CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.INTRODUCTORY[1]
II.GOLD ORNAMENTS[11]
III.LAPIS LAZULI FIGURES AND IRIDESCENT GLASS[27]
IV.FIGURES IN WOOD[35]
V.STONE FIGURES[45]
VI.PORCELAIN FIGURES[61]
VII.SCARABS[67]
VIII.ALABASTER[95]
IX.PORCELAIN, SERPENTINE AND GRANITE[99]
X.MUMMIES AND MUMMY CASES[113]
XI.A FORGED TOMB[119]
XII.THE MAKERS AND SELLERS OF FORGED ANTIQUITIES[125]
XIII.EGYPTOLOGISTS[135]
REFERENCES[151]
INDEX[153]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR

PLATE PAGE
I.A BLUE CANOPIC JAR WITH ANUBIS HEAD[Frontispiece]
II.NECKLACES AND A BRACELET[24]
III.WOODEN USHEBTI FIGURES[33]
IV.FUNERARY FIGURES IN WOOD AND PLASTER[40]
V.WOODEN ARTICLES[49]
VI.STONE AND COMPOSITION FIGURES[56]
VII.STONE AND OTHER FIGURES[65]
VIII.SCARABS AND AMULETS[72]
IX.ALABASTER[97]
X.PORCELAIN, WOOD AND GLASS[104]
XI.BLUE PORCELAIN[107]
XII.PORCELAIN[110]
XIII.BLUE PORCELAIN[113]
XIV.A PIECE OF MUMMY CASE[120]
XV.BEADS AND MUMMY CLOTH[137]
XVI.REPRODUCTIONS FOUND IN NUBIA[114]

LIST OF FIGURES
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MODEL OF A FUNERARY CHAMBER; VIEW OF INTERIOR[35]
MODEL OF A FUNERARY CHAMBER; COMPLETE OBJECT[37]
HORUS HAWK[40]
BES[41]
FIGURE OF A NUBIAN, MADE OF SLATE[42]
SANDSTONE TABLET AND KNEELING FIGURE[54]
A WINGED SCARAB AND THE FOUR GENII[94]
A SEALED JAR, MADE OF WOOD, AND PAINTED TO REPRESENT STONE; PERIOD, 20TH DYNASTY[101]
A HAWK’S HEAD, THE LID OF A CANOPIC JAR[102]
SMALL ROUGH MODEL OF AN IBIS, IN PORCELAIN[106a]
HATHOR[106b]
JAR MADE OF SERPENTINE[108]
THE GODDESS TAURT[112]