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Eternal Egypt: Board With Nine Panels
A board divided into nine panels and decorated with geometrical designs interlaced with floral designs. Some of the panels are adorned with swastika within lozenge. Other panels are decorated with five-pointed stars encompassing...
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Eternal Egypt: Board With Ebony Panels
A decorated wooden board with carved adornment that consists of three panels inlaid with ivory and ebony. The lowest panel is the largest. The panels are grouped together, decorated and they are all inlaid with ivory and ebony.
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Eternal Egypt: Marble Plaque With Eagle
A rectangular marble plaque has a main ornament in the shape of a blazon, on which is an eagle with its wings outspread over a cup, the blazon of Sultan Al-Nasir Mohamed Ibn Qala'un.
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Eternal Egypt: Limestone Ornamental Relief
This ornamental relief depicts two lions attacking a gazelle.
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Eternal Egypt: Marble Plaque in Two Pieces
A marble plaque that consists of two pieces, each of which has a circular medallion at the edge. There are interlaced floral designs inside the medallions. Between the two medallions there is an embossed inscription in Mamluk Naskh...
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Eternal Egypt: Slab With Carving of Hercules
This stone panel has a carving of Hercules with the Nemaean lion. The Copts symbolized this as the victory of the Lord over Satan.
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Eternal Egypt: Plaque of the God Serapis Seated
A plaque with raised carving of the god Serapis seated on a throne, and wearing a chiton and a gown that hangs from the left shoulder; the gown covers the lower part of his torso. He appears to be leaning on the background of the plaque.
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Eternal Egypt: Slab With a Woman and Three Kids
A sandstone slab showing a woman lying on one side; on the upper section, there is a rectangular frame containing three naked children facing forward.