wig, body represented as a roughly triangular block, faint incisions for arms but no legs shown. The figure stands on its flat base.
Ball: Hollow faience ball, perforated through height for suspension, glazed blue with painted vertical black bands around it. Possibly associated with pendant (1901.36.97) as found in collection strung with pendant. These items are often found in foundation deposits.
Pendant: Pear-shaped blue-glazed faience pendant, hollow, with suspension hole in top. Possibly associated with faience ball (1901.36.96) as found strung to it in collection.
Stela: Limestone stela of It-Ka.
Stela: Limestone stela
Stela: Limestone stela, marked T, possibly part of one of the other five stelae(?).
Strips: 3 complete and 2 incomplete flat oblong strips of bone decorated on one side with incised circles with central dots. Each strip also has fixing holes drilled through it. Possibly decoration from a box or piece of furniture, or strips from a heddle-frame for weaving narrow bands.
Fish dish: Dish in the form of a fish. Hollowed out in centre as shallow container, for cosmetic use.
Dish: Dish with rectangular base and outward sloping sides to rectangular top. With perforated handle at one end on outer edge. Cosmetic dish.
Temple relief block: Limestone block carved in raised relief and painted, with part of paint remaining. On the right is a border in red and black. On the left is inscribed in detailed raised hieroglyphs part of a jubilee titulary, found on monuments associated with his sed festivals, of Tuthmosis III comprising his Horus and Nebty names. Two vertical columns: 1)Hr k3 nht mry R'... 2)nbty '3 sfyt m...
Amulet, lotus pendant: Lotus pendant amulet with flat back and perforated through top. Moulded on front with pendant lotus flower of three petals - trefoil pendant. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.
Menat fragment: Fragment of menat in blue-glazed faience, inscribed on both sides with black painted inscription, part only surviving. Inscribed: Hwt-hr nb(t) 'Iwnt - Hathor, Lady of Dendereh. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.
Hathor head: Head of Hathor in blue-glazed faience with face moulded in the round on one side with eyes and headdress outlined in dark blue/black paint. The back of the head is not modelled, being plain and slightly curved. Broken, possibly from a small votive imitation sistrum or possibly from the rim of a vessel with Hathor heads. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.
Plaque of Hatshepsut: Part of a blue-glazed faience plaque, plain on back and with part of black painted inscription on front. Right hand edge preserved, abraded and worn with portions of glaze on front and back lost. Part of vertical line of inscription remaining on front left hand edge, reading right to left: ntr nfr (M3'-k3-R')- the good god, Makare. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.
Cow figurine: Hathor cow votive figurine, crudely modelled in reddish-brown ware pottery, coated with red slip or paint. Complete, some damage to legs and one ear/horn. Eyes indicated by round blobs of clay attached to head before firing. Either an offering on its own, or may have been an ornament on the edge of a pottery vessel. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.
Cow head: Votive Hathor cow's head with horns and sun disk crudely modelled in reddish-brown pottery, coated with red slip or paint and with remains of white paint. Damage to neck, horns and face. Either an offering on its own or may have been an ornament on a pottery vessel. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.
Scaraboid beads: Short string of blue-glazed faience scaraboid beads, eleven of the beads are plain scaraboids and one has its back moulded in the form of a wedjet eye. Total=12 beads. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.
Menat counterpoise: Wooden menat counterpoise from a menat or ceremonial necklace, particularly associated with the worship of Hathor and when made in wood usually a votive item. Carved plainly with a disc-shaped end, from which the stem widens to a roughly squared end, which is pierced with two holes. Undecorated.From a votive necklace or an offering on its own.From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.
Stela fragment of Min-Horus and Hathor: Fragment of upper part of small round-topped stela carved in shallow raised relief with incised inscriptions. At top is part of symbol of Horus of Behdet, winged sun disk with uraei and below parts of headdresses of two deities facing each other- horns and sun disk of Hathor on right and tall plumes and flat crown of Min on left. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.
