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Alcohol thermometer on wooden base with loops for handling. Calibrated in Fahrenheit from -50 to 125. Front and sides of base very dark brown. On top left ' 556 Cd ' stamped ' Univ. Abdn. Nat. Phil. '

Photograph of Alexander Ogston

Circular alms-dish, in tinned copper. Shows Eve handing apple to Adam with serpent entwined round tree. Greek inscription on inside of dish. From Mount Athos, Greece.

four rods for stroking with fur to produce electrostatic charge. Materials differ and are probably not amber (Gr electrum). Wrapped in grey woven material

Figure of Amen-Ra. Reid 1912: 'Amon was originally the local god of Thebes. On the rise of the Theban princes to supreme power, the local god became the supreme god of Egypt and was fused with the chief god of the delta, Ra, thus becoming Amon-Ra. He…