Marble slab of the Amazon frieze of the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, with three Greek warriors and two Amazons, one fallen and the other on horseback (London, British Museum, inv. 1847,0424.5, c. 350 BC)
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Marble slab of the Amazon frieze of the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, with three Greek warriors and two Amazons, one fallen and the other on horseback (London, British Museum, inv. 1847,0424.5, c. 350 BC):
ink tracing on light weight paper
loose
31.9 x 18.0 cm
Unfinished letter
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Unfinished letter:
ink text on paper
loose
9.3 x 14.7 cm
[text]:
'Septbr 28 /46 63 Welbeck St Cavendish Sqre
My dear Wood [two words in Arabic] Our old friend Arundale was in'
Sudan. Sulb or Soleb. Temple of Amun and Amenophis III
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General view of the Temple of Amun and Amenophis III at Sulb or Soleb in Sudan (TopBib vii.169):
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.5 (lower)
31.9 x 11.5 cm
[on mount] 'West bank / about half way / between Dongola / and 2nd Cataract' (pencil note)
[on mount] encircled 'b' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '5' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '2' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Egypt. Aswan. Roman or Saracenic building
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View of Roman or Saracenic building at Aswan:
pencil sketch on paper
mounted
29.2 x 9.4 cm
[on sketch] 'Assouan' (pencil note)
[on mount] '1' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Egypt. Philae. 'Kursi Faraoun'
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View of 'Kursi Faraoun' in Philae:
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.2 (lower)
20.8 x 14.3 cm
[on sketch] 'Kursi Faraoun / Philae' (ink note)
[on mount] '2' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Egypt. Elephantine
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View of the Island of Elephantine (TopBib v.224):
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.2 (upper)
15.0 x 3.6 cm
[on sketch] 'Elephantina'
[on mount] '2' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Cataract/rapids (shallal) near Wadi Halfa
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View of the last cataract/rapids (shallal) (perhaps the Second Cataract) near Wadi Halfa in Sudan, close to the border with Egypt:
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.4 (top) and Bonomi MSS 8.4 (middle)
18.1 x 9.1 cm
[on sketch] 'The last Shilal / near Wady halfa' (pencil note)
[on mount] '3' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Egypt. Qasr Ibrim or Derr
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General view of Qasr Ibrim or Derr:
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.3 (upper)
19.3 x 7.7 cm
[on sketch] '(All) Ibrim' (pencil note)
[on sketch] 'South and nearby (?) etc B...(?)' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'DERR' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '3' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '2' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Wadi Halfa
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View of the Wadi Halfa in Sudan, close to the border with Egypt:
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.4 (top) and Bonomi MSS 8.4 (bottom)
13.8 x 5.8 cm
[on sketch] 'Wady halfa' (underlined) (pencil note)
Egypt. (Recto) Qasr Ibrim; (verso) Qasr Ibrim, Fort, Temple(?)
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(Recto) General view of Qasr Ibrim; (verso) partial view of remains of the temple in the fort at Qasr Ibrim(?) (TopBib v.94):
pencil sketch on paper
partially mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.3 (lower)
19.2 x 8.3 cm
[on sketch - recto] 'Ibrim' (pencil note)
[on sketch - verso] 'IBRIM' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '3' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Egypt. Derr. Modern village
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View of modern village at Derr:
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.4 (middle) and Bonomi MSS 8.4 (bottom)
25.3 x 11 cm
[on mount] '4' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Sulb or Soleb. Temple of Amun and Amenophis III
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General view of the Temple of Amun and Amenophis III at Sulb or Soleb in Sudan (TopBib vii.169):
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.5 (upper)
22 x 5.2 cm
[on mount] encircled 'c' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '5' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '2' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Nuri (Bellal). Pyramid Field
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Panoramic view of the Pyramid Field at Nuri (Bellal) in Sudan (TopBib vii.223):
pencil sketch on paper (4 pieces glued together)
mounted
100.6 x 17 cm
[on sketch - recto] 'Panoramic view of the Pyramids of Nuri taken from the top of the Great Pyramid / with camera lucida' (pencil note)
[on sketch - recto] '9.4 / 11.4 / 20.8' (pencil note)
[on sketch - recto] 'G. Birkel' (pencil note)
[on sketch - verso] '(?)' (pencil note)
[on mount] '8' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '1c' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian boat with three crew members
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Reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian boat with three crew members, and sketches of oars:
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.10 (lower)
15.2 x 8.4 cm
[on mount] encircled 'a' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '10' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Gebel Barkal (Napata). Pyramid Field
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General view of Gebel Barkal in Sudan, with the Pyramid Field on left (TopBib vii.203):
pencil sketch on paper (3 pieces glued together)
loose, originally mounted
62.7 x 11.7 cm
[on sketch] 'Berkel' (pencil note)