Female figure: Buff-brown ware, hollow, moulded. Half-seated female figure, possibly Aphrodite, wearing tight drapery to ankles, hair in Roman style. Right arm was raised, left arm was by her side.
Female head: Female head of buff-orange ware, hollow. Head of a mature, plump woman. Hair elaborately dressed in Roman style. Large holes pierced through ears. Part of body also shown in publication of this piece.
Female head: Female head, buff-orange ware with cream slip. Hollow, moulded. Face only remains with hair on forehead parted in centre and waved. Traces of white paint. Nose badly chipped.
Male torso: Draped male torso. Buff-ware. Only front part of torso remains with details of drapery. The left arm is by the side and the right arm is bent at the elbow carrying an axe over the right shoulder.
Lamp: Buff-ware with orange-brown slip. Frog and corn lamp, stylized. Marked C1.
Lamp: Buff-ware with orange slip. Radiate lamp, globular body with long neck and radiating line pattern with spiral at neck. Marked F.
Lamp: Orange-buff ware with traces of red slip. Neck lamp, with wide mouth, neck and handle, saucer base.
Lamp: Triangular handle only of Delta-type lamp. Buff-ware with red slip, partly fired black. On the front of the handle is a bust of Isis, with hair and draperies in Roman style.
Stela, Panefer: Round-topped stela honouring Amun-Re, funerary use, dedicated in the hope that Hathor would remember the dedicator, Panefer son of Pairy after his death. Found within the temple.
Stela, Ini: Upper portion of round-topped stela, inscribed on front. Erected under the official Ini to commemorate a mining expedition to Serabit el-Khadim in year 5 of the reign of Amenemhat III. Name of dedicator of stela unknown, but possibly Senwosret? (see 1905:68:02/2).
Stela, Senwosret: Three pieces, two large and one fragment, from a stela, with scene and inscription on front, erected to commemorate a mining expedition to Serabit el-Khadim in the reign of Amenemhat III. Name of intendant not preserved. Dedicated by Senwosret, born of Hathorhotep.
Bracelet fragment: Bracelet fragment of Tewosret.
Bracelet fragment: Bracelet fragment of Ramesses IV.
Bracelet fragment: Bracelet fragment of Ramesses III.
Menat-disc: Disc of a menat.
Bracelet /vase fragment: Bracelet or vase fragment of Tewosret.
Vase fragments: 3 vase fragments of Ramesses III.
Tile fragments: 3 fragments of a tile with the drawing of a Serval cat.
Hathor-head plaque: Plaque with head of Hathor.
Hathor-head: Double head of Hathor.
Hathor-head: Double head of Hathor.
Sistrum-handle: Sistrum handle of Ramesses III.
Beads: Necklace of Blue glazed faience spheroid beads.
Relief block: Large irregular-shaped block of sandstone, carved in raised relief, plastered and painted, comprising lower part of wall scene and preserving lower parts of figures only. Figure of seated god on left, Amun-Re, before heaped table of offerings. On right kneeling figure of king offering wine to god with inscription 'rdit irp'. Figure of Amun-Reerased and later recarved, plastered and painted on cut down surface.
Relief block: Relief preserving the upper part of a male figure wearing a kilt, carved in raised relief. Painted decoration remaining.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment showing part of a procession of figures, lower portion - legs and feet of 5 figures, carved in raised relief. With painted decoration remaining - flesh tone faded to pink.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment of offerings, carved in raised relief, painted.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment of offerings, carved in raised relief, painted.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment with a figure of the king, painted blue.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment of the face of the king in profile, including eyebrow and eye, part of right ear, nose, mouth, part of chin, cheek and part of neck. Paint remaining, red flesh tone. Carved in raised relief.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment with a papyrus plant carved in raised relief and painted.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment of lower torso and upper legs of priest in a leopard skin. Carved in raised relief. Traces of paint, flesh tone faded to pink.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment of two upraised arms, carved in raised relief, no clear traces of painted colour.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment with a sistrum, carved in raised relief and painted yellow.
