Bristol City Council : Museum Collections

bracelet (replica)

World Archaeology - Egyptology (Cast23)

Replica bracelet featuring 13 gold and 14 turquoise flat figures of a falcon on top of a mastaba/ temple.

cast

World Archaeology - Egyptology (Cast22)

Cast of a statue of the head of Pharaoh Akhnaten. Khaki colour.

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textile

World Archaeology - Egyptology (1537.TET)

New linen cut into strips.

animal remains

World Archaeology - Egyptology (1564.TET)

Mummified kitten.

wall relief

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H2740.1)

Figure (of a nome) in relief with a tray loaded with offerings. There are three columns of hierogylphs above the scene and a column to the right which includes two cartouches. The hieroglyphs are unreadable.

canopic jar

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5118), Amset

'Imsety' canopic jar lid. A fired clay jar lid, modelled in the shape of a man's head with large black wig. His face is painted yellow-green with black details on the eyes. There is a lip around the bottom to keep the lid on the jar, and there is a red 'men' hieroglyph painted on this. There is a label '58' stuck to it's head.

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funerary cone

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5120)

A pottery cone, dark red and black with a plain base.

figurine

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5102)

Model of a hawk, carved from one piece of wood with a long tail and a base extending from its feet. There is a hole drilled in the base with the remains of a wooden peg which would have attached the object to a base object. There are traces of thin white plaster on parts of the object, and probably would have been painted in various colours originally.

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statue

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5076)

Top of a statue pilaster of Khaemwese (fourth son of Rameses II), perhaps with battered crown at the front. The pilaster is covered with hieroglyphs.

human remains

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5074.3)

A human male mummified adult (unwrapped). The man was called Djed-Khonsu-iu-ankh. Most of the bandages are missing and his stomach has caved in. The stomach cavity was filled with mud, the skin is broken off in places. The chest cavity has collapsed. The neck shows wrinkles where the bandages squeezed the flesh. The head is angled back, with the mouth open. The fingers were individually wrapped. The mummified body has been unwrapped, though the last layers of bandages remain in places where they were stuck with resin. The feet were broken off and not unwrapped: they lie at the bottom of the case. The tissue is smooth and very dark. The body was damaged (? post-unwrapping) around the stomach and hips, and the pelvic bone is partially visible. Old fragments of glass were discovered amongst the bandaging (from time of unwrapping?) (15/04/2008).

coffin

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5075)

A rectangular wooden box, black on the outside and white on the inside. The outside has a painted decoration, of registers of gods and prayers. One side is darkened (by soot?) and the decoration is only faintly visible as lines. Isis and Nephthys at each end. Dark stain around the top edge may be a woodworm treatment: the wood is badly damaged by worm, with a (modern) repair in one corner using linen. The floor is made of planks of wood. Traces of salting inside the base.

relief

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5078)

Bas relief, from left to right: seated man with a standing man infront of him; hieroglyphs including a cartouche; the profile of a priest (wearing a leopard skin); two registers of kneeling gods with hieroglyphs. It is carved into thick stone.

relief

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5077)

Bas relief, from left to right: three figures holding hands (left figure is almost gone) with hieroglyphs including a cartouche above; three columns of hieroglyphs with a group of three figures.

funerary cone

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5119)

A pottery cone, dark red and black stamped, raised hieroglyphs on the base. There are four rows of hieroglyphs, and it is chipped in three places.

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Sculpture

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5135)

A black carved wooden figure of a jackal lying down with tall pointed ears and carved eyes. The main body would have sat on top of a box or shrine, and is flat with a long tail which would have hung down from the base.

tile

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5100)

4 glazed tiles, all circular with cream petaled flower which has a yellow applied centre. Two are large, two are small. One of each size is mauve and the other is pink.

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human remains

World Archaeology - Egyptology (H5062.3)

Mummified human adult female. Her title was "Lady of the House, Neskhons". The bandages are in a herring bone pattern across her chest, horizontal across her abdomen and legs and diagonal across her lower legs. Hole at the thorax.

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shabti

World Archaeology - Egyptology (Ha5447), ushabti

Six faience 'shabti' figurines of varying sizes. Tied to a piece of black card. One of the largest shabtis is inscribed down the front of the body. 4 of the shabtis have collector's stickers with the number "6" on.

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World Archaeology - Egyptology (Ha5449.1)

An arrowhead, made from iron. It has a roughly triangular cross-section with a rounded shaft. The whole is very rough.

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World Archaeology - Egyptology (Ha5449.2)

An arrowhead, made from iron. It has a roughly triangular cross-section with a rounded shaft. The whole is very rough.

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World Archaeology - Egyptology (Ha5449.3)

An arrowhead, made from iron. It has a roughly triangular cross-section with a rounded shaft. The whole is very rough.

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food

World Archaeology - Egyptology (Ha5452)

Two brown, irregular lumps of bread.

human remains

World Archaeology - Egyptology (Ha5453)

10 human adult fingers [from the same mummified body], including one with part of the hand. They are all covered in linen and gilded in gold leaf, all of which (and the flesh) have come away in some places. 10 digits present including proximal, middle and distal phalanges with proximal phanges exposed. Consistent with a single adult individual.

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scarab

World Archaeology - Egyptology (Ha5450)

Large flat based amulet with naturalistic carving on one side. Incised inscription on base. Green painted plaster (?). Reproduction.

shabti

World Archaeology - Egyptology (Ha5451), shabti

Mummiform figurine. Wood. Roughly carved.