Images Dated 29th March 2008

Mobiloil enamel sign
An enamel sign advertising Mobiloil. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Mobiloil sign
An enamel sign advertising Mobiloil Oil with the distinctive Mobil company logo of Pegasus, the legendary winged horse in flight. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Head from monumental statue problably from Amenhotep III. Eg
Head from monumental red granite statue of an egyptian king wearing the double crown. Probably Amenhotep III. Around 1390 BC. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. From the temple of Mut, Karnak, Thebes

The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC

Champion Spark Plug Service Sign
Enamel sign advertising Champion Dependable Spark Plug Service. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

The Rosetta Stone. Demotic scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Detail. Demotic scripture

Isis in mourning for Osiris. Egypt
Painted wooden figurine of Isis in mourning for Osiris. 305-330 BC. Ptolemaic Period. Origin unknown. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Papyriform column. Egypt
Papyriform column of grey granite. The abacus has the name of King Amenhotep III and the axis shows the name of Merneptah of the 19th Dynasty

Egyptian mummy of a young woman
Mummy of a young woman. Dated after 30 BC. Origin unknown. Roman period. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

The Rosetta Stone. Demotic and Greek scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Demotic and Greek scripture

Queen Ahmes-Merytamun. Egypt
Limestone bust of Queen Ahmes-Merytamun, wife of Amenhotep I. Depicted with Hathor-wig. 1550 BC. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. From the temple of Karnak. Thebes. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Statue of Ankhrekhu. Egypt
Quartzite statue of Ankhrekhu. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Colossal head problably from Thutmose I. Egypt
Colossal sandstone head of an egyptian pharaoh, probably Thutmose I. Around 1500 BC. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. From Karnak, Thebes. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Statues of Sesostris III. Egypt
Three black granite statues of Sesostris III. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From the Temple of Mentuhotep, Lower South Court. Deir el-Bahri, Thebes. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Magical wand. Egypt
Magical wand of ivory of hippopotamus tusk with images depicting deities and protective spirits to ward off evil spirits. To provide magical protection for mother and child. 1750 BC. 12th Dynasty

Terracottas female figure. Egypt
Terracottas female figure. Sculpted with an elaborate hairstyle, a necklace and incised points around the navel and buttocks as a tattoo

Tombstone of Neferseshempepy. Egypt
Tombstone of Neferseshempepy, depicted with a scepter and staff with a hieroglyphic inscription. Limestone. 2150 BC. Early Dynastic or Old Kingdom. From Dendera. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

King Shamshi-Adad V
Stela of Shamshi-Adad V (824-811 BC). King of Assyria. From the Temple of Nabu, from Nimrud (Iraq). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Meroitic stela
Sandstone Meroitic stela with one of the longest known texts in meroitic language

Shabti of King Taharqa
Shabti in granite of pharaoh Taharqa. 690-664 BC. 25th Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. From the Pyramid 1 of Nuri. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Kaitep and his wife Hetepheres. Seated sculptures of polychromed limestone. 2300 BC. 5th - 6th Dynasties. Early Dynastic Period or Old Kingdom. Possibly from Giza. British Museum. London

Idrimi of Alalakh
Stone statue of King Idrimi of Alalakh seated in his throne. 1570-1500 BC. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Black basalt reliefs from Kaparas Palace. Tell Halaf
Black basalt reliefs depicting an archer, archer with lion, knight, figure with a sickle, bird, knight in armor, dogs running, palm, leopard, fishing, gathering the harvest, gryphon

Bust of egyptian pharaoh
Bust of Pharaoh, possibly Ramses II. Dated c. 1250 BC. Red granite. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Mesopotamian stone cult vessel. Uruk
Stone cult vessel with anthropomorphic decoration, supported by two heroes wearing belts. 3300-3000 BC. Late Uruk Period. Mesopotamian-Sumerian art. Probably from Uruk. British Museum. London

Hoa Hakananai a. Easter Island
Hoa Hakananai a. Human figure (moai). Basalt. 1000-1200. Easter Island. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Fragments of wall decoration. Tomb of Amenhotep III. Egypt
Fragments of wall decoration of the tomb of Amenhotep III. 1390-1352 BC. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Tomb 22. Valley of the Kings. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Shabti of King Ahmose I
Shabti figure of King Ahmose I. Limestone. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Around 1520 BC. Probably from Thebes, Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Busts of ancestors. Egypt
Busts of ancestors. First, polychromed limestone bust, from Thebes. At background, limestone bust of unknown origin. Both dated from 1300-1150 BC

Enamel sign for Redex Petrol service
A tin/alloy sign for Redex Service, an engine supplement to be added to petrol, sump, gearbox or rear axle to improve the overall performance of a vehicle. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Castrol Motor Oil Sign
An enamel sign advertising Castrol Motor Oil from Wakefield. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Advertisement (enamel sign) for Veedol Lubricants
A fine tin/alloy cutout sign advertising Veedol oils and lubricants. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

The Rosetta Stone. Hieroglyphical scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Detail

The Rosetta Stone. Hieroglyphical and demotic scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC

The Rosetta Stone. Demotic and Greek scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Demotic and Greek scripture

The Rise of Civilization by Richard Westmacott (1775-1856). 1852. Pediment of the British Museum. London. United Kingdom

