Objects

Medical prescription by Ibn El Afeif, Fostat, Mamluk Period (9th century AH / 15th century AD), 16 x 10 cm.

Qur’an kareem in thuluth script in black and red ink with gold illuminated paper and stamped leather binding, Mamluk Period (AH 842 – 857 / AD 1438 – 1453), 8 x 11 cm.

Grey granite statue of Amenardis, the “Divine wife of Amon” and princess of Thebes, Luxor, Dynasty 25 (8th – 7th century BC), 109 cm.

Silver coin, Alexandria, Ptolemy I Soter I (ca. 367 – 283 BC), Ø 2.8 cm.

Limestone frieze in high relief with vegetal motif, Behnasa or Baouît, ca. AD 390, 35 x 90 cm.

Lion attacking an antelope wooden relief, Aphroditopolis (Kom Ishqaw), 6th – 7th century AD, 35.2 x 26.3 cm.

Tempera icon showing the Holy Family, 19th century AD, 84 x 55.5 x 1 cm.

Ceramic ostracon with Coptic text (tax receipt), Thebes, first half of the 8th century AD, 7.7 x 5.6 x 0.9 cm.

Woven wool and flax textile fragment, 3rd – 9th century AD, 96 x 102 cm.

Parchment double-leaf with text from the Old Testament (Book of Exodus), probably from Sohag, 7th century AD, 32.8 x 53.8 cm.