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Squat mummiform body wearing a lappet wig encircled at the top by a sash band, with crossed arms and hands holding black-painted hoes, a seed bag across the mid-back, and a column of black-painted hieroglyphic text on the lower body reading: 'The Osiris, Ten-ankhet, true of voice.' 74.17 grams, 96 mm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Comprising: an alabaster fragment with two deeply incised lines and part of a hieroglyph; a portion of a narrow rectangular inkwell with two feet on the underside; a fragment of an opaque blue glass vessel with dark blue, yellow and white decoration; and a fragment of a decorated Mycenaean vessel. 94 grams total, 29-78 mm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Kneeling jackal-headed figure wearing a pleated shendyt - kilt and holding regalia in its hands; on an integral, tongue-shaped base with a suspension loop at the back. 13.6 grams total, 34 mm including stand



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

An interesting amulet. The jackal-headed figure is likely Anubis, the prominent funerary deity, though it could also be Wepwawet or Duamutef, one of the Four Sons of Horus.

Oblate type with incuse cartouche of Akhenaten. 4.96 grams, 27 mm



Acquired 7th February 1962, for 5 shillings. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.87.

This mould was probably used to produce a jewellery element, an inlay, or an amulet.

Including a moulded mummiform bust, a camel's head and pottery items. 200 grams total, 46-67 mm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Fashioned from a dense flint nodule, retaining part of its original rough cortex. 140 grams, 48 mm



From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.

Comprising a tanged arrowhead, three leaf-shaped tools, a tongue-shaped with a fading inked inscription, one triangular-shaped with knapped edge. 97 grams total, 45-98 mm



From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.

Comprising: an elongated lanceolate blade tapering to a point at each end, a slightly shorter knife or specialised scraper with a rounded end and a gently curved cutting edge, and a tabular flint scraper with an inked collector's note. 67.4 grams total, 4.2-12.2 cm



Found Luxor and near the Great Pyramid. From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.

Biconvex in profile with broad cutting edge; marked in ink 'W Thebes 1912' and old paper label 'A.D Passmore (ex Sotheby) P.A. Clayton Colls'. 325 grams, 95 mm



Found in the desert west of Thebes, Egypt, 1912. Ex A.D. Passmore collection. Acquired from Sotheby's, 16 June 1959 (part), £4.10. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten identification card written by Peter Clayton.

Irregular limestone fragment with a finely incised wedjat motif; traces of blue and coral-pink pigment; mounted on a custom-made stand. 139 grams total, fragment: 86 mm wide



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Plano-convex in section with smoothed upper face; collector's findspot note to underside 'Dolorite pounder. Unfinished obelisk quarry at Aswan. 1976, February'. 660 grams, 10.9 cm



Found at the unfinished obelisk quarry at Aswan, 1976. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Dolerite pounders are hand-held stone tools, widely used in Egypt for quarrying and dressing granite and other hard rocks.

Hemispherical type with rounded rim. 275 grams, 13.2 cm wide



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Hemispherical bowls were used for a long period and have been found in royal and non-royal contexts.