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Ostrakon in red pottery, mentions areas of land and amounts of wheat, barley and vegetables, probably taxes or rents due to government. Old labels on back. Inscription: Old label: No1

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Ostrakon in red pottery, mentions areas of land and amounts of wheat, barley and vegetables, probably taxes or rents due to government. Collector's note hand-written in ink on back: 'Tax Receipt from Thebes Jany 1891'.

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Ostrakon in red pottery, mentions areas of land and amounts of wheat, barley and vegetables, probably taxes or rents due to government. Old labels on back. Inscription: Old label: 6

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Ostrakon in red pottery, mentions areas of land and amounts of wheat, barley and vegetables, probably taxes or rents due to government. Old labels on back. Inscription: Old label: W2

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Ostrakon in red pottery, receipt from Amonious and Socrates, tax collectors at Elephantine, for payment of various taxes by Menophilus son of Orbacis and dated 'Year 21 of Antoninus Caesar, the Lord. Epeiph 9' (that is 3 July AD 158)

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Ostrakon with complete hieratic inscription, records payments made in kind by 'workman Amenemopet' to the 'artificer Kenna' for work done.

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Seated figure of Osiris wearing crown and holding crook and flail of authority.

Oscillating prism. A small glass prism connected to a brass mechanism with a crank.
Equiangular triangular prism, 13 mm side x 43 mm long (incl. brass ends) setting vertically on base made to oscillate 6 times for every rotation of an ivory handle. Could be the device mentioned in Copland's inventory. The design is very similar to…

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Shell ornament/armlet with two perforations. Found about a mile from the sea-shore, near Tampico, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Probably made by Huastecan Indians.
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