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19 cm tall resin
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BLUE-GREEN EGYPTIAN USHABTI
26th Dynasty, c. 660 BC
The front
inscription identifies the owner as “Ankh-wah-ib-ra the smiter, commander of the army,… born of …(?)b.” The ushabti will do corvee duty,
“cultivate the fields, water the riverbank” using the tools and basket he carries. The back pillar text states the he is the “son of Psamtek,
justified.”
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16.5 cm tall resin
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OLIVE GREEN EGYPTIAN USHABTI
26th Dynasty, c. 660 BC
The inscription identifies
the owner as Psamtek-mer-ptah “overseer of the royal ships” under Pharoah Amasis of the 26th dynasty. Ushabti figures were supposed to work for
the tomb owner in the afterlife.
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c. 5-6 cm tall resin
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BLUE FAIENCE EGYPTIAN USHABTIS
Late Period, Dynasties 21-31 c.
1069-332 B.C.
The ancient Egyptians put Ushabtis
in their tombs as servants for the afterlife. Some carry hoes and other tools. They were manufactured by pressing faience into a mould. The fingerprints of the maker
are often preserved on their backs. REPLICAS
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c. 6 cm high resin
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EGYPTIAN HEART SCARAB
Ptolemaic
Period c.333 - 42 B.C. Green basalt
The
reverse is inscribed with a variant of spell 30b from the Book of the Dead: "My heart my mother,... of my coming into being….You are my ka within my body […....[May] lies not be spoken against me near the god...."
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4.3 cm wide hydrostone
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CUNEIFORM TABLET
AP B3
Sumerian (from
Drehem, ancient Puzriš Dagan).
Dated 1st year of Šu-Sin, King of Ur 2037-2029 B.C.
An inventory of luxury shoes for the temple
“6
pairs of …. Linen and green/yellow leather boots, 17 pairs of …. boots, … The work of Lugula.
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Envelope. c. 4cm
square hydrostone
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CUNEIFORM
TABLET CONTRACT & ENVELOPE
AP CE
Old Babylonian c. 1750 B.C.
SIN-USILI rents a plantation belonging to Enki-Lamazasu in the village of Hansi-PAL[....] from Ili-mahi in the presence of
three witnesses (Mat-ilum, Aplum and Ili-hazir).
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2.7cm
diam. by 2.8 cm high resin & hydrostone
NB: seal impression
colour may vary from that
shown
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CYLINDER SEAL & IMPRESSION AP 5
Early Akkadian Mesopotamia
c.2350
B.C. Dark grey serpentine
Hero, bearded, wearing flat cap & kilt stands with arms round the necks of a pair of caprids protecting
them from a pair of lions; at side a bare-headed naked hero holding one lion's tail and mane.
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c. 3.3 cm wide
hydrostone
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CUNEIFORM TABLET AP SB
Schoolboy'sExercise
Babylonia c. 600 B.C
Neo-Babylonian copy of Sumerian (c.2500 B.C.) tablet.
The numerals read: 1,2,3,4,5,6,9 (written as "10-1"), 10,
16. …"29" a "30"),30. Dated month
good water, grain harvest cutting
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1.5
cm diam. 2.5 cm high resin & hydrostone
NB: seal impression
colour may vary from that
shown
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CYLINDER SEAL & IMPRESSION AP 4
Sumerian (Mesopotamia)
Early dynastic II 2700 B.C.
Creamy Marble Contest scene of two sets of semi-rampant animals crossed - lion with bull and goat with sheep. At side semi-rampant stag with head reversed & raised foreleg; marked diagonal lines across bodies.
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2.2 cm diam. 2.8 cm high resin & hydrostone
NB: seal impression
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shown
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CYLINDER SEAL & IMPRESSION AP 27
Sumerian (Mesopotamia)
Jemdet Nasr to Early Dynastic I period c. 2900 B.C.
White Marble Brocade design of two
antelopes(?) with fish & 'eye' motif.
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