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There are 28 objects for which Decoration contains → kind
2007.10.2.206 A giant (man with snakes for legs) wrestling with some kind of creature
2007.10.2.298 Naked male figure seated and playing a lyre. The figure is surrounded by armour and weaponry: a helmet to his left, a shield with a face at its centre at his feet to the right, and a sword hanging from some kind of frame or resting against it. The figure is possibly identified as Achilles as he was found by the embassy from Agamemnon at the beginning of book IX of Homer's Iliad.
2008.2.1.99 Profile view of a bald man facing right. He is wearing some kind of fabric around his neck that ties or hangs in the front.
2009.8.12 Profile of a man wearing some kind of fur, looking right. Could be a lion's fur. Cast number: 2
2009.8.25 A dancing woman with ribbons flying around her, carrying some kind of vessel. There is also an inscription next to her. Cast number: 138
2009.8.274 A cow wearing some kind of crown. Above her are the insignia of the pharaoh. A bird sitting on a branch, maybe a hawk, referring to Horus. A sun with wings above it all. Cast number: 5
2009.8.281 Profile of a woman with a lavish hairstyle, maybe a tiara, looking left. The top of her clothes can be seen. There is a symbol or some kind of musical instrument on her left side. Cast number: 12
2009.8.91 A sphinx. Some kind of creature above its head. A bell on its left side. Cast number: 35
2009.9.10 A woman with a hooded head wearing some kind of flower crown or a feather, looking right. Cast number: 24
2009.9.102 A naked winged child sitting in some kind of vessel, a quiver is hanging from his back. Cast number: 35
2009.9.120 Two naked children wearing cloaks. The one on the left side is winged and holding a snake (?) in his hand. The other one holds some kind of scepter or a cornucopia. Cast number: 53
2009.9.13 A man in a robe wearing some kind of crown, looking left and holding a scepter. Cast number: 27
2009.9.141 Two naked winged children are fighting over / holding some kind of vessel or flower. A third naked winged child is riding a dolphin in the water. Cast number: 75
2009.9.162 Two naked children with wings, facing and embracing each other. The one on the left side is wearing some kind of robe. Cast number: 96
2009.9.18 A woman sitting on a flower chair, holding a scepter, wearing some kind of flower crown or feather, sitting in a skiff, looking left. Inscription in Greek letters around her. Cast number: 32
2009.9.25 Profile of a man wearing an aureole and some kind of wear. The top of his cloak can be seen, looking right. There is a "C" or a half moon on the right side. Cast number: 39
2009.9.27 A human figure with a lions head surrounded by some kind of halo, looking right. Maybe Sekhmet. Cast number: 41
2009.9.45 A naked man holding some kind of vessel in his left hand and two ears of cereal in his right hand. On his left side is a naked child or a small woman holding a cornucopia. Cast number: 59
2009.9.53 A lioness in the middle, maybe representing Sekhmet. On her right side a man's head with a beard, on her left side, some kind of figure. Cast number: 67
2009.9.70 A herme with the torso of a satyr with an erect penis, an ecstatically dancing half naked woman holding a puppet or little man playing the flute in a hand. On her right side a small man sitting in some kind of basket playing another musical instrument. Cast number: 3
2009.9.8 A woman holding a basket in her left hand, offering some kind of vessel to the naked winged child in the middle or the man on the right. The man and the woman are wearing what looks like a crown. The man is offering a ball or a fruit to the woman and holding a stick in his left hand. Cast number: 22
2009.9.81 A naked winged young man holding some kind of insect (?) in his hand. Cast number: 14
2009.9.84 A herme of a young naked winged man holding an insect, maybe a butterfly in one hand and some kind of scepter in the other. Cast number: 17
2009.9.92 A winged naked child standing next to a pole holding some kind of animal in his hand. Cast number: 25
E.23.18 Head only (more rounded than E23.17 and heavier) and part of the headdress. Brown pigment on face, black and white pigment for eyes. It is unclwear what kind of decoration there was on the headdress, however both the carved and painted facial features are very distinct.
E.23.53 Originally green in colour although little remains. The shabti is decorated in black pigment the details being a hieroglyph inscription up/down the legs, a crook, a basket (both denoting work and being'held' by the figure) and some kind of head decoration.
E.62.3 Fragment of Memphite stele with figure worshipping and offering to Ptah, god of Memphis. The God can only be seen in the form of an arm and the crook he holds. The offering table between them holds a vase and two loaves. The underside of the frament appears to have rough inscriptions like some kind of practice work.
E.79.2 Such an offering plate was placed in a tomb to provide food for the deceased after death. The plate is oval in shape made with clay and a red slip. Offered here are two loaves of bread, a trussed bull and a leg of beef. The cross channel on the plate allowed the water that was ritually placed in the bowl to drain away down the hole. The water was placed there to moisten the food and provide a kind of magical soup for the deceased.
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