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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[nocturnal.instrument ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Wooden instrument to tell the time by the stars. Large circular plate with months marked, smaller plate, pointing arm revolving from centre of large plate. Reverse side marked as a compass and date (1511) though this is said not to be true, that this type of nocturnal was developed long after this date. Given to Alexander Thomson by Rev D J Arthur. Inscription: On front: months On reverse: compass marks and MDXI (1511).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1511 Late: 1862]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[ wood ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[H: 301 mm Dia(of larger plate): 168 mm L( handl)]]></dcterms:format>
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    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe Scotland]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[sword ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Blade of a double-edged sword with signature on fullers and ricasso. See museum&#039;s Accessions Book, 1941-1944, 1946-1963, p98: &#039;Sword Blade (Old). L 1050 B35 Found in Holyrood Chapel wall.&#039; Thomson&#039;s MS Catalogue: &#039;Sword found in Wall of Holyrood Chapel - about 1815 - bought by A. F.&#039; A. F. is probably Arthur Fraser, Thomson&#039;s brother-in-law. Inscription: Wilheim Klein Soli-deo-gratia Solingen]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1680 Late: 1800]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[ metal steel ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[L: 1051 mm | L(sword blade): 919 mm W(blade): 3 ]]></dcterms:format>
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    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe Scotland South.East Holyrood.Chapel Edinburgh]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[ lava (framed) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Frame containing pieces of polished lava.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson,Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1750 Late: 1850]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[ stone lava ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[H: 163 mm W: 142 mm ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A63398%27%29">ABDUA:63398</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[shabti]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Blue-glazed shabti, uninscribed. Described by Thomson as &#039;Blue Porcelain figure of mummy.&#039;<br />
<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[faience ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[H: 135 mm ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A20354%27%29">ABDUA:20354</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Africa Egypt ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[ shabti ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Blue-glazed shabti, inscribed on front. Described by Thomson as &#039; Blue Porcelain figure of a mummy.&#039;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[ faience ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[ H: 105 mm ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A20264%27%29">ABDUA:20264</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[ Africa Egypt ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[cloth beads sample ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Glass test-tube, stoppered with cork, containing sample of beads still strung together, mounted on a card label: &#039;Cloth of Beads from Mummy&#039;. Inscription: Cloth of Beads from Mummy]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[bead thread glass cork card ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A61704%27%29">ABDUA:61704</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Africa Egypt ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[bugles ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Specimens of blue glass bugles (long beads) and tiny white beads, still connected by thread, in a glass test-tube, stoppered with cork and mounted on a card label: &#039;Glass Bugles from a Mummy&#039;. Inscription: Glass Bugles from a Mummy]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[glass card cork ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A61702%27%29">ABDUA:61702</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Africa Egypt ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[door.knocker]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Old Scottish door latch and knocker, Thomson&#039;s Catalogue (Small General Catalogue of Banchory House Museum 1862): &#039;from Mrs Macvicar&#039;.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[ metal iron ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[L: 320 mm W: 100 mm ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A14698%27%29">ABDUA:14698</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe Scotland North.East.Scotland Aberdeenshire]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/1220">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[sample ash]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Specimen of grey ash, in a glass test-tube stoppered with pink cotton-wool, mounted on a card label: &#039;Ashes which now fill amphorae of Wine Cellar of Arius Diomedes, Pompei&#039;. Inscription: Ashes which now fill amphorae of Wine Cellar of Arius Diomedes, Pompei.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[ Early: 79 Late: 79 Period: Roman]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[ash glass cotton.wool card ]]></dcterms:relation>
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    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Europe Italy Pompeii ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[sample lava]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Three lumps of lava, mounted on a card label: &#039;Lava used in building houses in Pompei&#039;. Thomson&#039;s MS Catalogue adds: &#039;A proof that Vesuvius a volcano before AD 79&#039;. Inscription: Lava used in building houses in Pompei]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Thomson,Alexander Mr]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[ Late: 79 ]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Thomson, Alexander Mr ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[lava card ]]></dcterms:relation>
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