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 - Statue Base Of Senusret I
UC14597 Granite statue base of King Senusret I, with 2 feet of his queen (?); right - toes of king on the 9 bows. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) Measurements - length 66 cms width 51 cms Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University...
- 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 - Inscribed Limestone Stela
UC10712 Limestone stela inscription filled with blue and lines with red. The 28th year of Amenemhat, son of the sun, living for ever, the department or the general Tekhu Mentuhotep. 32 cubits. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) Found at - ? Measurements...
- Daily Photo -12th Dynasty Wooden Comb
UC40520. Wooden comb with evenly spaced teeth of equal width except for the two outermost which are thicker. The comb originally had a long handle with a lotus flower resting on the top of the comb. The handle is lost today. The comb has two tangs at...
Egypt
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 Archaeology,
University College London
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- 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 - Statue Base Of Senusret I
UC14597 Granite statue base of King Senusret I, with 2 feet of his queen (?); right - toes of king on the 9 bows. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) Measurements - length 66 cms width 51 cms Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University...
- 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 - Inscribed Limestone Stela
UC10712 Limestone stela inscription filled with blue and lines with red. The 28th year of Amenemhat, son of the sun, living for ever, the department or the general Tekhu Mentuhotep. 32 cubits. Period - Dynasty 12 (1795BCE-1985BCE) Found at - ? Measurements...
- Daily Photo -12th Dynasty Wooden Comb
UC40520. Wooden comb with evenly spaced teeth of equal width except for the two outermost which are thicker. The comb originally had a long handle with a lotus flower resting on the top of the comb. The handle is lost today. The comb has two tangs at...