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Instrument for the mouth-opening ceremony.             
Alabaster                                              
Inv. AF 9443
#08011433

Instrument for the mouth-opening ceremony. Alabaster...

Ushebtis, servants for the deceased in the hereafter.  
Blue Faience, Late period (713-332 BCE)
#08011434

Ushebtis, servants for the deceased in the hereafter. Blue Faience, Late perio...

Ushebti box, three wooden ushebtis, servants           
for the deceased in the hereafter. 21st dynasty.       
Third intermediare period (1080-714 BCE)               
Inv. N 4124
#08011436

Ushebti box, three wooden ushebtis, servants for the deceased in the...

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
#08011444

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
#08011445

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
#08011446

Spoon for holding face cream; young woman carrying three bouquets of lotus...

Funerary mask of a woman, plaster, painted.            
H: 34 cm, L: 62 cm, Roman period.                      
Inv. E 21360
#08011454

Funerary mask of a woman, plaster, painted. H: 34 cm, L: 62 cm, Roma...

Imhotep, historical high courtier under Pharaoh Djoser
(3rd dynasty) who after deification becomes the symbol
of scribal and architectural wisdom. Ptolemaic period.
Copper alloy, H: 13 cm
Inv. E 4216
#08011455

Imhotep, historical high courtier under Pharaoh Djoser (3rd dynasty) who after d...

Men gathering figs, monkeys sit in the tree.           
Beni Hassan, tomb of Khnemhotep, No.3; period of       
Amenenmes II or Sesostris II, about 1920-1900 BCE.     
Ancient Egyptian Paintings selected,copied & described 
by Nina M.Davis,plate VII.
#080115 7

Men gathering figs, monkeys sit in the tree. Beni Hassan, tomb of Khn...

Two royal favourites with sistra.                      
Thebes, tomb of Mennah, No. 69                         
Period of Tuthmosis IV (1420-1411 BCE)                 
Ancient Egyptian Paintings selected,copied & described 
by Nina M.Davies; plate LIII
#08011520

Two royal favourites with sistra. Thebes, tomb of Mennah,...

Foreigners kneel before the royal throne.              
Thebes, tomb of an unknown noble, No.226               
Period of Amenophis III (1411-1375 BCE)                
Ancient Egyptian Paintings selected,copied & described 
by Nina M.Davies; plate LVIII
#08011521

Foreigners kneel before the royal throne. Thebes, tomb of an unkno...

Nubians carrying offerings.                            
Thebes, tomb of Huy, viceroy of Nubia. No. 40          
Period of Tutankhamun (1347-1336 BCE)                  
Ancient Egyptian paintings selected,copied & described 
by Niona M.Davies; plate LXXXI
#08011525

Nubians carrying offerings. Thebes, tomb of Huy, vic...