Carnelian bead labelled "prehistoric Casira Cairo 1912." Michel Casira was an antiquities dealer wor (cont.)
A model plough, hoe or ard, with modern restringing (see Brovarski, 1982, 46 for a similar example). (cont.)
A smooth, curved wooden object shaped like a sickle but without a cutting edge. This was purchased b (cont.)
This beaded collar consists of Amarna style pendants. Amulets of fish (lapis lazuli), Bes-like figur (cont.)
A beaded collar including an amulet possibly depicting Beset. Some amulets also appear to be cornflo (cont.)
An Amarna style beaded collar dating to the New Kingdom. The central amulet is a heart (although the (cont.)
A beadwork collar. The last row has alternating yellow and purple rosettes. The beads are typical of (cont.)
The upper portion of a metasiltstone model scribal palette. The even bottom edge indicates that it w (cont.)
Coptic amulet of dark stone. The wide suspension loop at the top is a circular tube of internal diam (cont.)
A black diorite bowl that has been broken in half and riveted together. It was purchased by Wellcome (cont.)
Small black and white stone bowl on a base, perhaps dating to the Old Kingdom. Purchased by Wellcome (cont.)
An anorthosite (gneiss) bowl with an incurving rim and a flat base. It is possibly from Coptos. It h (cont.)
This stone bowl is made of breccia. It has a flat bottom and an incurved square rim. A self adhesive (cont.)
A Porphyritic stone palette from El Kab. It is Neolithic to Predynastic in date. It was purchased by (cont.)
A diorite palette. An inscription in black ink starts 'Mon P....'. It is Neolithic to Predynastic in (cont.)
A diorite palette. The remains of the modern inscription on the object reads 'flat polishing stone [ (cont.)
A diorite palette, with red writing upon it reading 'Casira Jan 8 1902 5 Flat polishing stones from (cont.)
This porphyritic palette (diorite), has red writing upon it reading '5 flat polishing stones from Na (cont.)
A porphyritic stone palette with red writing reading 'Casira, Jan 8 1902'. On the other side is writ (cont.)
An anhydrite ointment jar from Abydos (Aston type 159). It dates to the Second Intermediate Period. (cont.)