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Green Basalt Sculpture of an Idealised Head

Provenance unknown.

Ptolemaic Period, c. 300 BCE.

Acc. No.: 55.178

A Fragment of Relief from Deir el-Bahri Showing Attendants of Hatshepsut

A Pharaoh Standing with Sistrums before Hathor

Akhenaten as a Winged Sphinx

Akhenaten as a Winged Sphinx

Alabaster Jar with Floral Collar in Relief

Alabaster Jar with Floral Collar in Relief

Amulet in the Shape of a Bull's Head

Amun-Re Wearing a Crown with Two Plumes

An Enigmatic Fragment of a Statuette

Anthropoid Coffin of the Servant of the Great Place Teti

Anthropoid Coffin of the Servant of the Great Place Teti

Anthropoid Coffin of the Servant of the Great Place Teti

Anthropoid Coffin of the Servant of the Great Place Teti

Arm-Shaped Censer with Falcon Headed Terminal

Arm-Shaped Censer with Falcon Headed Terminal

Ba Bird Shown on a Fragment of a Coffin

Bag-Shaped Rock Crystal Vase

Base for a Votive Model of a Temple Gateway

Battle Axe with Handle, and a Blade from a Battle Axe

Block Statue of Ay

Block Statue of Ay

Block Statue of Ay

Block Statue of Hor

Block Statue of Min, Overseer of Weavers

Block Statue of Min, Overseer of Weavers

Boat Building Scene

Bowl with Floral Decoration

Bronze Figurine of Seated Cat

Bronze Head of a Cat with Earrings

Bust of a Statue of Sekhmet

Canopic Jars and Covers of Tjuli

Canopic Jars and Covers of Tjuli

Canopic Jars and Covers of Tjuli

Canopic Jars and Covers of Tjuli

Canopic Jars Belonging to the Lady Senebtisi

Canopic Jars Belonging to the Lady Senebtisi

Cartonnage and Mummy of an Anonymous Man

Cartonnage and Mummy of Gautseshenu

Cartonnage and Mummy of Gautseshenu

Cartonnage and Mummy of Gautseshenu

Cartonnage and Mummy of Gautseshenu

Cartonnage and Mummy of the Priest Hor

Cartonnage and Mummy of the Priest Hor

Cartonnage and Mummy of the Priest Hor

Cartonnage and Mummy of the Priest Hor

Cartonnage Funerary Assembly

Cartonnage Funerary Assembly

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpare

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpare

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpare

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpare

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpare

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpare

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpare

Ceremonial Saw in the Shape of a Ma'at Feather

Ceremonial Sickle of the Field Worker of Amun, Amunemhat

Ceremonial Sickle of the Field Worker of Amun, Amunemhat

Coffin and Mummy Board of the Mayor of Thebes Pasebakhaienipet

Coffin of Princess Mayet, wife of Mentuhotep II

Coffin of Princess Mayet, wife of Mentuhotep II

Coffin of the Mayor of Thebes Pasebakhaienipet

Coffin of the Mayor of Thebes Pasebakhaienipet

Coffin of the Mayor of Thebes Pasebakhaienipet

Coffin of Thothirdes

Coffin of Thothirdes

Coffin of Thothirdes

Coffin of Thothirdes

Cosmetic Container in Form of a Trussed Goose

Cosmetic Dish in the Form of a Tilapia Fish

Counterweight for a Necklace in the Shape of Mut

Cylindrical Amulet

Decorated Wood & Ivory Box with a Sliding Lid

Decorated Wood & Ivory Box with a Sliding Lid

Detail of Relief Showing Akhenaten and His Daughter Offering to the Aten

Dish in the Form of a Bound Ibex

Doorjamb of Thaasetimu

Egyptian Relief with Running Spiral

Face from a Coffin

Face from a Coffin

Face from an Anthropod Coffin

Face of a Lion Statue

Face of Amenhotep II

Faience Bust of Isis

Faience Bust of Isis

Faience Hes Vase with Cover

Faience Lion Head from a Ritual Vessel

Faience Plaque with Relief of King Iuput II

Faience Tile with Lapwing Motif

Faience Vessel Decorated with Procession of Four Cows

Falcon Head Terminal from a Necklace

Female & Male Figurines

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Female Figure with Upraised Arms

Female Figurine

Figure of a Male Child with a Figure of a Standing Man in the Background

Figure of a Scorpion

Figures of Four Frogs, a Hippo and a Pig

Floral Tile Freize

Foundation Deposit

Fragment of a Water Clock with Cartouche of Alexander.