The Rosetta Stone. Demotic scripture
The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Demotic scripture

Hieroglyphic writing. Tombstone of Kaiteps tomb
Hieroglyphic writing on a limestone tombstone of the Kaiteps tomb. 2300 BC. 5th - 6th Dynasties. Early Dynastic Period or Old Kingdom. Possibly from Giza. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

The Hunters Palette. Egypt
The Hunters Palette. Slate. Depicts hunting scene. About 3100 BC. Late Predynastic Period. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Intefs seated statue. Egypt
Intefs seated statue. Limestone. Wearing with a wig, long skirt and with abdominal folds with which scuptor shows Intefs high social status, associated to abundant food and sedentary lifestyle

Ramesses II
Colossal statue of Ramesses II, the Younger Memnon. C. 1250 BC. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. From the Ramesseum (Thebes, Egypt). Granite. Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Bust of a Goddess. Egypt
Bust of a Goddess, probably Mut. Limestone. Around 1400 BC. From Thebes. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Mummy-case of Hornedjitef
Mummy-case of the priest Hornedjitef. 246-262 BC. From Asasif, Thebes. Ptolemaic Period. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Mummy-case of Hornedjitef
Mummy-case of the priest Hornedjitef. 246-262 BC. From Asasif, Thebes. Ptolemaic Period. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Egyptian stela with hieroglyphic writing. British Museum. London, United Kingdom

Shabti box of Hor. Egypt
Shabti box of the priest Hor. 7th century BC. 25th Dynasty. Late Period. From the tomb of Hor. Probably from Deir el-Bahari, Thebes (Egypt). British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Limestones false door of Ptahshepses. Egypt
Limestone false door of Ptahshepses. The slabs paneled on both sides of the door are inscribed with the biography of Ptahshepses mentioning his birth and his marriage to Princess Khamaat. 2400 BC

Relief depicting a eagle-headed protective spirit. Nimrud
Relief depicting a Eagle-headed protective spirit. 865-860 BC. From the Temple of Ninurta. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Alabaster panel of king Tiglath-Pileser III
Alabaster panel depicting King Tiglath-Pileser III in his chariot under an umbrella and a cuneiform inscription which related their campaigns, taking the city of Astartu. 730-727 BC

Assyrian figure of an attendant god. Nimrud
Limestone figure of an attendant god. 811-783 BC. Neo-assyrian. From the Temple of Nabu, from Nimrud (Iraq). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Relief inside the funeral chapel of Meroitic queen, probably
Relief inside the pyramid chapel of the meroitic queen, probably Shanakdakhete, the first woman who came to the throne of Meroe. Pyramid 11. Southern Wall. Meroe. Ptolemaic Period. 3rd century BC

Bearded workshipper. Cyprus
Limestone statue of a bearded workshipper. 575-550 BC. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Phrangissa, Tamassos (Cyprus). British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Bearded workshipper. Cyprus
Limestone statue of a bearded workshipper. 575-550 BC. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Phrangissa, Tamassos (Cyprus). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Amarna Letters. 14th century BC. Clay tablets with cuneiform script, mostly written in Akkadian

Ceramic of Hypogeum of Til Barsip
Ceramic vessels inside the Hypogeum of Til Barsip, from various tombs of the Cemetery of Amarneh. 2650-2000 BC. Middle Syrian Euphrates Region. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Black basalt relief depicting a soldier on a horse. Syria
Black basalt relief depicting a soldier on a horse. He was one of the 187 reliefs that decorated the base of the south wall of the Palace of King Kapara. 10th century BC

Hyeroglyphic writing
Hieroglyphic writing. Fragment of the wall decoration of the tomb of Seti I (c.1294-1279 BC), 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom

Egyptian hieroglyphic writing on calcite. Top: fragment of the sarcophagus of Merenptah. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. 1213-1203 BC. From the tomb 8 of the Valley of the Kings

Hyeroglyphic writing
Hieroglyphic writing. Fragment of the wall decoration of the tomb of Seti I (c.1294-1279 BC), 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Polychrome inscription with the text Litany of the Eye of Horus

Shabti of King Sety I
Shabti figure of King Sety I. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Around 1290 BC. Valley of the Kings, Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Egyptians ostraca
Egyptians ceramic ostraca in demotic script with references to the mummification and burial. Ptolemaic era. Middle Demotic period. 400-30 BC. From Thebes and Asyut. British Museum. London

Etruscan stone sarcophagus of Bomarzo
Stone sarcophagus with lid carved in the likeness of the roof of a house decorated with sphinxes. 325-250 BC. From the Grotta Dipinta in Bomarzo (Italy). British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Bearded workshipper. Cyprus
Limestone head of a bearded worshiper with hair arranged in the Egyptian style wig with braided. Carved in Cyprus. 550 BC. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion. British Museum. London

Plume Oil sign
An enamel sign advertising plume oil with the logo of Pegasus the winged horse of ancient myth. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Smiths KLG Sparkplugs
A tin/alloy sign advertising Smiths KLG Plugs. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Duckhams Adcol Motor Oils
An enamel sign advertising Duckhams Adcol Motor Oils. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY* Date: circa 1940

Enamel sign for Mobiloil
An enamel sign advertising Gargoyle Mobiloil. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Enamel sign advertising Mobil Regular
An enamel sign advertising Mobil regular motor oil. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

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