Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s fully illustrated 1927 description and catalog of personal and everyday Egyptian and Roman objects in his collections.

Jewelry items include necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings, many made from precious metals and/or incorporating gemstones or beads. Toilet items include mirrors, combs, kohl pots, and sticks. Magic wands, manufactured to provide protection and carved from bone and ivory are described, along with examples carved as hands and found in pairs. Board games are represented by playing pieces and gameboards relating to a number of known games. Toys, writing equipment, fragments of furniture, walking sticks and basketry are all cataloged.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Scope of the volume
  • 2. Dating of objects
  • 3. Collateral material
• CHAPTER I: NECK AND HEAD ORNAMENTS
  • 4. The earlier groups
  • 5. Necklaces 600–300 B.C
  • 6. Ptolemaic necklaces
  • 7. Roman necklaces
  • 8. Necklets
  • 9. Neckrings of northern origin
  • 10. Bullae, coins, &c
  • 11. Head ornaments
  • 12. Various ornaments
• CHAPTER II: BRACELETS AND GOLD RINGS
  • 13. Egyptian bracelets
  • 14. Roman bracelets
  • 15. Late Roman or Coptic bracelets
  • 16. Pendants
  • 17. Egyptian gold finger rings
  • 18. Roman gold finger rings
• CHAPTER III: EARRINGS
  • 19. Egyptian earrings
  • 20. Boat shaped earrings
  • 21. Group from Memphis
  • 22. Late Egyptian types
  • 23. Greek earrings
  • 24. Roman earrings
  • 25. Late Roman earrings
• CHAPTER IV: EARLY STONES AND EGYPTIAN RINGS
  • 26. Early numbered stones
  • 27. Foreign cylinders
  • 28. Syrian seals
  • 29. Roman figure and key rings
  • 30. Egyptian glazed and glass rings
  • 31. New Year rings and scarabs
  • 32. Egyptian subjects
  • 33. Graeco-Egyptian rings
  • 34. Classical rings
  • 35. Late Egyptian rings
  • 36. Byzantine rings
  • 37. Arab rings and stones
• CHAPTER V: ENGRAVED STONES
  • 38. Semitic stones
  • 39. Egyptian and uncertain stones
  • 40. Archaic Greek gems
  • 41. Graeco-Roman gems
  • 42. Clay impressions of gems
  • 43. Large rings and stones
  • 44. Gnostic stones and pastes
• CHAPTER VI: HAIR RINGS, EAR STUDS, BUCKLES, HAIR PINS, COMBS
  • 45. The use of the rings
  • 46. Cut rings
  • 47. Bent glass rings
  • 48. Divided studs for the ear
  • 49. Ear discs
  • 50. Mushroom studs
  • 51. Gold pendants and rings
  • 52. Belt fastenings
  • 53. Fibulae
  • 54. Inlaid buckle plates
  • 55. Bells
  • 56. Hair pins of xiith and xviiith dynasties
  • 57. Roman hair pins
  • 58. The development of combs
  • 59. Combs of xiith and xviiith dynasties
  • 60. Roman combs
• CHAPTER VII: KOHL TUBES AND STICKS
  • 61. The use of eye paint
  • 62. Stone tubes
  • 63. Wooden tubes
  • 64. Reed tubes
  • 65. Kohl-sticks, unguent spoons
• CHAPTER VIII: MIRRORS
  • 66. Forms of mirrors
  • 67. Objects associated with mirrors
  • 68. Handles of mirrors
  • 69. List of mirrors
  • 70. Roman glass mirrors
• CHAPTER IX: HEAD RESTS
  • 71. Use of the head rest
  • 72. Head rests of iind, iiird dynasties
  • 73. Head rests of ivth–vith dynasties
  • 74. Head rests of ixth–xith dynasties
  • 75. Head rests of xviiith, xixth dynasties
  • 76. Graeco-Roman head rests
• CHAPTER X: BOXES, SPOONS, AND TOILET TRAYS
  • 77. Boxes and lids
  • 78. Spoons
  • 79. Horn
  • 80. Egyptian trays
  • 81. Roman trays, inside
  • 82. Outsides of trays
  • 83. Purpose of trays
• CHAPTER XI: IVORY AND BONE CARVING
  • 84. Early figures
  • 85. Magic wands
  • 86. Classification and dates
  • 87. Subjects represented
  • 88. Purpose
  • 89. Meaning
  • 90. Catalogue of wands
  • 91. Hand wands for dancing
  • 92. Ivory figures
  • 93. Floral forms
  • 94. Artificial forms
  • 95. Roman ivory carving
  • 96. Wood carving
• CHAPTER XII: FURNITURE AND WOODWORK
  • 97. Furniture
  • 98. Boxes and bowls
  • 99. Woodwork
  • 100. Basketry
• CHAPTER XIII: METAL FITTINGS
  • 101. Lead
  • 102. Bronze
  • 103. Furniture fittings
• CHAPTER XIV: GAMES
  • 104. Classes of games
  • 105. Sent game
  • 106. Playing pieces
  • 107. Square board games
  • 108. Spiral game of henn
  • 109. Siga
  • 110. Graeco-Roman game pieces
  • 111. Music
  • 112. Wands for dancing
• CHAPTER XV: TOYS
  • 113. Tip cat and tops
  • 114. Balls
  • 115. Rattles
  • 116. Figures of limestone
  • 117. Dolls
  • 118. Mud toys
  • 119. Roman toys, groups
• CHAPTER XVI: WRITING
  • 120. The scribe’s outfit
  • 121. Catalogue of palettes
  • 122. Pen cases
  • 123. Roman case and pens
  • 124. Writing tablets
  • 125. Examples of writing
  • 126. Writing on vases
  • 127. On wood and metal
• CHAPTER XVII: STAMPS
  • 128. Hieroglyphic
  • 129. Roman age
  • 130. Arabic
  • 131. Clay sealings
  • 132. Slips of stick
  • 133. Examples of painting