1. Amulet with a Stylized Figure of Heh, the God of Eternity

Date:

ca. 1938-1700 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Abydos, Egypt

Time period:

Middle Kingdom

Medium:

Electrum

Extent:

7/16 x 7/16 in. (1.1 x 1.1 cm)

2. Aramaic Papyrus

Creator:

Aramaic

Date:

Oct. 1, 399 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Thebes, Egypt
Abydos, Egypt
Memphis, Egypt
Elephantine, Egypt

Time period:

Late Period

Medium:

Papyrus, ink

Extent:

Overall: 5 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (12.8 × 24.2 cm) Glass: 8 x 13 in. (20.3 x 33 cm)

3. Arrowhead

Date:

ca. 3500-3100 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Abydos, Egypt
Fayum Region, Egypt

Time period:

Predynastic Period, Naqada II Period or later

Medium:

Flint

Extent:

13/16 x 2 3/4 in. (2.1 x 7 cm)

4. Cartonnage Funerary Assembly

Date:

305-30 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Egypt
Abydos, Egypt

Time period:

Ptolemaic Period-late Dynastic Period

Medium:

Cartonnage, pigment, gold leaf

Extent:

Fragment a: 13 9/16 x 10 1/4 in. (34.5 x 26 cm) Fragment b: 9 1/16 x 14 3/4 in. (23 x 37.5 cm) Fragment c: 5 1/2 x 12 3/16 in. (14 x 31 cm) Fragment d: 5 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (14.3 x 35 cm) Fragment e: 6 3/8 x 18 7/8 in. (16.2 x 48 cm) Fragment f: 6 15/16 x 9 1/16 in. (17.7 x 23 cm) 7 x 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 17.8 x 22.9 cm)

5. Decorated Vase

Date:

ca. 1479-1425 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Abydos, Egypt

Time period:

New Kingdom

Medium:

Clay, slip

Extent:

3 3/4 × Diam. 4 1/8 in. (9.5 × 10.5 cm)

6. Dish

Creator:

Greek
Attic

Date:

4th century B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Greece
Abydos, Egypt

Medium:

Clay, slip

Extent:

2 1/16 × 4 9/16 × 6 9/16 in. (5.3 × 11.6 × 16.7 cm)

7. False-Door Stela of a Woman

Date:

ca. 2195-1979 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Abydos, Egypt

Time period:

First Intermediate Period to Middle Kingdom

Medium:

Limestone

Extent:

25 3/16 x 15 15/16 x 4 1/2 in., 100 lb. (64 x 40.5 x 11.4 cm, 45.36kg)

8. Figure of Squatting Monkey Holding a Palm Tree Trunk

Date:

ca. 1938-1759 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Abydos, Egypt

Time period:

Middle Kingdom (probably)

Medium:

Limestone

Extent:

12 3/16 × 2 3/16 × 3 3/4 in. (31 × 5.5 × 9.5 cm)

9. Figure of a Crouching Toad

Date:

ca. 4400-3100 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Abydos, Egypt
el-Mahasna, Egypt

Time period:

Predynastic Period

Medium:

Steatite

Extent:

1 1/4 × 1 7/8 in. (3.1 × 4.7 cm)

10. Figure of a Frog

Date:

ca. 3000-2675 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Abydos, Egypt

Time period:

Early Dynastic Period

Medium:

Terracotta

Extent:

2 1/16 x 3 13/16 in. (5.2 x 9.7 cm)

11. Figure of a Frog

Date:

ca. 3000-2675 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Abydos, Egypt

Time period:

Early Dynastic Period

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm) Base: 2 3/16 x 1 1/2 in. (5.5 x 3.8 cm)

12. Figure of a Frog

Date:

ca. 3000-2675 B.C.E.

Geographic region:

Abydos, Egypt

Time period:

Early Dynastic Period

Medium:

Faience

Extent:

1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm) Base: 1 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (3.8 x 4.1 cm)