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Bronze ointment scoop.

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

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

Warded key.

Marble statuette (dark green?) of an equestrian soldier ( imperfect).

Basalt slab inscribed with Greek magical gnostic names. From Nisibis, Mesopotamia.

Marble slab, inscribed with signs of the Zodiac, from ruins of Dara, Mesopotamia.

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…

Figure of a ram in brown glazed ware, ring for suspension. Reid (1912): 'The ram was sacred to Khnemu, god of Elephantine, and to Amen, god of Thebes. It was also worshipped at Mendes.'