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Bucrania

Painted skulls of oxen, goats & other animals placed in graves at numerous sites from Sudan through Middle Egypt. Called the Pan Culture, as first discovered in shallow pan shaped graves.

Second Intermediate Period, c.1786-1570 BC

Acc. No.s: 16.2.24, 16.2.25, 16.2.26, 16.2.27, 16.2.28, 16.2.29, 16.2.31, 16.2.33, 16.2.34, 16.2.35, 16.2.36, 16.2.37, 16.2.41, 16.2.43

Statue of the Reporter in Thebes Sebekemsaf

Statue of the Ka of Wahibre Hor

Statue of the Ka of Wahibre Hor

Flask in the Shape of a Goose

Faience Walking Lion

Upper Part of a Statue

Diadem with Gazelles, a Stag and Flowers

Vase in the Shape of a Duck

Wooden Statue of the Vizier Iuy

Wooden Statue of the Vizier Iuy

Three Rishi Coffins

Rishi Coffin with Scene of Butchering.

Rishi Coffin with Scene of Butchering.

Coffin and Grave Goods

Game Board and Pieces

Inscribed Funerary Cones

Inscribed Funerary Cones

Objects Found in Seankhkare Cemetery

Coffin of Nefnefret

Coffin of Nefnefret

Coffin of Nefnefret with Rishi Coffin Beyond

Kohl Jar with Incised Figures

Funnel Shaped Lid for a Pottery Vessel

Female Figurine

Physician's Box

Statue of a Cloaked Offical

Statue of a Cloaked Offical

Statue of a Cloaked Offical

Two Ivory Baboons

Hippopotami and Hedgehog

Hedgehog Rattle

Standing Faience Hippopotamus

Shabti of Heqaib

Statuette of a Female Acrobat from the Tomb of Sa-Inher

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Visits: 1885

Albums: Ancient Egypt in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (visited October 2015)

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