This is a complete list of objects in the catalogue and exhibition, including provenance.
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1
Fragmentary spear point
Probably early Gerzean (circa 3500 BC)
Chert
L: 4.5 in. (11.4 cm), W: 1.5 in. (3.8 cm)
Excavated by W.M.F. Petrie at Negadeh, 1894-5; Ex collection Professor Paul Arthur, Archaeologist, University of Lecce, Italy
Ink notation: "A.;" paper label: [Illegible word] "1896, Negadeh, W.M.F. Petrie, 1894-5"

2
Hand axe
Upper Acheulian (600,000-250,000 BC)
Chert
L: 5 in. (12.7 cm), W: 3.75 in. (9.5 cm)
Ex collection Sterling Callisen (1899-1988); Callisen traveled extensively throughout his life as a museum administrator, educator, and collector. Several objects from his collection of Egyptian art are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

3
Concave-base arrowhead
Neolithic (5500-4300 BC)
Chert
L: 2 in. (5.1 cm), W: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Ex collection Edward Budde, New York; Budde assembled an impressive collection of arms and antiquites from Egypt and the Levant in the 1940s and 50s.

4
Concave-base arrowhead
Neolithic (5500-4300 BC)
Chert
L: 2 in. (5.1 cm), W: 1.5 in. (3.8 cm)
Ex collection Edward Budde, New York

5
Bowl
Dynasty 3 (2686-2613 BC)
Steatite
H: 2.4 in. (6.1 cm), D: 7.4 in. (18.8 cm)
Ex collection Allen L. Owens, Connecticut; auctioned at Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 4, 1969, sale no. 2946, lot no. 49
Paper labels: "PB 49" and "V915"

6
Cup with flared sides
Dynasty 3 (2686-2613 BC)
Limestone
H: 3.25 in. (8.3 cm), D: 4.25 in. (10.8 cm)
Smith collection

7
Alabastron
Late Period (760-330 BC)
Alabaster
H: 8.75 in. (22.2 cm), D: 1.875 in. (4.8 cm)
Smith collection: "Bodley Dec. 26 '40, from Vose collection.;" No information has been discovered concerning the Vose collection.

8
Kohl pot
Dynasty 18 (1558-1303 BC)
Diorite
H: 2.3125 in. (5.9 cm), D: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Smith collection: "From the Buckle collection, found near Memphis in 1862. Used in temples about the time of Moses. Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 105, Jan. 29, 1940 (50-) Collection of 14 175.-"

9
Small cosmetic bowl
Middle Kingdom (2040-1633 BC)
Alabaster
H: 2.25 in. (5.7 cm), D: 1.625 in. (4.1 cm)
Smith collection: "From the Buckle collection, found in Memphis in 1862. Used in temples about the time of Moses. Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 106, Jan. 29, 1940 (15-) Collection of 14 175-"

10
Footed kohl jar
Second Intermediate Period (1786-1558 BC)
Alabaster
H: 1.375 in. (3.5 cm), D: 1.375 in. (3.5 cm)
Smith collection: "Buckle collection, found near Memphis in 1862. Used in temples about the time of Moses. Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 110, Jan. 29, 1940 (12-) Collection of 14 175.-"

11
Shallow carinated bowl
Early Dynastic to Old Kingdom (3100-2160 BC)
Alabaster
H: 1.625 in. (4.1 cm), W: 3.75 in. (9.5 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 100, Sept. 13, 1937 10.-"

12
Kohl pot
New Kingdom (1558-1085 BC)
Hematite
H: 1.375 in. (3.5 cm), D: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Smith collection: "From the Buckle collection, found near Memphis in 1862. Used in temples about the time of Moses. Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 107, Jan. 29, 1940 (15-) Collection of 14 175.-"

13
Miniature vessel
Late period (760-330 BC)
Alabaster
H: 1.25 in. (3.2 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, found near Memphis in 1862. Used in temples about the time of Moses. Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 111, Jan. 29, 1940 (10-) Collection of 14 175.-"

