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Eternal Egypt: Qur'an Stand
A Qur'an stand made of wood and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The stand consists of the support for the Qur'an and a base. The main decoration on both sides of the support starts at the edges with indented designs of geometrical and...
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Eternal Egypt: Small Gold Vase
The body of this vase is decorated with beads resembling pomegranates. The neck contains floral motifs, while the handle is decorated with a calf.
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Eternal Egypt: Glass Candle Stand
This candle stand is supported on a triangular base, which is decorated above with a braided motif.
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Eternal Egypt: Woolen Tulunid Fragment
This piece of woolen fabric from the Tulunid period has animal and plant motifs in white, blue, and red.
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Eternal Egypt: Large Four Handled Vase
Large four-handled pottery vase decorated on the neck and shoulder with floral motifs, from the tomb of Kha.
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Eternal Egypt: Bell With the Dwarf God Bes
The bell is a calotte shape and is richly decorated. The handle is decorated with two representations of the dwarf god Bes and the sides are decorated with four different motifs. It was found without its tongue and its suspension ring.
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Eternal Egypt: Metal Box of Ibn Al Malatif
This rectangular brass box with silver inlay dates from the Mamluk era. It is decorated with geometric and plant motifs as well as Naskh inscriptions.
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Eternal Egypt: Rectangular Decorated Coffer
Small coffer with a double slanted lid, ornamented with motifs in yellow, green, white and black, comes from the tomb of Kha. The box was found empty.
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Eternal Egypt: Lance With Floral Decoration
A lance that consists of a wooden pole, to which the metal spearhead is attached. It is decorated with an interlaced floral motif and with a Naskh inscription.
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Eternal Egypt: Jar With Bolti Fish Decoration
This jar, or zeir, is used for storing dry goods. The decorative motif portrays a big bolti fish and other symbols of Christianity.
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Guilloche Ornament Painted on Burnt Clay, From the Ruins of Nineveh
Guilloche, usually spelled without the acute accent on the final e, describes a repetitive architectural pattern widely used in classical Greece and Rome, consisting of two ribbons that wind around a series of regular central points....
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