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Sistrum, the rattle used in the Hathor-cult. The name "sistrum" is thought to imitate the rustling of the Hathor cow when passing through the reeds. Bronze, New Kingdom
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Sistrum, the rattle used in the Hathor-cult. The name "sistrum" is th...

Table de jeu figurant un hippopotame - Game board in the form of a hippopotamus. Late period. Each player had 29 pawns, to be stuck into the holes, some holes allow the player to move forward, others are traps - the goal was to be the dirst to reach the end, Blue faience, H: 7,4cm, L:18 cm Inv. E 3043
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Table de jeu figurant un hippopotame - Game board in the form of a hippopotamus....

Vessels for kohl (eyeliner) in the form of the god Bes. H: 8,5 cm, 9cm, 10 cm. Wooden stick for application. New Kingdom Inv. E 4469, N 1339, E 5373, E 1493
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Vessels for kohl (eyeliner) in the form of the god Bes. H: 8,5 cm, 9cm, 10 cm....

Spoon for holding face cream; young woman carrying three bouquets of lotus and three ducks. 18th dynasty. Wood, H: 22 cm Inv. N 1737
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Spoon for holding face cream; young woman carrying three bouquets of lotus...

Three Canephores carrying ducks as offerings. Middle Kingdom . Wood, H: 63,2 cm, 63,2 cm, 49,7 cm Inv. E 11991, E 11990, E 12001
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Three Canephores carrying ducks as offerings. Middle Kingdom . Wood, H: 63,...

Vase with toad-ornament, Roman period Faience, H: 7,5 cm Inv. E 11669
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Vase with toad-ornament, Roman period Faience, H: 7,5 cm...

"Eel-coffin", sheath for a mummified eel, the animal sacred to the god Aton. Uraeus and double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Bronze, Late period, 6th BCE. Crocodile, sacred to the god Sobek. Serpentine-stone, Late period, 4th BCE
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"Eel-coffin", sheath for a mummified eel, the animal sacred to the god Aton....

Shrew (mouse), copper alloy. Late period, 30th dynasty. L: 14 cm Inv. N 5146
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Shrew (mouse), copper alloy. Late period, 30th dynast...

Frog, wood, H:13 cm, Late Period Inv. E 17364 Wild sow nursing her young, faience, L:14,3 cm Late Period, Inv. E 14357
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Frog, wood, H:13 cm, Late Period Inv. E 17364...

Crocodile, god Sobek with sun-disk, Late Period. Copper alloy, L: 29 cm, Inv. F 22888 (foreground), Serket, the scorpion-goddess, Late Period. Bronze, H: 7,3 cm, L: 10,2 cm, Inv. N 5017 (background)
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Crocodile, god Sobek with sun-disk, Late Period. Copper alloy, L: 29 cm,...

Vulture, wood, H: 13 cm, Late Period Inv. N 3642 (foreground) Sokar, the hawk-god of the Memphis necropolis, wood, H: 8,3 cm, Inv. N 3941 B
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Vulture, wood, H: 13 cm, Late Period Inv. N 3642 (foreground)...

Funerary mask of a woman, plaster, painted. H: 34 cm, L: 62 cm, Roman period. Inv. E 21360
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Funerary mask of a woman, plaster, painted. H: 34 cm, L: 62 cm, Roma...