Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Ancient Egypt

The collections below are presented by "accession", a group of objects that came into the museum from a single source at a given time. An accession could be one object or it could include thousands of objects. See the Collections page for more information.
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Year Received Year Collected Collector Donor Region and Culture Object Type # of Items Accession #
1899
Phoebe A. Hearst Phoebe A. Hearst Egypt Statuary, pottery, stele, wooden items 164 6
1902, 1903, 1906, 1913
George A. Reisner Phoebe A. Hearst Egypt: Tebtunis, excavated 1899-1900; Shurafa, excavated 1899-1900; El-Ahaiwah, excavated 1900; Ballas, excavated 1900-1901; Der-el-Ballas, excavated 1900-1901; Naga-ed-Der, excavated 1901-1903; Coptos, excavated ca. 1903; Giza, excavated 1903-1905 Pottery, flint items, beads, alabaster vessels, brown glass items, green glass items, figurines, scarabs 17,000 approx. 56, 63, 107, 195, 462
1903
William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Egypt: Saqqara [probably] Stone sarcophagus lid, mummies (including mummified dog), mummy cases 4 72
1904
Heyward W. Seton-Karr Heyward W. Seton-Karr Egypt: Fayum district Chipped flint implements (lithics) 117 132
1905 1905 Phoebe A. Hearst Phoebe A. Hearst Egypt: Tebtunis (among other unspecified locations) Statuary ornaments 50 187
1908
Phoebe A. Hearst Phoebe A. Hearst Egypt Textiles 5 334
1908
Phoebe A. Hearst Phoebe A. Hearst Egypt Papyrus cloth, scarabs, plaster cast tablets, figurines, beads, pendants 135 334, 375, 374
1914
Phoebe A. Hearst Phoebe A. Hearst Egypt: Tebtunis (among other unspecified locations) Statuary ornaments, papyrus cloth, figurines, beads, pendants, alabaster vessels 32 481
1931
Heyward W. Seton-Karr Heyward W. Seton-Karr Egypt: Fayum, Memphis Chipped stone implements (lithics) 34 657
1948
Mary Tuck Holmes, Henry Holmes Mary Tuck Holmes (estate of) Egypt Scarabs, pottery, amethyst, beads, amulets, figurines, flint tools 55 939
1954 1906 Arnold R. Pilling Harold Heath (estate of) Egypt: Giza Metal, glass objects, pottery, clay pipes 24 1149
1968 pre-1968 Roy Overstreet Kathryn G. Overstreet Egypt Bronze figurines, pottery figurines, amulets, seals 298 2442
1972
Robert F. Heizer Robert F. Heizer Egypt: Dendera, Temple of Hathor (Roman Period) [attributed] Pottery sherds 4 2846
1972
Robert F. Heizer Robert F. Heizer Egypt: Gurna, western plain of Thebes Axe (used for wood, weeds, field preparation) 1 2860
1977
Lloyd W. Swift Lloyd W. Swift Egypt Beads, amulets, scarabs, figurines, projectile points 121 3289


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