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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
12050 (none) 1929,1017.224 (none) Flowers. 3 of gold thus [drawing 1;1], and petals of white shell, lapis & gold of 3 more. As far as could be seen the latter belonged to a comb & had silver backs: the gold flowers were on the head and may have belonged to the comb or have been attached to the hair ribbon. [drawing 1:1]
3057 (none) 1927,1003.243 (none) Fragment of engraved shell. Curved and engraved with flower pattern.
18298 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of gaming board. Bitumen. Punched holes in the surface, some surrounded by circles of short radial lines (there are a good deal obliterated by rubbing) Roughly done. [drawing 1:1]
2826 (none) 1927,1003.242 (none) Fragment of inlay. Shell, pierced at back for fixing and part of presentation scene; both figures have crowns and long hair and one carries a wand. Probably 1st Dynasty. [drawing 1:1]
18251 (none) 1933,1013.90 (none) Fragment of inlay. Shell. On one side, plain grooving, part of a hair pattern (probably for the flounce of a skirt): on the other side, very faint, a human figure, from the neck downwards, wearing a kaunakes and advancing right. Top missing. The inlay has been reused and the figure design seems to be the earlier.
1718 (none) (none) B15610 Fragment of shaft (top only) of bitumen paste(?); round at top, hexagonally grooved below. [drawing 2:5]
16245 31-43-185 (none) (none) Fragment of tridachna shell engraved with the head of a lion or monster, apparently winged. [drawing 1:1]
18260B (none) (none) (none) Fragments of inlay. Shell, with traces of red paint design of scles thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]. (A) As drawn. (B) [measurements] (C) [measurements]
18260A (none) (none) (none) Fragments of inlay. Shell, with traces of red paint design of scles thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]. (A) As drawn. (B) [measurements] (C) [measurements]
18260C (none) (none) (none) Fragments of inlay. Shell, with traces of red paint design of scles thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]. (A) As drawn. (B) [measurements] (C) [measurements]
16624 (none) (none) (none) Frog amulet. White shell. Top of head missing. [drawing 1:1]
136 (none) (none) (none) Frs of Ivory box-lid. Fitting together. Flat ivory, plain above, below a projecting rim all round.
12318 (none) (none) (none) Gaming Pieces & Markers. 7 Gaming pieces. Squares of black steatite with a square hole bored into the middle of one face: inlaid red pastes; 6 squares of white shell with curved lines engraved in corners, in centre an engraved eye with inlaid lapis centre piece. 1-shell square, plain and engraved with the figure of a gazelle and in the background tall plants of the type commonly found on these plaques. 2-shell markers of thin rectangular strips engraved on the thin side with linear decoration. On the other 3 sides each end are 2 incised concentric circles. [drawing 1:1]
8633A (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633B (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633C (none) (none) B16974A Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633D (none) (none) B16974B Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633E (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633F (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633G (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633H (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633I (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633J (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
8633K (none) (none) (none) Gaming pieces(?) [A-D] 4 black and [E-K] 7 white. The white are flattened spheres, shell, marked on the top with an incised cross. The black are solid triangles with slightly convex sides having a white spot (shell) inlaid at two of the angles [drawing].
10557 (none) (none) (none) Gaming-board of silver, the face composed of shell plaques engraved with mythological scenes & set in lapis frames

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Antler - Bitumen - Bone - Leather - Reed - Shell - Textiles - Tooth - Wood - Plants