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spear.head (2) arrow.head
Glass-fronted wooden box containing 2 iron spear-heads and one iron arrow-head, all tanged. Museum labels on front and back of box. Several labels - front of box, top: 244, on back of box, hand-written label in ink: Two spear and One Arrow Head found…
Tags: Robert Wilson, spearhead
slab (fragment)
Fragment of bitumen cement, with impressions of leaves on one face. Babylon. Inscription: Old label on back: 48
Tags: Babylon, Robert Wilson, slab
fragment ( vase )
Fragment of an alabaster vase (rim sherd) wrapped in hand-written label. Label also mentions a 'curious white stone' but this is missing. Inscription: Hand-written label in ink: Broken mouth of an alabaster Vase & a curious white stone found among…
Tags: Alabaster, fragment vase, Robert Wilson
specimen (stone)
Glossy dark red stone, wrapped in paper label. Inscription: hand-written label in ink: A stone taken from a tumulus on the banks of the Jordan where it is said that the Israelites crossed.
Tags: Robert Wilson, specimen, stone
specimen (stone)
Hand-written label for stone specimen but stone missing. Inscription: hand-written label in ink: Stone from the temple of the ....
Tags: Robert Wilson, specimen, stone
writing.set
Robert Wilson's writing set - small table-top desk with carrying handle, 2 glass bottles for ink, drawer at the front, letter opener, blotter, candle holder.
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plaster cast gem seal
Set of plaster casts of seals and gems, set in box with lid, hand-written inscription inside lid.
Tags: gem, plaster cast, Robert Wilson, seals
slab cement
Slab of cement from Nineveh. Inscription: old labels: 49 on 'front', two hand-written labels in ink on 'back': Curious specimen of cement from Nineveh and W
Tags: Robert Wilson, slab cement
ball stone.ball
Carved and polished stone ball, in porphyry, with the letters SYPAKO cut into it above a hand-written paper label. Inscription: Carved inscription: SYPAKO Handwritten label: W A Porphyry ball from Syracuse. 'Not least fraught with interest was the…
Tags: ball stone, porphyry, Robert, Robert Wilson
