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Calcite headrest

Egyptian headrests were the same basic shape throughout thei…
Folding wooden headrest

This folding headrest is modelled on the folding stools that…
Limestone stela with three figures of Bes

Bes was very prominent in the religious concerns of the ordi…
Wooden figure of Bes playing a tambourine

The god Bes was particularly associated with protection of t…
Chalcedony cylinder seal

This grey-blue chalcedony seal, purchased in 1843, shows the…
Silver bowl

This silver bowl is decorated with hammered petals or lobes …
Apotropaic wand

Childbirth and early infancy were felt to be particularly th…
Limestone figurine in the form of a woman and her baby lying on a bed

One of the most important objectives of marriage in ancient …
Limestone headrest of Qeniherkhepeshef

Qeniherkhepeshef lived at the village of Deir el-Medina, and…
Limestone relief from a tomb

By the time of the Fifth Dynasty (about 2494-2345 BC) and th…
Painted wooden cippus showing Horus standing on crocodiles

A cippus was a type of stela that healed and protected again…
Trial piece with a birth scene

Small stone objects of this type are generally regarded as s…
Wooden figure of a human-headed protective deity

The long beard that the figure grasps resembles the mane of …
Limestone figure of a 'temple boy'

Statuettes like this, of a crouching child, were regularly d…
Terracotta figurine of the Egyptian god Bes

The Egyptian dwarf god Bes makes his first appearance in Cyp…
Gold model chariot from the Oxus treasure

The Oxus Treasure is the most important surviving collection…
Lapis lazuli cylinder seal of Sin-ishmeanni

The design on this lapis lazuli seal is typical of the Old B…
Black steatite cippus

Cippi (a type of stelae) were popular from the sixth century…