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A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

Spearhead shaft has a hollow end for securing the weapon to a handle. Metal composition only apparent by a small amount of iron oxidation.

A small clay cylinder with a hollow middle for attachment to a necklace or bracelet. Engraved with a design along the surface for the purposes of rolling onto fresh clay in order to create a seal. Black in colour with brown spots due to wear.

A marble tondo (or patera) of the Greek goddess Hygieia. The background is round with a beaded border, with a bust of the goddess in the center wearing a cloak and chiton buttoned at her right shoulder, holding a scallop shell in her left hand which…

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

Bronze spearhead with a long socket. There is a round hole near the end of the socket, likely to be original.

Iron shortsword. Seems to be made entirely of iron, both blade and handle. Small V-shaped cross guard. Butt of the handle is roughly oval shaped and extends further out than the handle.

Two wood tablets, joined by a string, with a wax writing surface and a metal stylus.

Rectangular papyrus from Roman Egypt with Greek script, written in the 13th year of Trajan (109-110 CE). Contains 37-38 lines of text written in Greek. Document is probably an application for a lease.

Rectangular relief depicting a nude, beardless Herakles wrestling the hind of Keryneia. The material is yellowed and textured to imitate the original marble. Herakles's left hand is grabbing the deer's mouth, his right hand is holding a horn, and his…

A small statuette of a female. She is wearing an archaic dress and holding an unknown object possibly with both hands. The back of the statuette is flat and plain.

Ceramic disc with engraved symbols in a spiral pattern, made to replicate the Phaistos disc exhibited at the Heraklion museum (https://www.heraklionmuseum.gr/en/collections/#collections, accession number Π-Ν1358). Unlike the original, which is brown,…

Rectangular papyrus from Roman Egypt with Hieratic text. The exact date in unknown however the Hieratic script stopped being used in the 3rd century CE. It is safe to assume that the Papyrus is not more recent than that date. The papyrus contains 2…

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

A small clay cylinder with a hollow middle for attachment to a necklace or bracelet. Engraved with a design along the surface for the purposes of rolling onto fresh clay in order to create a seal. Slightly greenish-beige in colour.

Bronze spearhead with a leaf-shaped blade and a prominent cross-section midrib. The tang is long and curved at the end. Faint decorative engravings around the neck of the blade near the beginning of the tang.

Black base with metal stand supporting a limestone monolith that contains an inscription and a large symbol at the precipice. The stone is trapezoidal in shape.

A small clay cylinder with a hollow middle for attachment to a necklace or bracelet. Engraved with a design along the surface for the purposes of rolling onto fresh clay in order to create a seal. Light blue in colour, with a deeper blue present in…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) GORDIANVS PIVS FEL(ix) AVG(ustus), translation: Imperator Gordianus dutiful and fortunate Augustus; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right. Reverse legend: IOVIS STATOR ex S(enatus)-C(onsulto), translation:…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) DOMIT(ianus) AVG(ustus) GERM(anicus) CO(n)[S(ul) XI], translation: Imperator Domitianus Augustus Germanicus Consul Eleven Times; draped bust of Apollo facing right, to right a branch of laurel. Reverse exergue: (ex)…

Obverse legend: D(ominus) N(oster) VALENTINI - ANVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus), translation: Our Lord, Valentinianus, the dutiful and fortunate Augustus; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right. Reverse legend: SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE,…

Obverse legend: D(ominus) N(oster) FL(avius) CL(audius) CONSTANTIVS NOB(ilissimus) CAES(ar), translation: Our Lord Flavius Claudius Constantius, Most Noble Caesar; draped, cuirassed, and bare-headed bust of Constantius Gallus facing right. Reverse…

Obverse legend: IMP(erator) ANTONINVS PIVS AVG(ustus), translation: The Imperator Antoninus Pius Augustus; laureate and draped bust facing right. Reverse legend: ABVNDA-NTIA AVG(usta), translation: Augustan abundance; personification of Abundance…