Relief fragment: Relief fragment with a pattern, carved in raised relief and painted.
Relief block: Relief block, lower part of scene, King led by god. Legs, feet, kilts and linked hands shown. One foot of god damaged. This had been plastered over an underlying portion of painted relief. Carved in raised relief with paint preserved.
Saddle stone: Saddle stone from a saddle quern for grinding grain with the top grinding surface polished smooth and slightly concave through use. Made of yellow quartzite. The upper stone or rider was not present.
Pin: Long ivory pin, almost complete, slightly chipped at pointed end and broken at its decorated top. Cylindrical for much of length, then flattened at top from which projects lower part of decoration of what was originally a stylised bird.
Tusks: Pair of ivory pendant tusks, plain with ridges at top above which are suspension loops. Tusks more or less solid, may have been partially hollowed.
Cones: Two pottery cones, orange-red ware with limestone inclusions and with exterior surfaces coated with a dark red slip. Just above the base/lip each cone has a row of holes pierced through the fabric approx. 10 mm apart. Use unknown - pointed hollow cones of this type suggested as plugs to stop holes in water skins.
Comb: Large bone comb with long back and seven long teeth, of which five are preserved to their complete length and two are slightly chipped at one end. Top of comb flat with 2 small projections from it, which are the remains of the decorated top, which was the figure of a quadruped. Comb has pronounced curvature, being carved from the humerus of a cow, probably the anterior humerus.
Comb: Small ivory comb, with seven teeth of which five are complete and two broken and with fragmentary portion of eighth tooth at one edge. Comb probably had 8-10 teeth. Back of comb has flat top with central decorative element broken at top, probably originally the figure of a bird or double bird or stylised horns.
Beaker/vase: Polished red pottery tall beaker, coil-built from a clay containing limestone inclusions, with a red slip vertically polished on exterior and horizontally polished on band inside rim. Not evenly shaped and leans to one side when standing. Probably a votive or funerary offering.
Cosmetic-palette: Elongated rhomboid palette, plain, with small depression at centre on one aide containing fragments of green malachite. Petrie,type 92Q.
Bowl: Polished red pottery bowl, handmade and coated with a red slip, diagonally burnished on the exterior and horizontally burnished on the interior. Decorated on the interior in cream paint with a design of four triangles, two opposing with rows of dots and two opposing with zigzag lines, which meet at circle in bottom of bowl with five radiating lines within it. Rim decorated with a single zigzag line.
Sculpture fragment: Fragment of sculpture, part of the figure of a priestess ?, showing painted collar around the neck and part of the chest.
Jar: Squat jar with horizontal barrel lug handles. Light brown ware, handmade, ledge rim and lugs applied. Exterior covered with self slip, then red decoration applied with brush. Decorated with spirals on body, with wavy lines above and across handles. Two wavy lines around top of rim. Type D63a(shape);D67c(decoration).
Jar: Squat jar with horizontal barrel lug handles. Light brown /orange ware, handmade, ledge rim and lugs applied. Exterior covered with self slip, then red decoration applied with brush. Decorated with spirals on body, with wavy lines above and across handles
Jar: Shouldered jar with horizontal barrel lug handles. Light brown/ pink ware, handmade, ledge rim and lugs applied. Exterior covered with self slip, then red decoration applied with brush. Decorated with arrows and zigzags on body, base, handles and rim to imitate stone, red breccia. Type: D41 (shape); D63b-c (decoration).
Cylinder vase: Tall alabaster(calcite) cylinder vase with rolled rim, tapering from rim to flat base. Model vase, roughly made, exterior not finally finished by polishing. Drilled out on interior, drill markings clearly visible and not smoothed. Funerary vessel. Found in mud-brick mastaba tomb of the Horus Sanakht (Nebka?), 300m north of the mastaba of Neterykhet Djoser.
