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Young girl carrying                                    
offerings on her head.                                 
Wood statuette                                         
Middle Kingdom (1990-1650 BCE)                         
E 10781
#080103 6

Young girl carrying offerings on her head....

Scribe, cross-legged, writing on papyrus.              
Painted limestone figure, inlaid eyes                  
Pyramid Era, Old Kingdom (2950-2135 BCE)               
E 3023
#080103 7

Scribe, cross-legged, writing on papyrus. Painted limestone figure...

Triad of Osorkon (Isis, Osiris, and Horus).
Gold and lapis lazuli figures. H: 9 cm
22nd Dynasty (874-850 BCE), New Kingdom
E 6204
#08010321

Triad of Osorkon (Isis, Osiris, and Horus). Gold and lapis lazuli figures. H: 9...

Bastet, patron-goddess of Bubastis, as a cat.
Bronze figure with inlaid blue glass eyes
Late Period (713-332 BCE), Egypt
Height: 34 cm
N 4358
#08010322

Bastet, patron-goddess of Bubastis, as a cat. Bronze figure with inlaid blue gla...

Women gathering flowers to make perfume.               
Relief on a sarcophagus (17th BCE),                    
16th Dynasty, 2nd Intermediate Period
#08010519

Women gathering flowers to make perfume. Relief on a sarcophagus...

Women pressing flowers to make perfume.                
Relief on a sacrophagus (17th BCE),                    
16th Dynasty, 2nd Intermediate Period
#08010520

Women pressing flowers to make perfume. Relief on a sacrophagus...

Ounsu,scribe-bookkeeper,and his wife Imenhetep.The     
statues of the couple were placed in Ounsu's tomb in   
Thebes or El Keb;the murals show agricultural scenes.  
Sandstone,18th dynasty,around 1450 BCE                 
(See 08-01-05/58 - 61)                  A 54
#08010557

Ounsu,scribe-bookkeeper,and his wife Imenhetep.The statues of the couple we...

Slaves carrying wheat in baskets;harvesting with       
sickles;third register right:four men pull a plough.   
Wallpainting from the tomb of Ounsu,Thebes,Egypt;      
18th Dynasty (1554-1305 BCE), New Kingdom              
N 1393
#08010558

Slaves carrying wheat in baskets;harvesting with sickles;third register r...

Butchers carving an ox, foodcarriers.                  
Wallpainting from the tomb of Ounsou                   
from Luxor-Thebes, Egypt.                              
18th Dynasty (1554-1305 BCE), New Kingdom              
N 1393
#08010559

Butchers carving an ox, foodcarriers. Wallpainting from the to...

Foodcarriers carrying a hare and an antelope for the   
deceased. Wallpainting from the tomb of Ounsou         
from Luxor-Thebes, Egypt. Detail of 08-01-05/59.       
18th Dynasty (1554-1305 BCE), New Kingdom              
N 1393
#08010560

Foodcarriers carrying a hare and an antelope for the deceased. Wallpainting f...

Slaves loading wheat on a boat.                        
Wallpainting from the tomb of Ounsu,                   
Luxor-Thebes, Egypt.                                   
18th Dynasty (1554-1305 BCE), New Kingdom              
N 1430
#08010561

Slaves loading wheat on a boat. Wallpainting from the to...

The genius of the Nile Inundations,with papyrus plants,
a symbol of prosperity,on his head.The kneeling figure 
presents a tablet with offerings.                       
Bronze, 664 - 332 BCE              E 4874
#08010567

The genius of the Nile Inundations,with papyrus plants, a symbol of prosperity,...