14
Kohl pot
Dynasty 18 (1558-1303 BC)
Steatite
H: 2.5 in. (6.4 cm), D: 2.5 in. (6.4 cm)
Smith collection: "Buckle Collection, found near Memphis in 1862. Used in temples about the time of Moses. Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 75, Jan. 29, 1940 15.-"

15
Cylindrical beaker
Dynasty 1 (3100-2890 BC)
Alabaster
H: 6.25 in. (15.9 cm), D: 4.25 in. (10.8 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks Oct. 12, 1937 15.-"

16
Papyrus manuscript
Ptolemaic Period (304-30 BC)
Papyrus, pigment
L: 12.5 in. (31.8 cm), W: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Smith collection: "David Aug '48 125.-"; E. S. David was a Long Island antiquities dealer of Middle Eastern descent who was active in the 1930s-1950s.

17
Scribe's brush pot
Dynasty 19 (1303-1200 BC)
Faience
H: 1.75 in. (4.2 cm), D: 1.3125 in. (3.3 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection found near Memphis in 1862. Used in temples about the time of Moses. Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 116, Jan. 29, 1940 (8.-) Collection of 14 175.-"

18
Sarcophagus panel
Late Period (760-330 BC)
Cartonnage, wood, pigment
L: 10.25 in. (26 cm), W: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Ex collection Edward Budde, New York

19
Face from a sarcophagus
Third Intermediate Period (1085-715 BC)
Wood (probably acacia), gesso, pigment
L: 10.75 in. (27.3 cm), W: 10.5 in. (26.7 cm)
Ex collection Charles Dikran Kelekian; The Kelekians were an Armenian family who were well established in the Parisian antiquities trade in the 1920s. Charles Dikran Kelekian came to New York shortly after World War II and established his own business in Manhattan where he became a well-respected antiquarian and deaaler. The present object was acquired abourt 1974 from Kelekian's shop where, according to the purchaser, its presence had been noted for some years previously (Taylor: 1997).

20
Fragment of a sarcophagus
Late Period (760-330 BC)
Cartonnage, pigment
L: 5.5 in. (14 cm), W: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
From an old New England collection

21
Head
New Kingdom (1558-1085 BC)
Stone
L: 1.125 in. (2.9 cm)
Smith collection

22
Figure of a kneeling rower
First Intermediate Period-early Middle Kingdom (circa 2160-1991 BC)
Wood, pigment
H: 7.875 in. (20 cm)
Smith collection: "From Count Colona Walewski Collection, Bot of Bodley Jan. 13, 1941 18.-"; Count Alexandre Florian Joseph Colonna Walewski (1810-1868) was the illigitimate son of Polish countess Francoise de Bernardy and Napoleon Boneparte, whose exploits in Egypt initiated Europeís collection and study of Egyptian civilization in the modern era. Count Walewski, as stipulated in Boneparteís will, labored in the diplomatic service of France, most notably under Napoleon III; however there is no indication that he visited Egypt (de Bernardy 1957: passim).

23
Standing figure from a model
First Intermediate Period-early Middle Kingdom (circa 2160-1991 BC)
Wood, pigment
H: 9.25 in. (23.5 cm)
Ex Cairo Museum
Paper label: "Boatman from Funery (sic) Bark. Cairo Museum. 1906. C.M.L."

24
Shabty of Ta-Rekhet
Dynasty 19 (1303-1200 BC)
Wood, pigment
L: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 5, Mar.. 22, 1940 (50-) Collection of 10 175.-"

25
Shabty
Dynasty 18-19 (1558-1200 BC)
Alabaster
L: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Excavated by W.M.F. Petrie at Gurob; Smith collection: From the Price Coll. April 17, 1942 Bodley 35.-

26
Shabty of Pa-di-Ptah
Dynasties 25-26 (760-525 BC)
Faience, pigment
L: 2.875 in. (7.3 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 25, Aug. 27, 1937 25.-"

27
Shabty
Dynasties 27-30 (525-341 BC)
Faience
L: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Ex Burton Holmes collection; Smith collection: "Bodley Dec. 20 '40"; Burton Holmes (1870-1958) was a traveler, photographer, and the author of the travelogue The World is Mine (1953)

