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Large
statue of seated Egyptian king made of plaster. Cast
in the early 1900's.
Not authentic This is a very fine
replica or perhaps cast very similar to the black granite
seated Amenhotep III in the BM, from which it may be
copied. The statue has several layers of modern pigment
which obscure some of the details, such as the king's
name on his belt. The name appears to be Mer-maat-ra
(Seti I), but might be Neb-maat-ra (Amenhotep III).
Dimensions 8'Hx24'Wx3'10"D
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Mud
brick with seal stamped on bottom. This
mud brick seems to have been stamped with a seal under
present conditions of display. It is not possible to make
out the hierogliphs or to suggest a date.
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Collection
of (11) Ptolemaic coins. The
collection contains a number of Ptolemaic coins. Though
somewhat corroded, thay are legible and the images of
the kings and eagles are clear. There are Roman and Coptic
coins as well.
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Large
plaster cast of winged bull, early 1900's This
very large piece is in excellent condition and gives a good
sense of the scale of Assyrian art and of it's iconographical
content. The winged bull os a cast or copy of a Lamassu,
a guardian of one of the doorways of the pallace of the
Assyrian King.
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Reverse
side of Winged Bull (opposite)
On the other side of this huge cast
is a Protective Spirit similar to the British Museum's winged
eagle-headed figure WA 102487 holds a bucket in one hand
and a cone called a purifier in the other. He is brightly
coloured.
The Protective Figure does not guard a Tree of Life as he
would in Assurbanipal's palace, but a series of copies of
reliefs from Assyrian palaces, most if not all from the
British museum collection. Chariots, lion hunts and Assurbanipal
and his queen in a garden are very well reproduced
Dimesions 10'6"H x 10'4"W x 6'D
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(10) additional plaster items cast in the early 1900's.
There are a number of good quality
plaster casts of private funerary and stela of the late
New Kingdom and Third Intermediate period. |
Small
plaster casts, early 1900's. The
Niagara Falls Museum holds a number of smaller casts, chiefly
from the tomb of Seti I and on biblical theme. These replica
casts were well made but are now covered with a thick layer
of modern paint.
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canopic jars made in the early 1900's This
set of plaster canopic jars may be modern but it so faithfully
reproduces the style of the XXV-XXVI Dynasties. The faces
of the four Sons of Horus are clear and expressive the colours
are accurate and the tones authentic |
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Set
of seven plaster canopic jars made in the early 1900's
The jars are dummy style with only
5 centimeters of empty space inside and clearly never used
to conatin organs. |
Large
plaster cast of Assyrian obelisk. Early 1900's Though
now painted cream and brown,this is a faithful copy of the
Black Obelisk in the British Museum. The original was discovered
by A. H. Layard at Nimurd in 1846. It is decorated with
twenty small reliefs with cuneform inscriptions recording
the campaigns of the Assyrian king Shaimaneser III9R 868-824
bce
One side shows tribute from the Eastern part of his empire
including Bactrian camels and Indian elephants and monkeys.
The most famous scene on it show an Israelite king, 'Jehu,
son of Omri', in submission to the Assyrian king. The Assyrians
did not know, or perhaps did not care that Ahab not Jehu
was Omri's son. Jehu was a usurper who was one of Ahabs
successors. The biblical versionof these events can be found
in I Kings 16 15:28 and II Kings 9-10.
Dimensions 80"H x 24"W v 17"D. |
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