BM: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Amphora, 5th century B.C.E, Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: 3 5/16 x 1 3/4 in. (8.4 x 4.5 cm) Medium: Glass

Small Amulet Representing a Vulture, 664-343 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Medium: Electrum

Magic Gem, Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: Base: 3/8 x 1/2 in. (1 x 1.2 cm) Medium: Bloodstone

Beaker, 4th-6th century C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: 3 13/16 x greatest diam. 1 15/16 in. (9.7 x 4.9 cm) Medium: Glass

Fragment of a Small Vase, ca. 1352-1332 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: 2 11/16 x 2 15/16 in. (6.8 x 7.4 cm) Medium: Glass

Figure of a Seated Cynocephalus Ape, 664-332 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Small alabaster, or marble, figure of a seated cynocephalus ape. Conventional type with hands resting on knees. Small uninscribed base. Condition: Good. Socket in head implies loss of headdress. Size: 1 5/8 x 3/4 x 3/4 in. (4.1 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm) Medium: Egyptian alabaster

Green Glazed Steatite Scarab, ca. 1850-1860 C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Size: 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (2 x 4.7 x 6.3 cm) Medium: Steatite, glaze

Harvest Ritual(?), ca. 1352-1334 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Limestone relief. In sunk relief, incompletely preserved head and shoulders of a male figure with outstretched right hand clasping (? picking) unidentified plant, possibly wheat, for offering (?). Trace of another hand in lower left corner. Man is in unusually large scale and presumably is royal. Condition: Both lower corners lost with piece replaced at lower left corner. Deep gash on hand. Size: 9 3/16 x 20 1/2 in. (23.4 x 52 cm) Medium: Limestone, pigment

Spindle, 313-642 C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Wooden spindle. Size: Diam. 1 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (4.2 x 23 cm) Medium: Wood

Top of Chair Back, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Upper cross-piece of a chair back. Size: 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 16 3/8 in. (8.3 x 4.5 x 41.6 cm) Medium: Wood

Laurel Leaves Probably from a Wreath, late 4th century B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Made of sheet gold. Condition: Tip and stem bent; crease near bottom. Size: 11/16 x 2 7/16 in. (1.8 x 6.2 cm) Medium: Gold

Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic and Greek, February 9, 108 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Light tan papyrus dated to the year 9 of Ptolemy Soter II (Feb. 14, 108 B.C.) and dealing with a deferred sale. The text is in Demotic. On the recto, parallel to the fibres are 28 lines of text. On the verso, written across the fibres, are signatures. Condition: Incomplete. Size: Glass: 10 7/16 x 17 in. (26.5 x 43.2 cm) Object: 6 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (16.9 x 34.6 cm) Medium: Papyrus, ink