28
Shabty
Dynasties 27-30 (525-341 BC)
Faience
L: 3.375 in. (8.6 cm)
Smith collection

29
Shabty
New Kingdom, possibly Dynasty 18 (1558-1303 BC)
Stone, pigment
L: 4.375 in. (11.1 cm)
With a mid-19th century paper label glued to the front of the body, the text of which is reproduced on an accompaning tag, circa 1900: "Stone model of a mummy found in a tomb in Egypt, probably as old as the time of Moses"

30
Shabty of Rameses-Nakht
Dynasties 19-20 (1303-1085 BC)
Faience
L: 5.5 in. (14 cm)
Ex collection Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson; During the 1920s, Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson amassed a large collection of antiquities. The majority of their collection was a superb selection of ancient glass, which they donated to the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1940s (Alexander 1994: 12-13); a smaller group of objects, including the present example, descended in the Robinson family.

31
Shabty of Pa-Sen
Dynasty 21 (1085-945 BC)
Faience
L: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Ex collection Arnold Coward; Coward, a survivor of Nazi torture, founded a small private museum in Honolulu to exhibit an eclectic assemblage of artifacts, including torture devices, memento mori, and a number of significant Egyptian pieces.Coward, a survivor of Nazi torture, founded a small private museum in Honolulu to exhibit an eclectic assemblage of artifacts, including torture devices, memento mori, and a number of significant Egyptian pieces.

32
Shabty of Horemheb
Dynasty 30-Ptolemaic Period (378-30 BC)
Faience
L: 6.25 in. (15.9 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, Aug. 1937 45.-"

33
Shabty of Imhotep
Dynasties 27-30 (525-341 BC)
Faience
L: 7.5 in. (19 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Morgan, the dragoman [translator and guide] on the Nile in 1938 15.-"

34
Heart scarab
New Kingdom (1558-1085 BC)
Probably green jasper (nmhf)
L: 2.5 in. (6.4 cm), W: 1.75 in. (4.4 cm)
Ex collection William Tilden Blodgett (1823-1875); A co-founder, generous patron, and chairman of the first executive committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1870s, William Tilden Blodgett, was a capitalist who made his fortune in the varnish business and through real estate investments. He was also a liberal-minded reformer, a leading abolitionist, and a founder of The Nation magazine. During the last years of his life, Blodgett resided in Europe where he distinguished himself by purchasing three important collections of 17th century "Old Master" paintings, which became the nucleus of the Metropolitan Museumís collection. An avid traveler and collector, he spent time in upper Egypt in the 1870s (Tyng 1875: 42). Blodgett assembled a substantial private collection of fine art and artifacts (Tomkins 1970: 31-46).

35
Sow amulet
Third Intermediate Period (1085-715 BC) or later
Faience
L: 1.25 in. (3.2 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 165, Sept. 20, 1937 6.-"

36
Sow amulet
Third Intermediate Period (1085-715 BC) or later
Faience
L: 1.125 in. (2.9 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 239, Aug. 27, 1937 6.-"

37
Uraeus amulet
Dynasty 26 (664-525 BC) or later
Faience
L: 0.9375 in. (2.4 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot from Dr. Banks, no. 224, Sept. 1937 6.-"

38
Duck amulet
New Kingdom (1558-1085 BC)
Faience
L: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 443, Sept. 20, 1937 3.-"

39
Ibis amulet
Third Intermediate Period-Late Period (1085-330 BC)
Faience
L: 1.1875 in. (3 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 234, Sept. 20, 1937 5.-"

40
Ibis amulet
Dynasty 26 (664-525 BC)
Faience
L: 1.5 in. (3.8 cm)
From an old New England collection

41
Anubis amulet
Probably Dynasty 26 (664-525 BC) or later
Faience
L: 1.4375 in. (3.7 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 205, Aug. 27, 1937 5.-"

42
Lion-headed diety amulet
Dynasties 21-26 (1085-525 BC)
Faience
L: 2.375 in. (6 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 244, Nov. 21, 1939 11.66"

43
Bastet amulet
Dynasties 21-26 (1085-525 BC)
Faience
L: 0.75 in. (1.9 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 174, Sept. 20, 1937 3.-"

