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Figure of Isis holding baby Horus (imperfect - head of Isis missing), in blue glazed ware.

The scarab beetle was the symbol of the god Khopri and represeented new life and resurrection. Ordinary scarabs, or paste or stone, were simply seals and were worn as amulets by everybody in later times. Scarabs were also used as amulets on mummies…

Octagonal tray engraved with figure of foot showing Gnostic symbols, in black marble.

Ivory bodkin, 3 holes in broad end. Hunt (1982) quotes Wilson's journals: 'a bodkin of an Athenian lady'.

Bronze ointment scoop.

Item: spoon probe

Flanged bronze axe. Inscription: Handwritten label: A Roman Battle axe found in the Vale of the Clitumnis. (Wilson Collection)

Boat-shaped bronze brooch or fibula.

miniature oinochoe. Red-figure in glazed red clay showing female figure with dish in hand.