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Total number of records: 60

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Objects48
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People and organisations5
Coins1
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Cookery Collection2
Brotherton Collection2
Herbert Read Collection1
Coin Collection1

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Miro, Joan, 1893-19831
Dupin, Jacques1

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Archive Item

Papyrus Fragment

n.d.

Papyrus fragment labelled as 'BC Papyrus 1'. Unknown provenance and no accompanying information.

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Archive Object Item

Seated figure of a goddess

2500BCE-500 CE

A framed painting on plaster, labelled: "Seated figure of a goddess (Sekhet?), the head surmounted by a disc round which is twined the solar uraeus. Before her stands a figure with upraised arms, mak...

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Archive Item

Linen Fragment

n.d.

Framed linen fragment, backed with paper and inscribed on the back by E.B describing some of the provenance of the item.

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Archive Object Item

section of hieroglyphs

No date

A section of plaster with Egyptian Hieroglyphs, referenced as from Karnak, Ancient Thebes. Hieroglyphs include birds, and are set between lined borders. There is a semi-circle decoration on the lowe...

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Archive Object Item

cuneiform tablet (fragments)

No date

A cuneiform tablet completely broken into many small fragments of red clay.

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Archive Object Item

stone tablet

No date

Although referenced as a cuneiform tablet in listings, this item is made from black stone with white veining, possibly diorite. It is shaped and has several scratch marks that may be manmade. There...

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Archive Object Item

cuneiform tablet

No date

A pink clay cuneiform tablet broken into two pieces and with a corner missing. Dark staining on the join suggests it had been glued back together. Some script seen on one side, mostly on the smaller s...

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