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 - 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(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...
- 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 - Middle Kingdom scarab from the Petrie
UC11152. Scarab faience yellowish; with scroll design with nefer, wd and ankh signs. Late Middle Kingdom (1700BCE-1850BCE). Found at Lahun. Faience. Length 2 cms width 1.5 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 - 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(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...
- 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,...