44
Taweret amulet
Dynasties 21-26 (1085-525 BC)
Faience
L: 1.625 in. (4.1 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 173, Sept. 20, 1937 4.-"

45
Khnum amulet
Probably Dynasty 26 (664-525 BC) or later
Faience
L: 1.5625 in. (4 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 216, Nov. 21, 1939 11.66"

46
Nehebkau amulet
Dynasties 21-26 (1085-525 BC)
Faience
L: 1.625 in. (4 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 171, Sept. 20, 1937"

47
Qebsennuef amulet
Dynasties 25-26 (760-525 BC)
Faience
L: 1.625 in. (4.1 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection, Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 474, Aug. 27, 1939 5.-"

48
Vase of the head of Bes
Roman Period (30 BC-450 AD)
Terra cotta
H: 5.125 in. (13 cm)
Smith collection: "From Buckle collection found near Memphis in 1862. Used in temples about the time of Moses. Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 123, Jan. 29, 1940 (40-) Collection of 14 175.-"

49
Head of Bes
Dynasty 26 (664-525 BC) or later
Faience
L: 2 in. (5.1 cm), W: 1.5625 in. (4 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 278, Nov. 21, 1939 11.66"

50
Bes amulet
Probably Ptolemaic-Roman Periods (304 BC-450 AD)
Faience
L: 1.375 in. (3.5 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 292, Nov. 21, 1939"

51
Double-faced Bes amulet
Probably Dynasty 26 (664-525 BC)
Faience
L: 2.1875 in. (5.6 cm)
Smith collection: "from Memphis, Buckle collection. Bot of Dr. Banks, Feb. 27, 1941 (35.-) 4 for 100.-"

52
Ptahtek amulet
Dynasty 26 (664-525 BC)
Faience
H: 3.375 in. (8.6 cm)
Smith collection: "from Memphis Buckle collection. Bot of Dr. Banks, Feb. 27, 1941 (30.-) 4 for 100.-"

53
Isis holding Horus
Third Intermediate Period-Late Period (1085-330 BC)
Bronze
H: 9.25 in. (23.5 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, Feb. 1939 100.-"

54
Anubis
Late Period (760-330 BC)
Bronze
L: 2.375 in. (6 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Morgan, dragoman [interpreter and guide] on the Nile in 1938 3.75"

55
Aegis of Isis
Dynasty 18 (1558-1303 BC)
Bronze
L: 4 in. (10.2 cm), W: 2.375 in. (6 cm)
Smith collection: "From Vose collection, Bot of Bodley Dec. 26, 1940 11.25"

56
Amen
Late Period (760-330 BC)
Bronze
L: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Smith collection

57
Cat
Third Intermediate Period (1085-715 BC)
Bronze
H: 1.5 in. (3.8 cm), L: 1.375 in. (3.5 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 219, Mar. 22, 1940 (15.-) Collection of 10 175.-"

58
Cat
Third Intermediate Period (1085-715 BC)
Bronze
L: 3.3125 in. (8.4 cm)
Smith collection: "May 9, 1942 Bodley 67.50"

59
Miniature sarcophagus for a snake
Late Period (760 - 330 BC)
Bronze
H: 1.25 in. (3.2 cm), L: 2 in. (5.1 cm), W: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Smith collection: "From private collection of the Duchess of Marlborough (Consuelo Vanderbilt) Bodley letter Aug. 11 '38 Bot of Bodley Book Shop, N.Y. cat. 243 Aug. 8 '39"; Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough, traveled several times to Egypt, first in 1885, where she was "impressed by the magnificent proportions of the temples," though "the tombsÖgave [her] the worst kind of claustrophobia and [she] was terrified by the hundreds of bats that clung to the low ceilings" (Balsan 1952: 16).

