Egypt
- Daily Photo - Faience Lion
UC16679 Blue fainece recumbent lion marked with black spots, legs missing. 2 modern perforations below. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) Found at - Lahun Measurements - length 4.7 cms Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University...
- 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 - Duck Head Spoon Handle
UC16689. End of wooden toilet spoon in form of a duck's head with ivory beak, NOT the same spoon as 16688. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) till Dynasty 13 (1650BCE-1795BCE). Found at Lahun, length 4 cms. Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian...
- Daily Photo - Painted Wooden Panels In The Petrie
UC16311. Painted wood - head and shoulders of man with hieroglyph inscription 'keeper of the house of Jehuti-Hetep'. 18th Dynasty. UC55138. Fragment of wood, plastered and painted in red and green on yellow background, varnished, being part...
- Exhibition: Coptic Fabrics On Display In Florida, U.s.
Creative Loafing (Megan Voeller) Unlike any other gallery or museum in the area, Ybor's Brad Cooper Gallery takes a foray into the fiber arts of the ancient world with an exhibit of Coptic textiles curated by Egyptologist Dr. Robert Bianchi. The...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Coptic fabric from the Petrie
UC6993. Cuff of linen garment with (woven) wool embroidery; blues, greens, yellow, white; repeat every 17.0 cm. Coptic Period. Lahun.
UC6993. Fragment of linene garment with (woven) wool embroidery; red bands with pattern in blues, green yellow, fawn, (white?); pattern repeats, with little variation, about every 9_ cm. Marked: Mounted on card giving provenance. Coptic Period. Lahun.
Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London With my thanks
- Daily Photo - Faience Lion
UC16679 Blue fainece recumbent lion marked with black spots, legs missing. 2 modern perforations below. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) Found at - Lahun Measurements - length 4.7 cms Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University...
- 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 - Duck Head Spoon Handle
UC16689. End of wooden toilet spoon in form of a duck's head with ivory beak, NOT the same spoon as 16688. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) till Dynasty 13 (1650BCE-1795BCE). Found at Lahun, length 4 cms. Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian...
- Daily Photo - Painted Wooden Panels In The Petrie
UC16311. Painted wood - head and shoulders of man with hieroglyph inscription 'keeper of the house of Jehuti-Hetep'. 18th Dynasty. UC55138. Fragment of wood, plastered and painted in red and green on yellow background, varnished, being part...
- Exhibition: Coptic Fabrics On Display In Florida, U.s.
Creative Loafing (Megan Voeller) Unlike any other gallery or museum in the area, Ybor's Brad Cooper Gallery takes a foray into the fiber arts of the ancient world with an exhibit of Coptic textiles curated by Egyptologist Dr. Robert Bianchi. The...