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specimen (stone)
Stone fragment wrapped in label, from Alexandria. Inscription: hand-written label in ink: A specimen of the Diocletion pillar at Alexandria (Pompey's Pillar)
figure statuette
One of a collection (44) of terra cotta casts. Originals were also in terra cotta, Reid 1912: 'found in tombs in Tanagra, Boeotia, placed around bodies or packing in large earthenware jars. The subjects range from gods and incidents of daily life to…
canopic.jar cover (Methsa)
Cover of a canopic jar, representing head of Methsa.
figure lion
Figure of a lion, couchant, ring for suspension, in green glazed ware.
figure Osiris
Figure of seated Osiris in calcite (alabaster), originally gilded.
vase incense.burner
Vase in baked red clay. Three lugs around rim, one broken. Shallow dish-shaped on pedestal base. Used for burning incense. Inscription: Old label: Vase for burning incense - Babylonian
knife
Steel bladed knife or kukri, with handle in wood and leather sheath. Label on sheath, with number 152. Used by Gurkhas of Nepal. One of six listed in Reid's 1912 Catalogue. Inscription: handwritten label on sheath: Cookerai from Nepal. Presented 1821…
spear club
A large wooden spear or club.