Chapter I: Front Matter

FORGED EGYPTIAN
ANTIQUITIES

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FORGED
EGYPTIAN
ANTIQUITIES

BY
T. G. WAKELING
AUTHOR OF “THE WHITE KNIGHTS”
ETC.

ADAM & CHARLES BLACK
4 SOHO SQUARE LONDON
1912

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PREFATORY NOTE

I WISH to express my indebtedness to Mr. and Mrs. Firth, of the Nubian Archæological Survey, and to Dr. G. A. Reisner, of the Harvard University Expedition, for their kindness in assisting me.

Plates I, II, XII and XVI were prepared from water-colour drawings made by Miss Enid Stoddard, but all of the others have been reproduced direct from the objects themselves.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. INTRODUCTORY 1
II. GOLD ORNAMENTS 11
III. LAPIS LAZULI FIGURES AND IRIDESCENT GLASS 27
IV. FIGURES IN WOOD 35
V. STONE FIGURES 45
VI. PORCELAIN FIGURES 61
VII. SCARABS 67
VIII. ALABASTER 95
IX. PORCELAIN, SERPENTINE AND GRANITE 99
X. MUMMIES AND MUMMY CASES 113
XI. A FORGED TOMB 119
XII. THE MAKERS AND SELLERS OF FORGED ANTIQUITIES 125
XIII. EGYPTOLOGISTS 135

REFERENCES 151

INDEX 153

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR

PLATE PAGE
I. A BLUE CANOPIC JAR WITH ANUBIS HEAD Frontispiece
II. NECKLACES AND A BRACELET 24
III. WOODEN USHEBTI FIGURES 33
IV. FUNERARY FIGURES IN WOOD AND PLASTER 40
V. WOODEN ARTICLES 49
VI. STONE AND COMPOSITION FIGURES 56
VII. STONE AND OTHER FIGURES 65
VIII. SCARABS AND AMULETS 72
IX. ALABASTER 97
X. PORCELAIN, WOOD AND GLASS 104
XI. BLUE PORCELAIN 107
XII. PORCELAIN 110
XIII. BLUE PORCELAIN 113
XIV. A PIECE OF MUMMY CASE 120
XV. BEADS AND MUMMY CLOTH 137
XVI. REPRODUCTIONS FOUND IN NUBIA 114

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LIST OF FIGURES
PRINTED IN THE TEXT

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MODEL OF A FUNERARY CHAMBER; VIEW OF INTERIOR 35

MODEL OF A FUNERARY CHAMBER; COMPLETE OBJECT 37

HORUS HAWK 40

BES 41

FIGURE OF A NUBIAN, MADE OF SLATE 42

SANDSTONE TABLET AND KNEELING FIGURE 54

A WINGED SCARAB AND THE FOUR GENII 94

A SEALED JAR, MADE OF WOOD, AND PAINTED TO 101
REPRESENT STONE; PERIOD, 20TH DYNASTY

A HAWK’S HEAD, THE LID OF A CANOPIC JAR 102

SMALL ROUGH MODEL OF AN IBIS, IN PORCELAIN 106a

HATHOR 106b

JAR MADE OF SERPENTINE 108

THE GODDESS TAURT 112

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FORGED EGYPTIAN
ANTIQUITIES