AV Lane Museum Collection
Item Type

Compiled by Katherine S. Wright
October, 2006

A. V. Lane Home
Bridwell Home

Classification/Type Item Material Location Found Civilization Date
Canopic Jars          
[1-1E] Canopic jar with head of ape or lion representing the genii Hapi, god of the North.   Egypt Egypt  
[1-2E] Canopic jar with head of jackel representing Duamutef or Tamautef, god of the East.   Egypt Egypt  
[1-4E] Canopic jar with head of hawk representing Qebhsennuf, god of the West.   Egypt Egypt  
[1-5E] Canopic jar with head of human representing Mestha or Amset, god of the south.   Egypt Egypt  
Coins          
[7-1A] Coin, Arabic Silver     About 800 A.D. period of Harun-al-Rashid
[7-1Pe] Coin with king and Zoroastrian fire altar.      Persia About 400 A.D.
[7-1Ro] Coin of Marcus Aurelius with Statue of Peace.     Rome 121 to 180 A.D.
[7-2G]

Coin with owl and Athena.

     Athens About 400 B.C.
7-2Ro] Coins of Constantine [two],  Larger coin minted in London.   London Rome 306 to 337 A.D.
Figurines and Statuary          
[1-3E]

Figurine of Osiris, Egyptian god, lord of the underworld. Son of Seb and Nut.

Bronze Egypt Egypt  
[7-20E] Sculptor’s trial piece   Abydos   XIX dynasty, 1325 to 1250 B.C.
[X-2E]; [X-3E]

Ushabti figures [2]

        
[1-29P] Faience figurine of god Bes [33-4-283 404] .   Beth Shemesh    
  Portion of small ionic capital. Carved marble      
  Carved hawk or eagle Fragment of white marble      
Glass          
[7-3B] Glass bottle (very old and rare).     Babylon  
[7-3Ro] Double tear bottle     Rome 100 A.D.
[X-1Ro?] Perfume flask with applicator     Rome  
[X-2Ro?]

Mouth of two-handled vessel

        
Inscriptions          
[5-1B] Brick believed to be from one of the temples of Nebuchadrezzar,    Babylon Babylon. 6th century B.C.
[8-4B] Barrel-shaped cylinder, cuneiform,    Babylon Babylon. Period Nebuchadrezzar, 605 to 562 B.C.
[8-5B] Cylinder bearing inscription to sun god Shamash Clay Babylon Babylon. Period Nebuchadrezzar, 605 to 562 B.C.
[8-154]

Cone bearing royal votive

Clay Lagash   About 2300 B.C.
[8-254] Cone bearing royal votive Clay Lagash   About 2300 B.C.
[X-7B] Tablet #1. Deed Clay     15th Shebat, 12th Year of Samsu-iluna, 1900 B.C.
[X-8B] Tablet #2. Loan Clay     7th of Gilmil-Sin, 2214 B.C.
[X-9B] Tablet #3. Loan Clay     Month Gidugga, Gimil-Sin?, 2221 to 2213 B.C.
[X-10B] Tablet #4.  Clay     Adar, 45th of Shulgi, 2331 B.C.
[X-11B] Tablet #5. Inventory tablet Clay     Earlier part of the Ur III dynasty or the latter part of the dynasty af Akkad, the first half of the third millenium B.C.
[X-12B] Tablet #6. Clay     Umma, 1st Month, 9th Year of Pur-Sin, 2222 B.C.
[X-13B] Tablet #7. Clay     41st Year of Shulgi, 2235 B.C.
[X-14B] Tablet #8. Clay     29th of Adar, 37th of Nebuchadrezzar II, 567 B.C.
[X-15B] Tablet #9. Clay     43rd of Shulgi, 2233 B.C. 
[X-16B] Tablet #10. Clay     4th Old Nippur month, Ur dynasty, 2294 to 2187 B.C.
[X-17B] Tablet #11.  Clay     VI/44th Year of Shulgi, 2232 B.C.
[X-18B] Tablet #12. Clay     III/8th of Gimil-Sin, 2213 B.C.
  Broken envelope Clay      
[X-19B] Cone Limestone Mesopotamia Mesopotamia c. 3000 B.C.
[7-21E] Fragment, example of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing Red granite Egypt Egypt 3500 B.C.
[5-47P] Samaritan Pentateuch, manuscript,  contains Genesis 1:1 to 47:27. .   Palestine   19th century
[8-83P] Facsimile of cuneiform alphabetic plaque   Beth Shemesh.   Original about 1400 B.C.
Jewelry          
[1-29P]

