Alabaster head from a vessel in the form of a child with features picked out in black: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Gurob, Tomb 474, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c.1479-1390 BC

Shabti in egyptian alabaster (travertine/calcite), painted in red, blue, green and black waxes, peg-shaped and inscribed with the name of King Ramesses VI: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, KV9, 20th Dynasty, c.1143-1136 BC

Model food-offering in calcite, of a plucked and bound duck : Ancient Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, late 12th to 13th Dynasty, c.1862-1630 BC

Model in alabaster of the egg of a duck or goose: Ancient Egyptian, 12th Dynasty

Model in alabaster of the egg of a duck or goose: Ancient Egyptian, 12th Dynasty

Jar of Egyptian alabaster (travertine/calcite) with two long wavy handles: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, number 288, Early Dynastic period, 1st-2nd Dynasty, c.3000-2686 BC

Dish of Egyptian alabaster (travertine) with vertical sides, inscribed with two early hieroglyphs: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, from the Main Deposit, site number 471, Early Dynastic period, 1st-2nd Dynasty, c.3100-2686 BC

Jar of Egyptian alabaster (travertine), decorated with a twisted cord moulding below the rim: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, from unidentified site number 189, Late Predynastic or Early Dynastic Period, 1st Dynasty or earlier, c.3500-2890 BC

Offering table in Egyptian alabaster (travertine/calcite), carved from a single piece of stone, circular plate with an inwardly bevelled rim on a waisted cylindrical foot: Ancient Egyptian, Old Kingdom, c.2494 - 2181 BC

Pendant bead of alabaster, ovoid perforated near one end for suspension: Ancient Egyptian, from Badari, Upper Egypt, Predynastic Period, c. 4400 - 3100 BC

Fragment of 'In Memoriam' tablet of alabaster, sculptured with a seated female figure. Dedicated to Julia(?), a young daughter of Mascello (a horn blower) in Trajan's second legion. Nikopolis, Ancient Egyptian, Roman Period, c. AD213-395

Bust of Serapis in alabaster: Ancient Egyptian, Graeco-Roman Period

Double-coned calcite plumb bob, perforated for suspension: Ancient Egyptian, possibly Late Period-Ptolemaic, c.664 - 30 BC

Alabaster jar: Ancient Egyptian, Predynastic Period, late prehistoric, c. 3500 - 3100 BC

Cylindrical jar of alabaster: Ancient Egyptian, 1st Dynasty, Early Dynastic Period, c. 3000 - 2750 BC

Large cylinder jar of alabaster: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Deir Rifa, 1st Dynasty, Early Dynastic Period, c. 3000 - 2750 BC