Egypt
- Daily Photo - String Of Carnelian Beads
UC38914 String of beads: 30 carnelian spheroids; 4 carnelian rings; 2 carnelian wd3t; 1 carnelian pendant. Found with UC. 38915-UC.38921. Period - Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-2024BCE) Found at - Rifeh Measurements - pendant width 0.5 cms pendant length 1.1...
- Daily Photo - Ivory Figurine
UC16069 Ivory statuette of naked young man with leonine face, similar to later images of Bes, with lion's hair, ears + long tail, + immature male human body. Holes in fists (? for metal snakes) - L foot broken (piece missing). Period - Late Middle...
- 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 - Limestone Stand From Lahun
UC16520 Limestone stand consisting of two men standing back to back supporting platform on which is deep vase with winged depression in top, ? lamp or 'stand for bread offering'. Found in five pieces after 1939-45 war, with base and feet of...
- Daily Photo - Lion Carved On Hippo Ivory
UC16685. Part of rectangular ivory object (made from hippo tusk) with incised design of recumbent lion - spotted - segment from cuboid rod. Late Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-1850BCE). Found at Lahun. Length 11 cms. Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Cylinder Seal
UC11174
Cylinder seal faience green on white designed of linked scrolls and lotus leaves.
Period - Late Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-1850BCE)
Found at - Lahun
Measurements - length 2.2 cms width .5 cms
Cylinder seal faience green on white designed of linked scrolls and lotus leaves.
Period - Late Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-1850BCE)
Found at - Lahun
Measurements - length 2.2 cms width .5 cms
Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,
University College London
With my thanks
- Daily Photo - String Of Carnelian Beads
UC38914 String of beads: 30 carnelian spheroids; 4 carnelian rings; 2 carnelian wd3t; 1 carnelian pendant. Found with UC. 38915-UC.38921. Period - Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-2024BCE) Found at - Rifeh Measurements - pendant width 0.5 cms pendant length 1.1...
- Daily Photo - Ivory Figurine
UC16069 Ivory statuette of naked young man with leonine face, similar to later images of Bes, with lion's hair, ears + long tail, + immature male human body. Holes in fists (? for metal snakes) - L foot broken (piece missing). Period - Late Middle...
- 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 - Limestone Stand From Lahun
UC16520 Limestone stand consisting of two men standing back to back supporting platform on which is deep vase with winged depression in top, ? lamp or 'stand for bread offering'. Found in five pieces after 1939-45 war, with base and feet of...
- Daily Photo - Lion Carved On Hippo Ivory
UC16685. Part of rectangular ivory object (made from hippo tusk) with incised design of recumbent lion - spotted - segment from cuboid rod. Late Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-1850BCE). Found at Lahun. Length 11 cms. Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,...