Beads [4]

 Carnelian Beth Shemesh    
[1-29P] Ring Bronze Beth Shemesh    
[1-29P] Bracelet Bronze Beth Shemesh    
[7-15E] Pre-dynastic hairpin   Abydos   Before 3000 B.C
[7-17E] Necklace of blue beads       XXVI dynasty, 645 to 525 B.C.
[7-19E] Necklace Carnelian Egypt Egypt I to III dynasties, about 3000 B.C.
[X-1E] “Mummy beads,”  incorrectly strung lengthwise. Blue faience      
[4-43P] Bangle Bronze Tell Ajjul   Hyksos period, 1750 to 1550 B.C.
Lamps          
[5-9E] Lamp   Egypt Byzantine/Rome  2nd to 4th centuries A.D.
[5-11E*] Lamp   Egypt Egypt Middle Bronze Age, 3000 B.C.
[7-57P] Lamp   Dhaheriah   Iron Age II, 1000 to 625 B.C.
[7-58P] Lamp, Marked 27   Neit Natif   Roman Age, 50 B.C. to 395 A.D.
[7-62P] Lamp, Marked 28   Jerash   Roman Age, 50 B.C. to 395 A.D.
  Unidentified lamps [2]        
[1-2P] Lamp, Marked III-7   Beth Shemesh   Middle or Late Bronze Age
[7-63P] Lamp, Marked 21   Tell Ajjul   Middle Bronze Age, 2000 to 1600 B.C.
Mummies          
[3-8E] Mummy and case   Egypt Egypt Around 1000 B.C. (date uncertain)
[9-49E] Mummy of sacred hawk   Abydos   XVIII dynasty, 1550-1325 B.C.
Offering Dishes          
[7-22E] Offering dish   Balabish    
[7-28E] Offering dish   Balabish    
[7-29E] Offering dish   Balabish   I dynasty, 3000 B.C.
[7-30E] Offering dish for food   Abydos   I dynasty, 3000 B.C.
[7-54P] Offering dish       About 3500 years old, XVIII dynasty
[7-64P] Offering bowl       About 1500 B.C., XVIII dynasty
Bowls          
[X-6B] Hebrew Incantation bowl       500 B.C.
[7-55P] Bowl. Marked 22.   Dhaheriah   Iron Age II, 1000 to 625 B.C.
[7-59P] Bowl. Marked 24.       Hellenistic age, 330 - 50 B.C.
[1-1P] Chalice (bowl)   Beth Shemesh   Early Iron Age, period of the Judges and early kings of Israel
[1-3P] Small bowl   Beth Shemesh   Period of Saul and David, 11th and 10th centuries B.C.
[1-7P] Bowl   Beth Shemesh   Period of the Judges, 12-11th centuries B.C.
[1-8P] Carinated bowl from a tomb   Beth Shemesh   Middle Bronze Age, 17-16th centuries B.C.
[8-78P] Carinated bowl   Tell Ajjul   Middle Bronze Age, 2000-1600 B.C.
Juglets and Vanity Pottery          
[5-10E*] Juglet   Egypt Egypt Middle Bronze Age, 3000 B.C.
[7-60P] Juglet   Amman   Iron II Age, 1000-625 B.C.
[7-25E] Kohl pot Gray Alabaster Balabish   Period XVIII dynasty, 1500-1350 B.C.
[1-11P] Dipper juglet   Beth Shemesh   Period of the divided monarchy, 9th - 7th centuries B.C.
[1-12P] Dipper juglet   Beth Shemesh   15-13th centuries B.C.
[1-19P] Small ointment or oil pot, imitation of Mycenean vessel   Beth Shemesh   13-11th centuries B.C.
[1-25P] Small "Vanity Case" juglet. Marked III-23.   Beth Shemesh   9-7th centuries B.C.
[1-28P] Small black ointment "vanity case" juglet   Beth Shemesh   Period of the divided monarchy, 9-7th centuries B.C.
[1-37P] Tell el-Yehuiyeh juglet, sometimes called "Hyksos ware."   Beth Shemesh   Middle Bronze Age, 17-16th centuries B.C.