[on mount] '6' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '1c' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Nuri (Bellal). Pyramid Field
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View of the Pyramid Field at Nuri (Bellal) in Sudan (TopBib vii.223):
pencil sketch on paper
mounted
31.6 x 12.4 cm
[on sketch] '60 paces(?)' (pencil note)
[on mount] '7' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '1' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Second Cataract
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View of the area close to the Second Cataract in Sudan:
pencil sketch on paper
partially mounted
31.6 x 15.2 cm
[on sketch] 'above 2nd Cat' (pencil note)
[on sketch] 'Ambukol' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'South of Nour' (pencil note)
[on mount] '9' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '1' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Sulb or Soleb. Temple of Amun and Amenophis III. Court. Two columns
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View of two columns from the Court of the Temple of Amun and Amenophis III at Sulb or Soleb in Sudan (TopBib vii.170):
pencil sketch on paper
loose, adjacent to Bonomi MSS 8.5 (upper) and Bonomi MSS 8.5 (lower)
23.1 x 27.6 cm
[on sketch] 'Soleb' (pencil note)
[on sketch] encircled '5a' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on sketch] '31' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Second Cataract
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View of the area close to the Second Cataract in Sudan:
pencil sketch on paper
partially mounted
31.6 x 15.2 cm
[on sketch] 'above 2nd Cat' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'South of Nour' (pencil note)
[on mount] '9' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '1' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Egypt. Gerf Husein. Temple of Ptah
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View of the Temple of Ptah at Gerf Husein in Egypt (TopBib vii. 33-34):
pencil sketch on paper
loose, originally mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.10 (upper)
12.5 x 6.2 cm
[on sketch] 'GIRFE HUSĒN' (pencil note)
[on mount] encircled 'b' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] '3' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Second Cataract. House with weaver
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View of a weaver in his house above the Second Cataract in Sudan, close to the border with Egypt:
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.11 (lower)
17.7 x 19.3 cm
[on sketch] '(?)' (pencil note)
[on mount] '11' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Sudan. Second Cataract. House
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View of house above the Second Cataract in Sudan, close to the border with Egypt:
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.11 (upper)
26.6 x 17.2 cm
[on sketch] 'fruit' (pencil note)
[on sketch] 'above 2nd Cataract' (pencil note)
[on mount] '2' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
Crete. Island of Gavdos.
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Crete. Island of Gavdos:
watercolour on paper
loose
12.7 x 7.5 cm
[on watercolour] 'NE by E' (ink note)
[on watercolour] 'E' (ink note)
[on watercolour] 'Gozo of Candia 6 miles' (ink note)
Egypt. Saqqara. Architectonical fragment (perhaps jamb or pillar)
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Architectonical fragment (perhaps jamb or pillar) mentioning "the Osiris Nehehniotef, justified" from an unidentified tomb at Saqqara, current location not known (TopBib iii.2.749A), and perhaps related to the stela of Nehehniotef, Dyn. XIX, from a tomb at Saqqara, formerly in Passalacqua collection, now in Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 7273 (TopBib iii.2.733):
pencil sketch on paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 4.2 [Top and Bottom]
3.3 x 9.1 cm
[on mount] '2' (pencil note)
Hieroglyphic alphabet
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List of hieroglyphic signs with their corresponding phonetic values in English, and some examples:
ink and pencil text and hieroglyphs on paper
mounted
9.7 x 19.4 cm
[on mount] 'By Max Weidenback / The Pyramids' (pencil note)
[on mount] '1' (pencil note)
Egypt. Thebes. West Bank. Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. Tomb of Neferhotep (TT 49). Hall. Mourning women and child from funeral procession
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Mourning women and child behind the [coffin being dragged] from a scene depicting the funeral procession of the deceased in the Hall of Tomb of Neferhotep (TT 49) at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, on the West Bank of Thebes (TopBib i2.91.(4).I):
pencil and watercolor (black and pink) sketch on tracing paper
mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 4.2 [Middle and Bottom]
15.7 x 12.1 cm
[on mount] 'Two young women a child / and a grey headed old woman / putting dust on their heads / at the departure of the boat / that carries the mummy of / some relation or benefactor / to the Tomb / Drawn from the wall of a / tomb at Gorna' (pencil note)
[on mount] 'Tomb of Nefer Hotep (49)' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on mount] encircled '1' (pencil note)
[on mount] '2' (pencil note)
Cartouches of Amasis and Sethos I
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Cartouches of Amasis and Sethos I:
pencil sketches
partially mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 4.2 [Top and Middle]
6.3 x 9.9 cm
[on mount] '2' (pencil note)
Rubbing of a hieroglyphic inscription on an object thought to come from Carthage (not identified)
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Rubbing of a hieroglyphic inscription on an object thought to come from Carthage (not identified) (TopBib vii.367A):
ink rubbing on tracing paper, mounted on paper
mounted
4 x 16.2 cm (11.2 x 17.6 cm with mount)
[on rubbing mount] 'This is a rubbing / from some Hieroglyphics / found among the ruins / of Carthage. / Given to me by / Doctor Lee of Aylesbury / 1840' (ink note)
[on mount] '6' (pencil note)