Stela of Iy, son of Keki: Round-topped stela in incised relief with 2 standards of Wepwawet at top. Inscribed with funerary prayer and depicts owner Iy, 'carrier of lands' and his family, namely wife Atu, sons Ibi and Sneferu, daughter Keki; father Ibi, mother Keki, two men Id and Neh, priests & perhaps Iy's brothers, and lady Tity, probably his sister. Also 5 ladies of the house, most likely relatives.
Stela of Renseneb and Dedi: Round-topped stela in incised relief with 2 sacred eyes at top.Below is a funerary prayer for the royal acquaintance Renseneb and his father, the retainer, Dedi. Below is scene of Renseneb and his wife, the royal handmaid Nubenit on the left and Dedi and his wife, the servant of the ruler Mutpusenbet on the right with a table of offerings between the couples. Family and household names occur on lower part.
Stela: Round-topped stela in raised relief with winged sun disc and pendant uraei at top. Below is standing figure of man in classical drapery in full frontal pose, right hand over incense burner. On either side are standing figures of Anubis in profile holding crook and flail, one on left wearing Atef crown and one on right wearing Double crown, both inside incomplete frames representing shrines or booths.
Beads: String of amethyst spheroids, graduated in size. Total= 134 beads.
Beads: String of 66 carnelian spheroids, 1 carnelian barrel, 1 gn.gl. faience barrel and 154 garnet spheroids. Total=222 beads.
Beads: String of beads, from neck, comprising: Blue glazed steatite cylinders; Blue glazed steatite barrels; 4 carnelian rings; 4 garnet rings; Blue glazed steatite rings. Total=60 beads.
Bracelets: Two ivory bracelets/bangles. Both in several pieces, rejoined in 1983? (carries the lab no. Arc./83) Joints are weak and in need of resticking.
Beads: String of beads comprising: 16 black limestone ring beads and 5 calcite ring beads. Total=21 beads.
Beads: String of beads comprising 1 lapis lazuli flattened barrel, 4 grey limestone rings, 6 carnelian rings, 5 shell rings (one tooth-shaped), 9 lapis lazuli rings, 2 black limestone rings.
Beads; pendants: String of beads comprising: 16 carnelian, 3 pink limestone(?), 2 alabaster (calcite) pendants. Total=21 beads.
Cosmetic vase: Small vase with circular, fairly flat base, from which bulbous body widens out, narrowing at shoulder into neck and with plain lipped rim.
Cosmetic vase: Tall vase with circular flat base, straight body flaring to lipped rim, which is flat across the top.
Bowl: Fine red Meydum-ware polished bowl or dish with rounded base, shoulder and recurved lipped rim.
Bowl: Fine red Meydum-ware polished shallow bowl or dish with rounded base, and outward flaring lipped rim.
Ewer: Orange-buff ware ewer with remains of red polished slip, with circular flat base, straight-sided body widening to shoulder and curving in to narrow tall flaring neck with double rim of uneven diameter pinched at one side to form a pouring lip. Associated with basin and derived from a metal prototype.
Basin: Basin of orange-buff ware with red slip, with circular flat base, body flaring outwards to plain rim. Associated with ewer and derived from a metal prototype.
Tusk cup: Ivory tusk cup carved on both sides to represent the figure of a baboon. Very stylistic ears shown and curve of head and some indication of arms and legs. With incised line around bottom of tusk. Hollow and hole in top of head as well as base.
Tusk cup: Ivory tusk cup with base rounded off and with hole in it. With slightly incised narrow band around cup near top to which decorative band of another material may have been fitted. Rim chipped and broken. A cut from the rim down to the narrow band appears original, possibly had a lid.
