Artworks · Ancient Egyptian

Bottle

-200 · Glass, core-formed technique

12.1 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm (4 3/4 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/4 in.)

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Amphora (Storage Jar)

-200 · Glass

13.7 × 6 × 6 cm (5 3/8 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/8 in.)

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Plaque Depicting a Queen or Goddess

-200 · Limestone

21.6 × 19.6 × 2.1 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 1 in.)

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Mummified Man

-200 · Linen, cartonnage, human remains

Packed: 50.8 × 192.5 × 66.7 cm (20 × 75 3/4 × 26 1/4 in.)

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Coin Depicting the God Zeus

-261 · Bronze

Diam.: 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)

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Trial Piece with Hieroglyphs

-300 · Granite

23.4 × 14 × 2.5 cm (9 3/8 × 5 1/2 × 1 in.)

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Relief of a Bull

-300 · Limestone

14.5 × 18.3 × 1.8 cm (5 3/4 × 7 1/4 × 3/4 in.)

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Fragment of an Inlay

-300 · Glass, mosaic technique

6.4 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm (2 1/2 × 5/8 × 1/8 in.)

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Relief Depicting a Calf-Bearer

-304 · Glazed stone

8.9 × 8.6 × 2.5 cm (3 1/2 × 3 3/8 × 1 in.)

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Necklace

-304 · Glass and gold

L. 61 cm (24 in.); 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)

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Scarab

-304 · Stone

1.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm (9/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in.)

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Fragment of an Inlaly Depicting a Bird

-304 · Glass, mosaic technique

1.4 × 1.2 × 0.3 cm (9/16 × 1/2 × 1/8 in.)

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Ring Inscribed with Hieroglyphs

-305 · Gold

1.4 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm (9/16 × 7/8 × 7/8 in.)

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Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

-305 · Gold

0.9 × 1.2 × 0.3 cm (3/8 × 1/2 × 1/8 in.)

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Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

-305 · Gold

0.9 × 1.2 × 0.3 cm (3/8 × 1/2 × 1/8 in.)

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Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

-305 · Gold

0.9 × 1.2 × 0.3 cm (3/8 × 1/2 × 1/8 in.)

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Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

-305 · Faience

1.6 × 1.7 × 0.5 cm (11/16 × 11/16 × 1/4 in.)

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Double Crown Amulet

-305 · Gold

1.3 × 1 × 0.3 cm (1/2 × 3/8 × 1/8 in.)

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Ring Depicting Isis and Horus

-305 · Gold

1.6 × 2.2 × 2 cm (5/8 × 7/8 × 13/16 in.)

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Statuette of Imhotep

-305 · Copper alloy

12.5 × 3.8 × 6.5 cm (5 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)

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Statue of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris

-305 · Wood, preparation layer, pigment, gold, and textile

62.9 × 12.7 × 27.3 cm (24 3/4 × 5 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Statue of Horus

-305 · Basalt

52 × 48.5 × 18.8 cm (20 1/2 × 19 × 7 3/8 in.)

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Scarab Amulet

-332 · Hematite

1.3 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm (1/2 × 1 1/4 × 15/16 in.)

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Funerary Shroud Fragment

-332 · Linen, plain weave; painted; warp fringe

105.5 × 59.9 cm (41 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.)

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Unguent Jar

-332 · Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

16.8 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 × 5 in.)

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Oval Plaque

-332 · Agate

1.9 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm (3/4 × 13/16 × 5/8 in.)

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Mortar

-332 · Slate

1 × 16.2 × 16.2 cm (3/8 × 6 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

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Head From an Anthropoid Sarcophagus Lid

-332 · Limestone

44 × 47.5 × 34 cm (17 3/8 × 18 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)

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Amulet of the God Khnum

-332 · Faience

3 × 0.8 × 1 cm (1 1/8 × 1/4 × 3/8 in.)

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Amulet of the Goddess Isis

-332 · Faience

0.6 × 1 × 1.3 cm (1/4 × 3/8 × 1/2 in.)

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Amulet of an Unidentified Goddess

-332 · Faience

1.6 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm (5/8 × 1/4 × 1/4 in.)

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Djed-Pillar Amulet

-332 · Faience

4.7 × 1.9 × 0.7 cm (1 15/16 × 13/16 × 5/16 in.)

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Amulet of Thoth

-332 · Faience

6.3 × 2.8 × 2 cm (2 3/8 × 1 1/8 × 3/4 in.)

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Amulet of Imsety, One of the Four Sons of Horus

-332 · Glass

4.2 × 1.3 × 0.4 cm (1 11/16 × 9/16 × 3/16 in.)

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Plaque Depicting a Quail Chick

-332 · Limestone

12 × 13.2 × 1.3 cm (4 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 1/2 in.)

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Plaque Depicting a Ram

-332 · Limestone

17.2 × 25.8 × 2 cm (6 13/16 × 10 3/16 × 13/16 in.)

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Statue of Wesirnakht

-332 · Granite

16.5 × 6.6 × 8.5 cm (6 1/4 × 2 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

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Relief Depicting a God

-332 · Limestone

29.5 × 25.4 × 2.5 cm (11 5/8 × 10 × 1 in.)

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Double-sided Plaque Depicting a Lion and Birds

-332 · Limestone and pigment

19.4 × 19.1 × 1.3 cm (7 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 1/2 in.)

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Amulet of Thoth

-332 · Glazed steatite

4 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm (1 5/8 × 9/16 × 9/16 in.)

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Seal with Two Gazelles

-343 · Stone

1.9 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm (3/4 × 1 × 1 in.)

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Shabti

-380 · Faience

11.5 × 5 × 2.8 cm (4 1/2 × 2 × 1 in.)

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Shabti

-380 · Faience

11 × 4 × 2.5 cm (4 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 1 in.)

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Fragment of a Head from a Statue of a King

-380 · Greywacke

10.6 × 8 × 5.4 cm (4 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

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Ushabti (Funerary Figurine) of Horudja

-380 · Faience

21.9 × 6.6 × 4.7 cm (8 5/8 × 2 5/8 × 1 7/8 in.)

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Flask

-400 · Glass

8.9 × 7.6 × 3.5 cm (3 1/2 × 3 × 1 3/8 in.)

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Amulet of an Unidentified Goddess (?)

-400 · Faience

3.8 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm (1 1/2 × 1/2 × 1/2 in.)

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Amulet of a Lion-Headed Cobra

-400 · Glass

3.2 × 2.2 × 0.9 cm (1 5/16 × 7/8 × 3/8 in.)

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