Fragment of an Offering List

Fragment of Statue of Alexander the Great

Fragment of the Magic Wand or Clapper

Fragments of a Text

Fragments of a Text

Funerary Stela for a Man named Ba

Funerary Stela for a Man named Ba

Funnel Shaped Lid for a Pottery Vessel

Furniture Attachment in Shape of a Bound Prisoner

Furniture Inlays in Form of Djed Pillars and Tyt-Amulet

Furniture Ornament or Finial in the Shape of a Duck or Goose

Glazed Tile with Palms

Grain Storage Jar with Blue-Paint Design

Grain Storage Jar with Blue-Paint Design

Granite Sarcophagus with Palace Facade Design

Green Basalt Sculpture of an Idealised Head

Handle of Model Axe Inscribed for Amenhotep III

Head & Bust from a Seated Statue

Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man

Head in a Short Wig

Head of a King or Deity

Head of a Man with Tight Curly Hair

Head of a Mature Man

Head of a Roman Nobleman, Possibly Marc Anthony

Head of an 18th Dynasty King, possible Ahmose or Amenhotep I

Head of an 18th Dynasty King, possible Ahmose or Amenhotep I

Head of an Egyptian Queen

Head of an Egyptian Queen

Head of an Official (left) and Head of a Man with a Rosette Diadem (right)