Kohl-tube: Double kohl-tube, plain. Solid base, with two tubes hollowed out containing black/grey powdery remains and smaller tube hollowed out in centre between the two tubes into which the kohl stick fitted. Hole drilled in side of 2 kohl tubes near top.
Kohl-tube: Plain single kohl tube which contains black powdery remains. Tube of ivory with narrow hole drilled into it. The base is solid but has a shallow round hole drilled into it. The top part of the tube is narrower than the rest and has an incised narrow band around it.
Kohl-tube: Single kohl tube with octagonal shaft and square top like a Doric pillar. Hollow tube with no base, probably plugged with linen. Semi-circular cut-out on one side of top indicates it probably had a lid. No contents.
Kohl-tube: Single lotus-pillar kohl tube with octagonal shaft and octagonal lotus capital with square top. With one hole perforation at top. Hollow tube with no base, but still containing plug inside. Remains of peg on top and hole indicate there was originally a lid. Two incised lines as decoration between shaft and capital.
Mirror-handle: Female mirror-handle, carved in the form of a nude female. Wearing a long wig and with fairly crude facial features, right arm by side and left arm bent across the body with left hand just below the right breast. Legs closed together. Hole drilled in top of wig to hold tang of mirror and hole drilled between feet, perhaps for suspension of carrying. Finely carved and polished.
Duck-dish: Base of large ivory duck cosmetic dish. Shallow dish carved on exterior as trussed duck. On one side of exterior is preserved the cut-off wing and carved webbed foot and leg. On the other side part of the carved webbed foor remains. Originally a fine example of its type.
Tusk: Carved hippopotamus tusk, one of a pair. With three bands of incised lines at spaced intervals around tusk and with hole on one side at broad end for suspension. Probably used as an amulet or magical/ritual container.
Amulet: Stylised ivory amulet, one of three found in grave, with two perforations inlaid with shell and black substance to form eyes and third perforation for suspension. Magical and ritual use.
Amulet: Stylised ivory amulet, one of three found in grave, similar to 1924:31:02a, only horns and top part of eye perforations remain. Magical and ritual use.
Vase: Tall vase, black-topped, polished red ware with slip.
Fish-tailed flint: Bifacial fish-tailed flint, finely worked. Lance head.
Pendant: Plain shell scoop pendant, finely carved out and smoothed with a pierced hole for suspension at the narrow end. Possibly a forehead pendant or amulet.
Beads: Three carnelian ring beads.
Cosmetic palette: Cosmetic palette in the form of a double bird with eyes of shell and black paste. One eye is missing and that head is chipped and broken.
Cosmetic vase: Small footed vase with pierced lug handles in cream alabaster (calcite) banded pink and grey.
Cosmetic palette: Rhomboid palette, large with rounded corners. With scratched marks on surface on both sides. Used for grinding cosmetics, malachite etc. One patch of flaking on surface - repaired. Type 92F.
Beads: 1 Blue glazed cowrie amulet, 1 Blue glazed barrel, 1 Blue glazed spheroid, string of Blue glazed small rings, 13 larger Blue glazed rings, 1 Blue glazed drop bead, 1 Blue glazed pendant.
Grinder: Roughly rectangular piece of sandstone with rounded corners with flat smoothed base and shallow depression in top caused by wear. Cosmetic grinder for eye and face paint.
Axe: Copper battle axe-head with splayed lugs at hafting end, and widening slightly to curved cutting edge.
Model axe: Model mibt or minb axe-head. Semicircular head with incised cross-line decoration on both side of hafting end.
Model knife: Model nm knife. Blade edge marked on one side.
Cosmetic vase: Small calcite vase, finely carved and smoothed. With a pointed base, bulbous body narrowing to a flaring waisted rim.
Jar: Jar of orange-red ware with circular flat base, round body narrowing to short neck with rolled, slightly wavy and gimped rim. Decoration of two parallel incised bands around body just below neck containing running zigzag incised line ornament.
