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Limestone statuette of a servant grinding corn
6th Dynasty, about 2345–2181 BC
This figure was placed in a tomb to provide an everlasting supply of bread for the dead person. The servant is using a grindstone to crush cereal grains into flour. This process may have added small fragments of stone grit to the bread dough which possibly contributed to the heavy dental wear seen in some mummies.
British Museum EA 2378 AN
Bowl of grain
This bowl contains emmer wheat and barley, the raw ingredients for the two staples of the ancient Egyptian diet – bread and beer.
British Museum EA 53944

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Flatbread with a hand imprint, New Kingdom, about 1550–1070 BC
British Museum, EA 5341 AN
Bread in the shape of a leaf, probably New Kingdom, about 1550–1070 BC
British Museum EA 5360 AN
Circular loaf of bread decorated with circles, probably New Kingdom, about 1550–1070 BC
British Museum EA 5345

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Pottery jar of woman playing the lute, Mid-18th Dynasty, about 1480–1350 BC
British Museum EA 5114
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Wall painting of musicians playing lutes and flutes from the tomb of Nebamun
British Museum EA 37981– on display in Room 61

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Pair of bone clappers decorated with the face of Hathor, New Kingdom, about 1550–1070 BC
British Museum EA AN
Bronze sistrum decorated with the face of Hathor, Late Period, 664–305 BC
British Museum EA 38172 AN
Arched harp, New Kingdom, about 1550–1070 BC
British Museum EA 38170

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Statue of a man wearing a wig, Late 18th or 19th Dynasty, about 1350–1186 BC
British Museum EA 2338
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Wig of human hair, probably late 18th Dynasty, about 1350 BC
British Museum EA 2560

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Figure of a girl holding a kohl pot, 12th Dynasty, about 1985–1795 BC
The girl’s head is shaven except for a single plaited lock of hair at the down her. A fish-shaped pendant is attached to her hair.
British Museum, EA 2572

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Wooden comb, Late 18th Dynasty, about 1350–1295 BC
British Museum EA 55084
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Bronze razor, 18th Dynasty, about 1550–1070 BC
British Museum EA 37198 AN
Bronze hair implement, New Kingdom, about 1550–1070 BC
British Museum EA 37179

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Funerary stela of the child Merysekhmet, mid-18th Dynasty, about 1400–1350 BC
Merysekhmet is shown sitting on his mother’s knee.
British Museum EA 804

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Ceramic vessel in the shape of a woman and child, mid-18th Dynasty, about 1480–1350 BC
British Museum EA 24652 AN
Limestone relief of a woman and child, Late 18th Dynasty, about 1350–1330 BC
British Museum EA 15973

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Wooden toy horse with wheels, Roman Period after 30 BC
British Museum EA 26687 AN
Painted clay model of a mouse, possibly New Kingdom, about 1550–1070 BC
Toy mouse, with body modelled in clay decorated with brownish-purple paint. The lower jaw is of wood and is moveable (pivoting around wooden pins through main body). A wooden toggle pin is attached to the lower jaw by a string enabling movement.
British Museum EA 38540

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Child’s leather shoe, probably Roman Period after 30 BC
Shoe for the left foot of a child, made of leather, with rounded toe, complete with sole and upper, stitched together, flattened and cracked at heel, upper bound at top.
British Museum EA 4406 AN
Pair of child’s sandals, New Kingdom, about 1550–1070 BC
Sandals are often found in tombs. They are usually made of woven reeds or wood, but this pair is made of leather. Sandals were often a sign of wealth, and many adults and children are depicted barefoot in ancient Egyptian art.
British Museum EA 26780

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