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Egyptian

Egyptian, Pre-Dynastic

Cosmetic palette in the form of a fish, about 3500 B.C.
Greywacke, L. 4 15/16 x W. 3 5/16 x D. 3/16 in. (12.5 x 8.4 x 0.5 cm.)
Purchased with the funds from B.L. Lowe, 91.8

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Egyptian, Ptolemaic

Isis and Horus, 4th Century B.C.
Faience, 6 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 3 in. (15.9 x 4.1 x 7.6 cm)
Purchased with funds from Arthur Leroy and Lila Fisher Caldwell, by exchange, 98.8

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Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty VI

Reliefs from the Tomb of Khnumti in Saqqarah, about 2420-2258 B.C. (#1)
White limestone; Left relief: 23 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. (60.5 x 50.0 cm.); Right relief: 21 1/2 x 18 15/16 in. (54.4 x 48.0 cm.)
Gift of the James G. Hanes Memorial Fund, 72.2.1-.2

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Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty VI

Reliefs from the Tomb of Khnumti in Saqqarah, about 2420-2258 B.C. (#2)
White limestone; Left relief: 23 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. (60.5 x 50.0 cm.); Right relief: 21 1/2 x 18 15/16 in. (54.4 x 48.0 cm.)
Gift of the James G. Hanes Memorial Fund, 72.2.1-.2

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Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, Dynasties XII-XIII

Model Boat with Figures, about 2052-1778 B.C.
Wood with gesso and paint, H. 30 1/2 x W. 20 1/2 x L. 41 in. (77.5 x 52.0 x 104.0 cm.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, 82.12

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Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII

Bust of the Goddess Sekhmet, about 1570-1340 B.C.
Granite, H. 23 in. (58.5 cm.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, 82.11

Shockwave presentation of Bust of the Goddess Sekhmet.

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Egyptian, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties XXII-XXXIII

Coffin of Djed Mout, about 945-715 B.C.
Wood with gesso and polychrome, H. 71 in. (180.3 cm.)
Gift of the James G. Hanes Memorial Fund, 73.8.4

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Egyptian, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties XXII-XXIII

Coffin of Amunred, about 945-715 B.C.
Wood, gesso, polychrome, H. 71 in. (180.3cm)
Gift of the James G. Hanes Memorial Fund, 73.8.5

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Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period

Mummy Covering (Cartonnage), about 300 B.C.
Gessoed linen, H. 60 x W. 14 3/8 (152.4 x 36.5 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 75.1.1

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Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty V

Figure of a Man, about 2494-2345 B.C.
Wood with traces of gesso and paint, H. 52 1/4 in. (132.7 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, 79.6.3

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