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Statuette, terracotta, Egyptian goddess Isis.
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Greek stamnos. Red-figure
ware. De Pass Collection (SACHM1339)
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The Ancient and Classical Cultures are well represented by artefacts
from Egypt dating from the Predynastic to Graeco-Roman Periods. The
Predynastic and Early Dynastic artefacts, mainly pottery, are from
Kafr-Tarkhan and were excavated by Flinders Petrie. A catalogue of
Tarkhan ceramics is available. The collection also includes objects
from Tell el-Amarna, which were excavated by Petrie, as well as artefacts
excavated by Sir Guy Brunton.
Forming part of the Ancient Near Eastern collection are cuneiform
tablets that are mostly of Neo-Babylonian origin, with one being Sumerian.
These are mainly from the Offord collection and have been translated
by Peter Hulin. They are mentioned in The Neo-Babylonian Ebabbar Temple
at Sippar: its administration and its prosopography by A.C.V.M. Bongenaar
published by ‘Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut’
in Istanbul in 1997. Babylonian and Akkadian cylinder seals from the
De Pass collection are also represented.
From Greece is the valuable De Pass collection of Attic Red-figure
vases and Attic Black-figure vases. Some of them are listed in Sir
John Beazley’s books. John Boardman and Maurice Pope undertook
published research on the vases. Black-and-white photographs are available.
Rome is also well presented by various pieces obtained by donation
or purchase. The collection includes ancient Roman glass, ceramic
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