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Winged scarab, uninscribed, in blue glazed ware. Heart scarab from a mummy, with perforations for stitching to the mummy wrappings.

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Limestone statuette of a scribe, with traces of red and black colouring in the limestone. Repaired with Plaster of Paris. Incised inscription. Reid's 1912 Catalogue: 'Fine work and characteristic of the IVth and Vth dynasties.'

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Marble bust (on a marble plinth) of Robert William Reid, MD, LLD, FRCS, Regius Professor of Anatomy, University of Aberdeen, 1889-1925. Bust stands at the top of Marischal Museum staircase.Inscription: On plinth: Robert William Reid M. D., L. L. D.,…

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Fragment of a statue, head of the Buddha, with topknot, tuft and moustache, and part of the halo. Old label: 5

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Fragment of a relief showing a kneeling Atlant with wings and elephantine feet (larger of the two panels on display in the museum). Inscription: Old label: 1
This motif has ancient near Eastern origins and is found in early Indian and Greek art. In…

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Statue of the seated Buddha in meditation, halo slightly broken, below the seat are five smaller figures, four are seated in the lotus position and one is standing. Inscription: Typed label on back: GRAECO-BUDDHIST FIGURE FOUND NEAR MORA PASS, SWAT…

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Around the bottom of the relief are four panels describing, from right to left: the death of the Buddha and attainment of Parinirvana; the cremation, with the fire being extinguished by two Mallas pouring perfumed water over the flames; the…

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Fragment of a carved relief representing the Buddha confronting an elephant. Inscription: Old label: 23

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Fragment of a carved relief representing the Buddha meeting a royal personage.

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Human figure, male, imperfect (upper half of body only), in black basalt.
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