Beads: String of beads, comprising one Blue glazed steatite cylinder, two carnelian rings, and 24 Blue glazed faience rings. Total of 27 beads.
Jar: Jar with dummy spout of orange-red ware with orange slip, with rounded base, globular body narrowing to short wide neck with pinched wavy rim, with dummy spout in form of blob of clay on exterior of neck.
Beads: 25 small Blue glazed amulets, carnelian ring bead, and lapis lazuli cylinder(not registered). Bk.gl. ring bead listed is missing.
Jar: Small storage jar of orange ware with buff slip, with pointed base, body widening to shoulder, then narrowing to short neck with rolled rim. Two potmarks incised on body.
Shells: Two bivalve shells of fresh water mussels. Beads found in one of shells.
Panel: Carved square of wood. With plain back. Plain border to outside edges of front, and within the border carved in relief with four leaves radiating out from centre to the four corners with a berry between each leaf at the sides. Pierced at two corners with holes for attachment.
Jar: Large bulbous storage jar of pinky-buff ware with narrow neck/rim and with incised herringbone pattern round neck just below rim. Contained pods and seeds of gilban (Lathyrus sativus), a fodder plant used as a vegetable.
Mirror-handle: Female mirror-handle, carved in the form of a nude female. Long wig with hatched incised decoration and fillet, fine facial features and eyes filled in with black. Right arm by side, left arm bent across body with hand, which probably held an offering, just below right breast. Hole in top of wig to hold tang of mirror. Finely carved. Bottom part of legs and feet missing.
Cosmetic palette: Oval palette with double bird heads at top.
Jar: Shouldered jar with rounded base. Handmade, with turned neck and rim. Pink/orange ware with self slip, with decoration in red applied with brush. Decorated in 6 vertical bands from neck down most of body- with 5 vertical bands composed of 4 sets of 4 vertical lines; and one vertical band composed of 3 sets of 4 vertical lines. With incised potter's mark on central body.
Vase: Small decorated vase with circular base, bulbous body, flat rim and two perforated lug handles at shoulder. Buff ware with brown painted decoration of wavy lines around upper body, rim and base and double zig-zag wavy lines around lower body.
Jar: Large bulbous storage jar with wide neck/rim and with incised nicks in groups of three around neck. Red ware with red slip. Empty when found.
Beads: Beads and amulets on three strings plus fragments, comprising: a) 14 bone human head amulets, 4 shell slices, 23 short gn. gl. steatite cylinders; b) 7 gl. amulets, 8 bone amulets, 4 bone barrels; 2 steatite cylinders, 4 crumb beads, one steatite flattened spheroid; c)17 gl.amulets, 4 fancy gl.cylinders, 3 crumb beads, one carnelian barrel. d) fgts. inc. amulets, shell slice, cylinders and copper rings on orig.thread.
Double kohl tube and stick: Double kohl tube. Between the two make-up tubes is a third shorter tube, which is the holder for the slim bronze kohl stick. From cemetery north-east and north of Shunet el-Zebib.
Cosmetic palette: Fish palette with incised details of head, eyes, gills, tail and fins. Pierced at top. From cemetery north-east and north of Shunet el-Zebib.
Beads: String of 59 beads, threaded by Guy Brunton, comprising 12 gn.gl. faience cylinder beads of differing lengths, 13 gn.gl. faience large ring beads, 34 small flattened spheroids in gn.gl. faience and blue frit. From cemetery north-east and north of Shunet el-Zebib.
Textile: Woven fabric. Red ground with wavy vertical lines in light and dark green and yellow along one edge. Ground decorated with lozenges embroidered in undyed flax. Rotten. Fibre, some resembling type A.
Scarab: Blue glazed faience scarab with stylised plant design on base of four petals and leaves in a cross pattern. Back naturalistic. Head, clypeus, plates, prothorax and elytra with nicks at the shoulders shown. Legs undercut.
