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Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.

Shang Dynasty sacrificial bowl

Asian Medicine

1766-1122 BCE

Bronze sacrificial bowl, used for blood libations, Shang Dynasty, Chinese, 1766-1122 BCE

Islamic astrolabe, 1145-1155

Astronomy

1145-1155

Brass Moorish planispheric astrolabe with five plates, a shadow dial on the reverse and silver studs on the rete, c. 1150, IC 1058 [international checklist].

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma, showing his withered right leg, plaster copy of Egyptian original, 2000-1001BC. Made in Dantes Plad in Copenhagen (Denmark).

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC

Piriform bottle with elongated neck

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1050 BCE

Piriform bottle with elongated neck and loop handle, earthenware, decorated with dark slip and white painted linear design, from Cyprus, 1600BC to 1050BC

Set of four bronze toilet implements, Egypt, 1500-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1500-1001 BCE

Set of four bronze toilet implements, Egyptian, 1500BC-1001BC

Earthenware bottle, with handle now broken

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1050 BCE

Earthenware bottle, with handle now broken, decorated with traces of dark slip and white linear painted design, from Cyprus, 1600BC-1050BC

18th Dynasty, Egyptian razor

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1550-1070 BCE

Bronze encrusted razor, 18th Dynasty, Egyptian, 1550 - 1070BCE

Earthenware bottle with long neck and loop handle

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1050 BCE

Earthenware bottle with long neck and loop handle, decorated with black slip, from Cyprus, 1600 BC-1050 BC

Tear shaped oil flask, earthenware

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1500-1100 BCE

Tear shaped oil flask, earthenware, with darker slip decoration, from Cyprus, date uncertain, 1500BC (?) to 2nd century AD(?)

Argentiferous gold foil from Mycenae. Brought by D

Metallurgy

1600-1100 BCE

Argentiferous gold foil from Mycenae. Brought by Dr. Schliemann from Mycenae, and examined by Dr. Percy

Tear-shaped oil flask, earthenware, with dark slip

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1500-1100 BCE

Tear-shaped oil flask, earthenware, with dark slip decoration on neck, from Cyprus, possibly Egyptian or Graeco-Roman, 1500BC to 2nd century AD

Tear shaped oil flask, earthenware, with dark slip

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1500-1100 BCE

Tear shaped oil flask, earthenware, with dark slip decoration round neck, from cyprus, possibly Egyptian or Graeco Roman, 1500BC to 2nd century AD

Votive left hand, holding offering

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1000 BCE

Votive left hand, holding votive offering, possibly a pyxis, terracotta, Egyptian, 1600BC-1000BC

Part of a silver vase from Mycenae. Procured by Dr

Metallurgy

1600 BCE-1100 BCE

Part of a silver vase from Mycenae. Procured by Dr. Heinrich Schliemann

Red Ware Pottery Flask, Syrian, 1500-1100 BCE

Domestic Appliances

1500-1000 BCE

Flask, red ware, found in Cyprus, probably Syrian, 1500-1100 BC.

Village 'Naga' shrine

Asian Medicine

1500 -1000 BCE

Village 'Naga' shrine, carved stone, perhaps Indian, 1500 -1000 BCE

Arabic glass standard weight for a silver Half-Dirhem (1.48g)

Weighing & Measuring

1149-1154CE

Circular Arabic glass standard weight, opaque yellow-green, for a silver Half-Dirhem (1.48g), issued under Al-Zafir, North African, 1149-1154CE (Fatimid Caliph).

Tear-shaped oil flask, earthenware

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1500-1100 BCE

Tear-shaped oil flask, earthenware with elongated neck and stem, possibly Egyptian or Graeco-Italian, 1500BC to 2nd century AD

Earthenware oil flask with ovoid body

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1500-1100 BCE

Earthenware oil flask with ovoid body and elongated neck, provenance unknown, from 1500BC(?) to 2nd century AD(?)

Alabastron with narrow neck and three loop handles

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1500-1000 BCE

Alabastron with narrow neck and three loop handles, earthenware, buff with dark brown linear decoration, Mycenaean(?), from Cyprus, 1500BC-1000BC

Irish bog oak sample, University of Belfast, 1274-1104 BCE

Meteorology

1274-1104 BCE

Latitudinal subfossil Irish bog oak sample, retrieved from Garry Bog, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, dated 1274-1104 BCE. Used for tree ring analysis by Dave Brown at the University of Belfast, 1998; narrow rings showing major climatic event, possibly the eruption of Hekla 3 on Iceland.

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Unbaked clay figure of animal, one ear damaged, amuletic, unsigned, Egyptian, 2000BC-1000BC

Small bell-shaped bronze mortars, wide flared rim,

Pharmacy-ware

1151

Small bell-shaped bronze mortars, wide flared rim, cornice foot and flat base, inscribed around rim, frieze around waist, German(?), possibly 1518

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Bronze knife blade

Domestic Appliances

1500-1000 BCE

Bronze knife without handle, from Swiss lake dwellings, Bronze Age.

Bronze tweezers

Domestic Appliances

1500-1000 BCE

Bronze tweezers, European, Bronze Age.

Four samples of Ancient Egyptian cloth of pure lin

Textiles Machinery

1500-1000 BCE

Four samples of Ancient Egyptian cloth of pure linen, 1500-1000 BC mounted on board

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)

Plaster cast of colossal head of 18th dynasty

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1500-1000 BCE

Plaster cast of colossal head of 18th dynasty "Heretic King" Akhenatum

Two samples of Ancient Egyptian fine linen, colour

Textiles Machinery

1600-1000 BCE

Two samples of Ancient Egyptian fine linen, coloured border, XVIII to XXII Dynasty, mounted on board and dated 1600-1000 B.C.

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE

Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Piriform bottle with elongated neck loop handle

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1050 BCE

Piriform bottle with elongated neck loop handle, earthenware, decorated with dark polished slip, from Cyprus, 1600BC-1050BC

Earthenware bowl, found at tell Fara, Egyptian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1250-1151 BCE

Earthenware bowl, found at tell Fara, Egyptian, about 1200BC

Tear shaped oil flask, earthenware

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1500-1100 BCE

Tear shaped oil flask, earthenware, decorated with black slip and white painted bands, from Anatolia, date unceratain, 1500BC (?) to 2nd Century AD (?)