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Description: | The museum holds 200 ancient Egyptian objects which are part of the Archaeology collection. This includes prehistoric material ex Arthur Croft; Romano-Egyptian material ex Gayer Anderson; ex Martyn Kennard; ex C.W. Mason and ex Rustafjaell. Classes of objects represented in the collection include: amulets; basketry/ropes; coffins; faience figures; flints; funerary cones; jewellery; metal figures; metal vessels; human remains (mummies); pottery; scarabs/sealings; shabtis; cosmetic palettes; stone figures; stone vessels; textiles; toilet articles; tomb models; and tools/weapons.
Unfortunately, much of the museum record was lost during bombing raids in 1943. However, objects are known to have come from the following locations in Egypt (with the name of the excavator/sponsor and year of excavation given where possible): Abydos (Seton-Karr Coll.); Badari (Brunton with the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1923-1925); Fayum (Caton-Thompson with the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1925, 1926); Beni Hasan (Garstang with Liverpool University, 1902-1904); el-Kab (probably excavated material but no record); Qau (Brunton and Petrie with the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1923-1924); Thebes (inc. Libyan desert; Luxor).
The collection also includes replicas from 1924 of TutankhamunÃ's tomb furniture. | Subjects: | Antiquities Ancient civilizations Antiquity Archaeological sites Archaeological objects Egyptology Archaeological excavations | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | 36 High Street
Hull,
HU1 1NQ | FAX: | 01482 613 710 | Telephone: | 01482 613 902 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6739 | Go to resource |
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