Objects & Beliefs
A Faience Ring Carries a Divine Name in a Small Space
Explore a Walters Art Museum finger ring through its recorded material, date and named inscription while keeping interpretation tied to the catalogue.
Ancient objects, open questions
Objects & Beliefs
Explore what objects can tell us about ancient lives and beliefs, with room for uncertainty.
Objects & Beliefs
Fish and Lotuses Decorate a Bowl Smaller Than the Screen Suggests
Read a small Egyptian faience bowl through its recorded dimensions and decoration before making assumptions from an enlarged online photograph.
Objects & Beliefs
Seniseneb’s Name Connects Two Canopic Jar Records
Read one canopic jar record through the person named in its inscription, while keeping the object number, date range and related reference distinct.
Objects & Beliefs
A Sistrum Can Be Recognised Even When Its Sounding Parts Are Gone
Explore a Roman-period sistrum through its surviving wires and missing sound elements, while keeping the museum’s alternative interpretations visible.
Objects & Beliefs
In Meketre’s Model Granary, Counting Is Part of the Work
Meketre’s model granary depicts storage alongside measuring and accounting. Look at how its figures divide the work before imagining a whole economy.
Objects & Beliefs
A Coffinette Is Small, but Its Place in the Burial Equipment Is Not Simple
A canopic coffinette from Tutankhamun’s equipment shows why a small object should be understood alongside the larger arrangement that held it.
Objects & Beliefs
When a “Cosmetic Spoon” Has an Uncertain Use
An ivory spoon in The Met shows how a familiar catalogue label can coexist with uncertainty about an ancient object’s precise use.
Objects & Beliefs
A Canopic Jar Without Its Lid Still Has a Record to Read
A pottery canopic jar with a missing lid shows why condition notes matter when studying Egyptian objects through museum photographs.