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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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Amulet. Design represents a parrot.

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Fragment of bone, perhaps part of a pendant (hole drilled in corner). One of 59 bone fragments, ABDUA 8325-8330 are ornaments, ABDUA 8331-8383 are tools. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'Found in the Valley of Mexico at a depth of about three metres below…

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gold disc with face (including four teeth and tongue) and two pendant balls with faces.

One of 15. Set of 9 order books for the period 10/2/69 - 30/8/84 detailing orders placed from the Departmental Equipment Grant for the Natural Philosophy/ physics department.
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