Some of the Egyptian Antiquities

Plaster canopic jars made in the early 1900's This set of plaster canopic jars may be modern but it so faithfully reproduces the style of the XXV-XXVI Dynasties. The faces of the four Sons of Horus are clear and expressive the colours are accurate and the tones authentic
Set of seven plaster canopic jars made in the early 1900's The jars are dummy style with only 5 centimeters of empty space inside and clearly never used to conatin organs.	Large plaster cast of Assyrian obelisk. Early 1900's Though now painted cream and brown,this is a faithful copy of the Black Obelisk in the British Museum. The original was discovered by A. H. Layard at Nimurd in 1846. It is decorated with twenty small reliefs with cuneform inscriptions recording the campaigns of the Assyrian king Shaimaneser III9R 868-824 bce One side shows tribute from the Eastern part of his empire including Bactrian camels and Indian elephants and monkeys. The most famous scene on it show an Israelite king, 'Jehu, son of Omri', in submission to the Assyrian king. The Assyrians did not know, or perhaps did not care that Ahab not Jehu was Omri's son. Jehu was a usurper who was one of Ahabs successors. The biblical versionof these events can be found in I Kings 16 15:28 and II Kings 9-10. Dimensions 80"H x 24"W v 17