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Ladle

Antiquities

E46.283

Alabastron

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E50.13

Alabastron

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E50.14

Vase

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E51.35

Bead, Necklace

Antiquities

E52.50

Ancient Egyptian jewellery Faience beaded necklace. Permeating every facet of Egyptian life, jewellery was worn at all levels of society for a variety of reasons. Used as decoration, a sign of rank or office, or a military or civil award, it could also serve as an amulet or provide protection. In death, jewellery could be taken to the tomb with its owner for use in the Afterlife and used for protection during the passage to the Other World. This faience necklace is made from cylindrical, and amuletic cat-shaped beads. The cat is the animal manifestation of Bastet, goddess of festivity and fertility.

Figure

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E53.65

Statuette of a pharaoh from the New Kingdom. Approximately 600 BC.

Jar, Canopic

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E59.5

Jar, Canopic

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E59.6

Jar, Canopic

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E59.7

Coffin

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E36.117

Palette

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E24.57

Fragment, Tile

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E34.100

Amulet, Ring

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E33.343

Flake, Microlith

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E63.2456

Core

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E64.1

Core

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E64.2

Core

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E64.3

Stone, Worked, stone

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E64.4

Stone, Worked, stone

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E64.5

Block, Stone

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E67.37

Limestone block from Tell el Armarna buildings. 18th Dynasty.