Head of Hatshepsut or Thutmose III

Head of Hatshepsut or Thutmose III

Headrest of Shemai

Headrest of Shemai

Hedgehog Rattle

Hippopotami and Hedgehog

Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head

Horus Falcon Wearing the Double Crown

Horus Falcon Wearing the Double Crown

Horus Falcon Wearing the Double Crown

Ivory Ibis-Headed Thoth Figurine

Ivory Kohl Container

Ivory Kohl Container

Ivory Male Statuette

Jar Lid with Human Face

Jar Made in Two Parts

Jar with Boat Designs

Jar with Zigzag Panels

Jewellery Box with Lid

Kaemwaset Kneeling with an Emblem of Hatshepsut

Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut

Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut

Kneeling Statue of Nesbanebdjedet

Kneeling Statue of Senenmut

Kneeling Statue of Senenmut

Kohl Jar with Incised Figures

Kohl Pot with Openwork Design Featuring Falcons

Leonine Goddess

Limestone Relief

Limestone Relief

Lion and Ointment Jar

Magical Pottery Fish

Mask of a Man from a Coffin

Mask of a Man's Face

Meretseger Represented as a Snake

Mirror with Papyrus Handle and Two Ibex Heads

Model Food Offering of a Bound Gazelle

Modern Replica/Reconstruction of a New Kingdom Votive Model Temple Gateway

Modern Replica/Reconstruction of a New Kingdom Votive Model Temple Gateway

Mummy Mask of a Man

Mummy of Thothirdes

Mummy Portrait of a Man

Necklace Spacer with Cartouche of a Nubian King

Offering Jar and Stand

Old Kingdom Mummy Mask

Ostracon Showing a Cat and a Mouse

Outer Coffin of Kamwese

Outer Coffin of Kamwese

Outer Coffin of Kamwese

Painted Coffin Interior

Painted Coffin Interior

Painted Coffin Interior

Painted Slender Jar

Painting of a Statue of a King

Palace Wall Painting

Palette in the Form of a Bird

Part of a Bowl Inscribed for Amenhotep III and his wife Queen Tiye

Physician's Box

Posthumous Stela Depicting Amenhotep I and Ahmose-Nefertari

Pottery Vessels

Ram's Head Amulet

Relief Blocks from the Tomb of Nespeqashuty

Relief Blocks from the Tomb of Nespeqashuty

Relief Decorated Ovoid Bottle

Relief Depicting a Nobleman

Relief Depicting a Nobleman

Relief Depicting Akhty-hotep

Relief Depicting Akhty-hotep

Relief Depicting an Eternal Bouquet for the Deceased

Relief Depicting an Eternal Bouquet for the Deceased

Relief Depicting Men Presenting Cattle

Relief Depicting Men Presenting Cattle

Relief Depicting Offering Bearers

Relief Fragment Depicting Senwosret I

Relief from a Chapel Wall Depicting Amenhotep I Wearing the White Crown

Relief from a Chapel Wall Depicting Amenhotep I Wearing the White Crown

Relief of Goats & Herdsman

Relief of Soldiers Honouring Their Lord

Relief of the Royal Ka

Relief Showing a Kitchen Scene

Relief Showing Akhenaten and His Daughter Offering to the Aten

Relief Showing Man Feeding Calves

Relief Showing Offering Bearers

Relief Showing Temple Courtyard with Incense Burners and Offering Tables

Relief Showing Two Statues of Ramesses II

Relief with Desert Scene

Relief with Desert Scene

Right Eye from an Anthropoid Coffin

Scribe Satute of Amunhotep, son of Nebiry

Scribe Statue of Amunhotep, son of Nebiry

Seated Statue of Nahktsaes

Seated Statue of Nahktsaes

Seated Statue of Wadjet as a Lion Headed Woman

Seated Statue of Wadjet as a Lion Headed Woman

Seated Statuette of Pepi I with Horus Falcon

Shabti of Heqaib

Shabti of Neferptah

Shabti of Neferptah

Shabti of Pediamenopet

Shabti of Pediamenopet

Shabti of Pediamenopet

Shabti of Sedjem Ash Maya

Shabti of Sedjem Ash Maya

Shabti of Sedjem Ash Maya

Shabti of the Lady Sati

Shabti of the Lady Sati

Shabti of the Lady Sati

Shabtis and Funerary Figurines

Sketch of Osiris

Small Silver Crocodile Head and Ibis

Spoon with a Cartouche Shaped Bowl Decorated with a Pond

Spoon with a Handle in the Shape of a Floral Bouquet

Standing Faience Hippopotamus

Statue in Niche

Statue of a Cloaked Offical

Statue of a Cloaked Offical

Statue of a Cloaked Offical

Statue of a Family Group

Statue of a Priest of Amun

Statue of a Recumbent Lion

Statue of Amun-Re or Amunhotep III

Statue of Metjetji

Statue of Overseer of the Treasury Ptahhotep in Persian Dress

Statue of Overseer of the Treasury Ptahhotep in Persian Dress

Statue of Queen Ankhenesmeryre II and her son Pepi II

Statue of Queen Ankhenesmeryre II and her son Pepi II

Statue of Sa-Iset the Younger

Statue of Sa-Iset the Younger

Statue of Scribe of the Granary Nykara and his family

Statue of the High Priest of Amun, Menkheperreseneb

Statue of the High Priest of Amun, Menkheperreseneb

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

Statuette of a Male Deity

Statuette of a Male Deity

Stela Depicting Ahmose-Nefertari Behind the Seated God Amun with Her Son Amenhotep I Behind Her

Stela of a Soldier Named Amenemhat

Stela of Irethoreru

Stela of Maaty and Dedwi

Sunk Relief of a God or a Deified King

Tall Round Bottomed Decorated Pot

Terracotta Figure of a Lion

The God Tutu as a Sphinx

The God Tutu as a Sphinx

The Royal Scribe Senenu Grinding Grain

The Royal Scribe Senenu Grinding Grain

The Royal Scribe Senenu Grinding Grain

The Wilbour Plaque

Three Shabtis of Setau

Three Shabtis of Setau

Three Shabtis of Setau

Three Small Erotic Sculptures

Three Wood & Glass Panels from Shrines for a Divine Images

Tile Fragment with Mandragora Leaves & Flowers

Tomb Relief of Itwesh (also known as Semenkhu-Ptah)

Torso of Akhenaten

Torso of Dionysus

Two Halves of a Knife Handle

Two Halves of a Knife Handle

Two Ivory Baboons

Two Wooden Statues of Metjetji

Vase of Pepi II

Vessel Handle in the Shape of an Ibex

Waterspout in the Shape of a Lion

Wood & Glass Panel from a Shrine for a Divine Image

Wood & Ivory Chair

Wooden Shabti Belonging to Ramesses II

Wooden Shabti Belonging to Ramesses II

Wooden Shabti Belonging to Ramesses II

Wooden Spoon with a Jackal Handle

Wooden Spoon with a Jackal Handle

Wooden Statue of a Cat with a Scarab Beetle between Its Ears

Wooden Statue of a Cat with a Scarab Beetle between Its Ears

Wooden Statue of a Woman

Wooden Statue of Metjetji

Wooden Statuette of a Woman

Wooden Statuette of Amenhotep III

Wooden Statuette of Amenhotep III

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