60
Uraeus
Late Period (760-330 BC)
Bronze
H: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Ex collection F. G. Hilton Price
Paper labels: "URAEUS emblem of goddess- Tel. Basta." and "232;" inscribed on bottom of marble base: "Tel Basta H. Price F. G. 1887"

61
Jug
Iron IIA-B period (1000-700 BC)
Terra cotta
H: 4.25 in. (10.8 cm), D: 3.25 in. (8.3 cm)
Smith collection
Excavation tag: "Iron II" "Q 17 B 23/1/50 below foundation"

62
Bowl
Iron IIA-B period (1000-700 BC)
Terra cotta
H: 3.25 in. (8.3 cm), D: 7.5 in. (19.1 cm)
Smith collection

63
Spouted vessel
Iron IIA-B period (1000-700 BC)
Terra cotta
H: 5.75 in. (14.6 cm), W: 4.875 in. (12.4 cm)
Smith collection

64
Jug
Iron IIA-B period (1000-700 BC)
Terra cotta
H: 3.75 in. (9.5 cm), D: 2.375 in. (6 cm)
Smith collection
Excavation tag: "Iron II" "Nitla Trench 1 West 22.2.50"

65
Plate
Iron IIC period (700-586 BC)
Terra cotta
D: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Smith collection

66
Miniature beaker
Persian period (586-332 BC)
Terra cotta
H: 4.75 in. (12.1 cm)
Smith collection

67
Juglet
Iron IIC period (700-586 BC)
Terra cotta
H: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Smith collection

68
Juglet
Iron IIC period (700-586 BC)
Terra cotta
H: 3.75 in. (9.5 cm)
Smith collection

69
Beaker
Iron IIC period (700-586 BC)
Terra cotta
H: 4.25 in. (10.8 cm), W: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Smith collection

70
Two-handled flagon
Early Roman period (circa 37 BC-132 AD)
Terra cotta
H: 9 in. (22.9 cm), W: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Smith collection

71
Piriform bottle
Early Roman period (circa 37 BC-132 AD)
Terra cotta
H: 7.75 in. (19.7 cm)
Smith collection

72
Piriform bottle
Early Roman period (circa 37 BC-132 AD)
Terra cotta
H: 4.5 in. (11.4 cm)
Smith collection

73
Oil lamp
Early Roman period (circa 50 BC-140 AD)
Terra cotta
L: 3.5 in. (8.9 cm)
Smith collection

74
Oil lamp
Late Hellenistic period (167-37 BC)
Terra cotta
L: 3.5 in. (8.9 cm)
Smith collection

75
Oil lamp
Early Islamic period (circa 7th century AD)
Terra cotta
L: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Smith collection
Paper label on bottom: "Arabic Roman [crossed out] lamp pool of Bethesda 1938"

76
Oil lamp
Byzantine period (6th century AD)
Terra cotta
L: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Smith collection

77
Oil lamp
Byzantine period (3rd-6th century AD)
Terra cotta
L: 3.75 in. (9.5 cm)
Smith collection

78
Oil lamp
Roman period (1st-3rd century AD)
Terra cotta
L: 3.5 in. (8.9 cm)
Smith collection

79-85
Mosaic cones
Clay
Smith No. 395 states "Tessallae, 8. Also 4 from E.S.S[mith, her sister]. Dug up by guard at base of Ziggurat at Ur in 1938"

86
Inscribed cone
1934-1924 BC
Clay
L: 4.25 in. (10.8 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, Oct. '35 15.-"

87
Inscribed cone
1934-1924 BC
Clay
L: 4.5 in. (11.4 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 2, Aug. 27, 1937, 26.-"

88
Inscribed cone
circa 1870 BC
Clay
L: 2.4 in. (6.1 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, Mar. 16, 1937 $8.-"

89
Inscribed cone
circa 2150 BC
Clay
L: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Smith collection: "David, Feb. '48 15.-"

90
Inscribed cone
2144-2124 BC
Clay
L: 4.5 in. (11.4 cm)
Smith collection

91
Plaque figure
Neo-Assyrian period (9th-7th century BC)
Clay
L: 4.875 in. (12.4 cm), W: 2.125 in. (5.4 cm)
Smith collection

92
Plaque figure
Neo-Assyrian period (9th-7th century BC)
Clay
L: 4.375 in. (11.1 cm), W: 2.25 in. (5.7 cm)
Smith collection: "Bot of Dr. Banks, no. 10, Nov. 8, 1937 25.-"