SARCOPHAGUS

Painted wood 
Late Pharonic 
Egypt, Africa 
Gift of Daniel and Karen Scheckter 
Wright Museum 91.29

This wooden lid was probably an inner sarcophagus which contained the mummy of the deceased. Its preservation is due to the fact that it was contained with a larger stone sarcophagus.

SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT(?)

Granite 
Ancient Egypt 
Donated by Robert Solem 
LMA 4998

This large, curved granite piece, about 16 inches in height, may have been part of a sarcophagus. The figure on the right is Thoth, the ibis-headed god of wisdom.

BLACK-RIMMED POTTERY

Ceramic 
Pre-Dynastic, Naqada I Period, ca. 3600 BCE
Upper Egypt, Africa 
Museum Exchange 
LMA 3203/3, 4 and 6

These vessels were made without the use of a potter's wheel, fashioned instead by hand. They are characteristic of the Naqada culture, the most significant of prehistoric Upper Egypt.

CYLINDER VASE

Alabaster 
Egypt, Africa 
Museum Exchange 
LMA 3202

COSMETICS JARS

Alabaster 
Egypt, Africa 
Herbert S. and Sonia Bleeker Zim Collection 
LMA 3202/2 and 8987

HEART SCARAB

Stone 
Dynasty XXVI, ca. 600 BCE
Egypt, Africa 
Gift of Miss Hazel Bartlett 
LMA 4085

The scarab symbolizes the young sun-god and embodies the life which is continually renewed from the underworld. This rather large piece (about 10 cm) is carved from a red and black stone.

SCARABS

Faience and steatite (center)
Dynasty XVI, CA. 1600 BCE
Egypt, North Africa 
Gift of Mary Ripley Goodwin 
Wright Museum 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

USHABTI

Faience
Dynasty XXI, CA. 1000 BCE
Egypt, North Africa 
Gift of Mary Ripley Goodwin 
Wright Museum 12.1