[1-38P] Dipper juglet   Beth Shemesh   Middle Bronze Age, 17-16th centuries B.C.
[8-75P] Squat juglet   Tell Ajjul   Middle Bronze Age, 2000-1600 B.C.
[8-82P] "Base ring" juglet   Tell Ajjul   Late Bronze Age, 1500-1200 B.C.
  Juglet. Marked Schoonover        
Vases          
[7-23E] Small painted vase   Antinoe   200-300 A.D.
[7-26E] Small vase with peg legs (rare)   Antinoe    
[7-31E] [2] Cucumber shaped vases   Balabish   XVIII and XIX dynasties, 155- to 1258 B.C.
[7-3G] Black-figure Lekythos vase   Greece Greece 520 B.C.
[8-81P] Situla shaped vase       XVIII dynasty, 1500 to 1350 B.C.
Fragments/Sherds          
[7-52P] Nabataean sherd   Petra   Roman age, 50 B.C. to 395 A.D.
[1-4P] [3] Fragments of painted pottery   Beth Shemesh   Late Bronze Age, 1500-1250 B.C.
[1-10P] Small fragment of Mycenean ware. Greek ware   Beth Shemesh   14-13th centuries B.C.
[1-13P] [3] Fragments of Hebrew pottery   Beth Shemesh   Time of Solomon to Amos, 11-8th centuries B.C.
[1-14P] Rims of jars broken during destruction of city   Beth Shemesh   11th century B.C.
[1-15P] Fragment of large, slightly convex plate   Beth Shemesh   Period of the 12-11th centuries B.C.
[1-18P] [5] Fragments of Philistine ware   Beth Shemesh   12-11th centuries B.C.
[1-22P] [2] Fragments of "wishbone ware" imported from Cyprus into Palestine   Beth Shemesh   16-13th centuries B.C.
[1-34P] Bowl fragment, burnished on inside only   Beth Shemesh   8-7th centuries B.C.
[1-35P] Jar handle   Beth Shemesh   8-7th centuries B.C.
[1-36P] Jar handle from storage room   Beth Shemesh   About 1000 B.C.
[7-49P] Milk bowl sherd       Late Bronze Age, 1500-1250 B.C.
[7-50P] Mycenean sherd       Late Bronze Age, 1500-1250 B.C.
[7-51P] Painted sherd, local ware       Iron Age I, 1200-1000 B.C.
[7-61P] Black glazed sherd       Hellenistic Age, 330 to 50 B.C.
[8-67P Painted sherd   Khirbet Kerak   Early Bronze Age, 3000-2000 B.C.
[8-68P] Rim of "hole mouth" jar   Khirbet Kerak   Early Bronze Age, 3000-2000 B.C.
[8-70P] Bichrome ware sherd   Tell Ajjul   Middle-late Bronze Age, 1600-1500 B.C.
[8-66P] [2] Fragments of "Khirbet Kerak" ware   Khirbet Kerak   Early Bronze Age, 3000-2000 B.C.
  Rim shard. Marked Ai 66        
  Pot shard        
[7-24E] [3] Fragments of blue glazed pottery   Deir el Bahari   XI dynasty before 1800 B.C.
Wares (bowls, pots, jars, jugs)          
[7-56P] Food pan       About 1500 B.C., XVIII dynasty
[7-65P] Food dish       About 1500 B.C., XVIII dynasty
[8-79P] Jar lid       Pre-dynastic, 4000-3500 B.C.
[1-9P] Small jug   Beth Shemesh   Iron II Age, 9-7th centuries B.C.
[1-16P] Dish or plate   Beth Shemesh   Patriarchal period, middle Bronze Age, 17th century B.C.
[1-30P] Water jug   Beth Shemesh   Late Bronze Age, 15-13th centuries B.C.
[1-33P] "Hole mouth" jar used for grain or oil   Beth Shemesh   8-7th centuries B.C.
[8-80P] Flask Alabaster Tell Ajjul   Middle Bronze Age, 2000-1600 B.C.
  Jar. Marked Ai 64 CI 1.286        
