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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…

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.

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.

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.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

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…

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,…

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.

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…

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.

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

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.

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

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

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 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.

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 fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

A fragment of papyrus mounted in a paper frame.

Black beaked

One Attic black figure lekythos.
Ceramic material with black figures and decoration.
Decoration shows horse and rider flanked by three figure, a hare stands under the horse and rider on its hind legs - possibly a hunting scene.
Shoulders are…

Type I Fatimid lamp; globular body on a slightly concave foot with an incised ring inside; single, slightly raised rectangular shaped nozzle. Evidence of presumed tall neck with flaring rim. Turquoise-glazed inside and out; worn under base. Glazing…

Type G post-Fatimid lamp; spheroidal, slightly flattened and squat body on a well-pronounced, slightly concave foot with a single, slightly raised nozzle. Turquoise-glazed inside and out; worn under base. Glazing is smooth and glossy. Unusual glazing…