Seal-Amulet: Blue glazed faience seal amulet with perforated back in the shape of an animal's head, a hawk head (Horus). Oval-shaped base incised with the design of two quadrupeds, one inverted - crocodiles?
Beads: Long string of small blue glazed faience ring beads.
Beads: Short string of carnelian and faience beads, comprising bl.gl. fancy cylinder; 2 gn.gl. barrel beads; 1 carnelian barrel; 1 carnelian spheroid; 1 bl.gl. spheroid; 2 carnelian rings; 1 bl.gl. crumb bead; 1 cat(?) amulet; 1 rectangular incised line decorated amulet.
Button-seal amulet: Blue glazed faience rectangular button seal amulet with shank back. With incised design on base, possibly of a seated deity with a sceptre.
Beads: 2 columbella shells; 18 shell rings; 1 Blue glazed spheroid; 1 Blue glazed cylinder; few Blue glazed ring beads.
Amulet: Small bronze hawk on base plinth with loop on back for suspension.
Bowl: Deep bowl with convex sides, expanding to mouth with rolled interior rim. Flat base with sharp edges on exterior and countersunk slightly on interior. Type S10.
Ibis mummy: Elaborately wrapped mummy of an ibis with an applique decoration of the figure of the god Thoth on the exterior of the wrappings. From the south shaft of tomb 3508 and the ibis galleries.
Osiris statue fragment of Padiast: Part of statue of Osiris, standing with head and feet missing, basalt with traces of gold leaf. With inscribed back pillar, inscription partly missing. ...(P3-di-3st s3 n 'nht-hnsw ir n...= Padiast, son of Ankhet-hensu, born of.... From a cache of objects in south-west corner, sector 1 (courtyard,north side of main temple terrace), Sacred animal necropolis
Djed-pillar: Wooden djed-pillar, plastered and painted with on the stem black lines dividing the horizontal bands which are painted blue, green, red and white. At the top of the stem are four bands in raised relief. Tenon at top and a mortise for attachment below. Probably part of an openwork frieze from an item of temple or funerary furniture. From Sector 1, pit by south wall of courtyard, item 101 from cache.
Bowl: Bowl with convex sides, straight rim and flat base. Type S20. Tomb of reign of Den, suggested as tomb of Queen Herneit, wife of Djer, who died in the reign of Den.
Situla: Cast bronze situla, votive offering, with lotiform petal base decorated with scenes in three registers around vessel. See notes for details of decoration and inscriptions.
Offering stand and tray: Offering or incense stand with flaring base and stem and with separate circular tray on top, tray with tenon to fit onto stand. With demotic inscription on exterior of flaring base. Hammered bronze. Chased inscription around base of 4 lines and traces of others, reading: 'Before Osiris-Apis, the great god...Pa...,son of Thotertais whose mother is Ta...the ram, Lord of Mendes, the great god...'
Jar: Globular storage jar, wheel-made, with ring base, low neck and wide mouth, neck and mouth flattened on one side. Reddish orange ware with reddish orange wash on exterior, polished, and with black painted decoration on exterior. Decoration of triple lines
Coffin of Tenkhaykhetes: Wooden anthropoid coffin
Detail of Tenkhaykhetes coffin lid: The lid is decorated on the exterior, plastered and painted with a face, wig and fillet, floral collar, with a rising sun on the head and one vertical line of inscription.
Interior detail of Tenkhaykhetes coffin base: Detail of a painting of the goddess Nut on the inside of the coffin base.
Coffin base of Tenkhaykhetes: The base is undecorated on the exterior, but on the bottom of the interior is painted a full-length figure of the goddess, Nut. She is depicted wearing a long dress, wig, collar, armlets and anklets with her breasts bared.
Interior detail of Tenkhaykhetes coffin sides: Detail of a painting of the goddess Nut on the inside of the coffin base showing painting on the inner sides of the coffin base.
Mummycase of Takhenmes: Full body cartonnage case of Takhenmes. Cartonnage is similar to papier mache.