  Jar. Marked Ai 64 CI 1287        
  Pot with handle. Marked Schoonover        
  Tall jug. Marked Schoonover        
[8-74P] Dipper flask   Tell Ajjul   Middle Bronze Age, 2000 to 1600 B.C.
Seals, Scarabs, and Plaques          
[X-20B] Cylinder seal Carnelian Babylon Babylon 2400 B.C.
[7-2B] [2] Seals [only 1 found 4/18/01] Stone Babylon Babylon 2500 B.C.
[X-4E] Scarab (brown)        
[4-6E] Blue glazed scarab and plaque   Egypt Egypt XIX dynasty, Ramesses II, 13th century B.C.
[8-84P] Facsimile of scarab commemorating marriage of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiy   Beth Shemesh   Around 1000 B.C.
[7-18E] Small Green Plaque Stone Abydos   Date Uncertain
Weaponry and Tools          
[8-73P] Arrowhead Bronze     Late Bronze Age, 1500-1200 B.C.
[1-5P] Whet stone for metal tools   Beth Shemesh    
[1-6P] Mortar and Pestel   Beth Shemesh    
[1-20P] Rim of cooking pot   Beth Shemesh   Between 2000 and 1750 B.C.
[1-21P] Rim of cooking pot   Beth Shemesh   15-13th centuries B.C.
[1-23P] Spear head Bronze or Copper Beth Shemesh    
[1-26P] Portion of "ledge handle" fastened to a jar   Beth Shemesh   23-22nd centuries B.C.
[1-27P] [4] Portions of sickles Flint Beth Shemesh   Prior to 1000 B.C.
[1-29P] Arrowhead [33-3-82-325] Bronze      
[1-29P] Spindle whorl        
[8-69P] Ledge handle   Khirbet Kerak   Early Bronze Age, 3000-2000 B.C.
[8-71P] Spindle whorl   Khirbet Kerak   Early Bronze Age, 3000-2000 B.C.
[8-72P Knife Flint Khirbet Kerak   Early Bronze Age, 3000-2000 B.C.
[4-39P] Tool with loop end Bronze Tell Ajjul   Hyksos period, 1750-1550 B.C.
[4-40P] Spindle Whorls Bone Tell Ajjul   Hyksos period, 1750-1550 B.C.
[4-41P] [6] Assorted small tools Bronze Tell Ajjul   Hyksos period, 1750-1550 B.C.
[4-42P] Knife, Old Gaza III Bronze Tell Ajjul   19-XII dynasty, 2000 B.C.
[4-44P] Dagger Bronze Tell Ajjul   Hyksos period, 1750-1550 B.C.
[4-45P] Dagger Bronze Tell Ajjul   Hyksos period, 1750-1550 B.C.
[4-46P] Tweezers [not Roman] Bronze Tell Ajjul   Date uncertain
  Blade Flint      
  Spindle whorl. Marked 17. Stone      
[8-76P] Spindle whorl       Late Bronze Age, 1500-1200 B.C.
[1-32P] Loom weight   Beth Shemesh   8-7th centuries B.C.
[7-53P] Weight Stone Khirbet Kerak   Hellenistic Age, 330-50 B.C.
[5-5I] Shield or buckler   Darjeeling, India    
[7-27E] Weight   Egypt Egypt XII dynasty, before 2000 B.C.
[1-17P] Rubbing stone and rubber, used as a kind of mill   Beth Shemesh    
[8-77P] Weight Haematite     Late Bronze Age, 1500-1200 B.C.
  Chert stone. Marked Ai 64 B IV 1.1 24        
Misc. Items          
[4-7E] Iron Fragments Iron Upper Egypt Egypt 16th century B.C.
[5-12E] Headrest   Saggarah, Egypt Egypt XXVI, 900 B.C.
[7-4G] Mask   Pergamum Greece 400-300 B.C.
[1-24P] Plaster cast of royal seal on jar handle Plaster     8-7th centuries B.C.
[1-31P] Oxidized raisins found in storage room of house destroyed   Beth Shemesh   Second half of the 11th century B.C.

Back