Votive statuette in the form of an ibis, the body made of travertine (Egyptian alabaster) and the head and legs of copper alloy: Ancient Egyptian, Late Period, c.664 - 332 BC

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

Upper half of a statue in travertine (Egyptian alabaster) of a royal woman wearing a lappet wig with vulture headdress: Ancient Egyptian, 25th Dynasty, c.747-656 BC

Travertine kohl pot, bi-conal shape with a disk rim, cylindrical cavity and rectangular foot on four short legs, excavated in Tomb 52, cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, 12th Dynasty, c.1880-1750 BC

Travertine kohl pot lid, circular with a lower cylindrical boss, excavated in Tomb 52, cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, 12th Dynasty, c.1880-1750 BC

Travertine kohl pot in squat oblate shape with a flat base and slightly everted lower rim, excavated in tomb 72, cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, 12th Dynasty, c.1880-1750 BC

Circular travertine kohl pot lid with a lower central boss, excavated in tomb 72, cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, 12th Dynasty, c.1880-1750 BC

Oil jar in Egyptian alabaster (travertine/calcite) with a flat base and conoidal body inscribed with the names and titulary of King Merenre I: Ancient Egyptian, 6th Dynasty, c.2287 - 2278 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

Kohl-pot of Egyptian alabaster (travertine), lid with remains of textile attached: Ancient Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC

Kohl-pot lid of Egyptian alabaster (travertine) : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC

One of five egyptian alabaster (calcite/travertine) vases found together in a wooden box - this one being oviform in shape: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Abydos, Grave F.228, 6th Dynasty, c.2494 - 2181 BC

One of five alabaster (calcite/travertine) vases found together in a wooden box - this one being cylindrical: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Abydos, Grave F.228, 6th Dynasty, c.2494 - 2181 BC

Jar of Egyptian alabaster (travertine), with a small section of linen textile attached : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC

Lid for a jar of Egyptian alabaster (travertine), with a small piece of linen textile attached: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC