Egypt
- Daily Photo - Limestone Hippo
UC16480 Painted limestone hippopotamus, trace of red paint and black lines. Waxed, in v. salt condition, one side badly damaged Period - Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-2024BCE) Found at - Harageh Measurements - length 15.7 cms height 10 cms Copyright: Petrie...
- Daily Photo - Bronze Sistrum With Cat
UC30382 Bronze sistrum with turned handle and four sounding bars bent over the ends. On curved top is seated cat with head turned to left. For a child?. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) Measurements - height 14.35 cms length 7 cms width cms diameter...
- Daily Photo - Bull's Head Offering Tray From Rifeh
Fragment of Nile silt pottery offering tray with bull's head and conical loaf. Bull has white dots for eyes. Buff coloured fabric with red slip layer. Period - Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-2024BCE) Found at - Rifeh Measurements - height 3.7 cms length...
- Daily Photo - Ivory Tag
UC16182 Ivory (hippopotamus) incised with BEKH and serekh with name of King Djer (cp. 16172) (broken at hole) Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Abydos Measurements - height 3.6 + cms width 3.1 cms Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian...
- Daily Photo - Ivory Wand Fragment From Petrie
UC16384. Fragment of ivory (hippopotamus) magic wand, incised from R-L with frog on basket (HEQT), TA-URT with knife, two human heads and crocodile. 10.6cms. Possibly Eighteenth Dynasty. Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University...
Egypt
Daily(ish) Photo - 12th Dynasty hippo ivory baton
UC35309. Fragment of curved, incised, prophylactic baton made of hippopotamus ivory.
Right edge worn for 1 cm, into design of incised leopard head. Possible hieroglyph for 'house' (pr) above an indistinct sign, possibly nfr or the eye with elongated cosmetic line.
Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-2024BCE). Measurements - height 11.7 cms length 5.7 cms width 0.7 cms diameter cms
Right edge worn for 1 cm, into design of incised leopard head. Possible hieroglyph for 'house' (pr) above an indistinct sign, possibly nfr or the eye with elongated cosmetic line.
Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-2024BCE). Measurements - height 11.7 cms length 5.7 cms width 0.7 cms diameter cms
Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,
University College London
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- Daily Photo - Limestone Hippo
UC16480 Painted limestone hippopotamus, trace of red paint and black lines. Waxed, in v. salt condition, one side badly damaged Period - Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-2024BCE) Found at - Harageh Measurements - length 15.7 cms height 10 cms Copyright: Petrie...
- Daily Photo - Bronze Sistrum With Cat
UC30382 Bronze sistrum with turned handle and four sounding bars bent over the ends. On curved top is seated cat with head turned to left. For a child?. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) Measurements - height 14.35 cms length 7 cms width cms diameter...
- Daily Photo - Bull's Head Offering Tray From Rifeh
Fragment of Nile silt pottery offering tray with bull's head and conical loaf. Bull has white dots for eyes. Buff coloured fabric with red slip layer. Period - Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-2024BCE) Found at - Rifeh Measurements - height 3.7 cms length...
- Daily Photo - Ivory Tag
UC16182 Ivory (hippopotamus) incised with BEKH and serekh with name of King Djer (cp. 16172) (broken at hole) Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Abydos Measurements - height 3.6 + cms width 3.1 cms Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian...
- Daily Photo - Ivory Wand Fragment From Petrie
UC16384. Fragment of ivory (hippopotamus) magic wand, incised from R-L with frog on basket (HEQT), TA-URT with knife, two human heads and crocodile. 10.6cms. Possibly Eighteenth Dynasty. Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University...