Detail of the mummycase of Takhenmes: Detail of the top of the cartonnage showing painted decoration and funerary inscriptions comprising decorated wig, fillet, a scarab on top of the head and a floral collar.
Detail of the mummycase of Takhenmes: Detail of a scene painted onto the cartonnage. The god Horus is on the left. Osiris is depicted in the middle of the three seated figures on the platform.
Detail of the mummycase of Takhenmes: Detail of a scene painted onto the cartonnage. The middle figure is Osiris while his wife Isis is depicted to his right.
Tiraz tapestry fragment: Tiraz fragment of tapestry panel woven in linen and silk. Comprising two broad bands of largely abstract interlacing divided by one line of cursive script and with single lines of cursive script at top and bottom. Cream background with predominantly red decoration and some fine black line decoration Linen warp and silk weft.
Textile: Two fragments of damask woven silk with khaki-buff ground and darker linear pattern created by additional weft. Fragments represent small portions of a larger pattern of trellis lines dotted with crescents and fleur-de-lys motifs, the spaces between the trellis being filled with bulbous flowers or pomegranates. Covered in plain woven silk net, weave structure not plainly visible.
Textile: Two fragments of silk woven in different patterns. Long narrow strip has spreading fleur-de-lys motifs upon a blue ground. Other fragment consists of blue and gold coloured stripes filled with stylized square and diamond motifs.
Textile: Loom-woven wool fabric with self-colour warp, blue and self-colour weft. Blue and cream diaper pattern of diamonds enclosing rosettes. A fold in the fabric and the remains of some linen stitches indicate that this portion came from a seam.
Textile: Tapestry woven rosette worked in red, yellow and blue wool and un-dyed flax on a flax warp.
Textile: Tapestry woven roundel, linen with purple wool centre worked in black with detached tree motifs and central quatrefoil flower, with narrow border of zigzag bands in red, green and yellow wools and un-dyed flax.
Textile: Part of tapestry woven border, worked in purple, green, yellow and black wools on a flax warp. A diaper pattern with floral devices.
Textile: Knitted wool, probably part of a sock, in bands of purples, reds, blues and yellow. Rows increased at random points in knitting to fan out from tightly rolled cast-on edge. Tiny fgts. of flax thread in edge suggest it was stitched down at some time. Red sewing wool darns two worn areas. Colour joins indicate some wools were added in return row of 2 needle technique. 2 added rows of Soumak type embroidery, red. 3 stitches x 5 rows percm. (approx).
Textile: Knitted wool, probably upper part of a sock, in green. 3 stitches x 5 rows per cm. (approx). Knitted with border along one side with rib effect. Remainder is plain approx.. 3 rows per cm.
Textile: Tapestry woven band on flax warp. The design, conventional leaves, rosettes and small squares within a plain border, being worked in green and red on a ground of flax. Tapestry and plain weave. Selvedge on one side. 7 warps per cm composed of 2 threads per warp. The threads part to form a plain weave either side of the tapestry weave. 14 warps per cm.
Textile: Sprang hair net, with narrow section to fit over top of head, with large loops at each end in which hair could be coiled or bunched and enclosed within them on each side of head.
Textile: Heavy red woollen fabric; doubled hard, twisted warp; weft of loose woven yarn, thick and doubled with thinner strands of brighter red, yellow or green at irregular intervals. These coloured wefts are not continuous across the width of the cloth. Carpet weave. Finer warp than weft. Warp - S twisted 2 ply. 2 red wefts then row of knots. Weft is thick - 3 threads twisted together.
Textile: Purple wool fabric, with selvedge. Thick coiled strands of soft woollen yarn, green and yellow mingled, stitched across the cloth at intervals of around 2.5 cm. Selvedge on one side is thicker with 3 warps each composed of 3 threads. 10 warps per cm. 18 wefts per cm. Two threads form each weft thread.