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Curator's comments A record card accompanying this material says that it was probably excavated by one of the Turner Bequest expeditions to Cyprus between 1893 and 1896. The diagnostic Iron Age ...

Sherds (16 and 4 chips) of X-Group Red-on-White Domestic Ware. Fabric is porous Nile silt with organic temper and sparse sand. Tan to brown on the surface. Surfaces are sometimes slipped in dull cream ...

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The British Museum cares for a large collection of tao'a (treasures) from the Pacific island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), ...

Part of a clay tablet-case with seal impressions and part of four lines of inscription; Third Dynasty of Ur.