SCA releases full list of treasures missing from the Cairo Museum

Detail of a statue showing the goddess Menkaret supporting King Tutankhamun. - Photo copyright Sandro VanniniA month and a half after the Cairo Museum break-in, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities has posted online a listing of sixty-three objects that were found to be missing following the looting. Amongst the missing Ancient Egyptian treasures are ritual statues and a fan belonging to King Tut, Yuya’s shabtis, amulets, as well as amulets and jewellery.

Final List of Objects Missing from the Egyptian Museum, as released by the SCA, March 15th 2011:

  • Gilded Wooden Figure of Tutankhamun on a Skiff, Throwing a Harpoon (the figure) – Carter no 275c?
  • Gilded Wood Statue of Tutankhamun Wearing the Red Crown – Carter no 296b?
  • Gilded Wooden Statue of Menkaret Carrying a Mummified Tutankhamun (the figurine of tutankhamun) Carter no 296a
  • Gilded Wood Fanstock – Carter no 600?
  • Gilded Bronze Trumpet with Painted Wooden Core –Carter no 050gg
  • Wooden Model Vase
  • Terracotta Plaque in the Form of a Bed
  • Bronze Seated Statue of Anubis
  • Bronze Seated Statue of Bastet
  • Bronze Striding Statue of the God Hapi
  • Bronze Top of a Scepter in the Shape of the Goddess Hat-Mehit Wearing a Fish Headdress (Lates Nilotica)
  • Bronze Striding Statue of Onuris
  • Bronze Seated Statue of Osiris
  • Schist Striding Statue of Neferhotep
  • Bronze Standing Statue of Osiris
  • Bronze Fish on a Stand
  • Limestone Statue of a Recumbent Bull
  • Bronze Standing Statue of Sobek in the form of a Crocodileheaded Man
  • Bronze Striding Statue of the Goddess Neith
  • Inscribed Bronze Seated Statue of a Cat (Bastet) Dedicated by Pediamen
  • Inscribed Bronze Striding Statue of Harpocrates Wearing the Andjety Diadem
  • Inscribed Bronze Sceptre of Ankhusiri
  • Bronze Statue of an Apis Bull Wearing the Sun Disk and Uraeus
  • Bronze False Beard
  • Bronze False Beard
  • Plastered Wooden Shabti of Tjuya Covered with Silver Leaf, Incised with Nine
  • Wooden Shabti of Yuya with Ten Lines of Inscription in Yellow
  • Painted and Gilded Wooden Shabti of Yuya with Seven Lines of Incised Inscription
  • Plastered and Gilded Wooden Shabti of Tjuya with Nine Lines of Incised
  • Wooden Shabti of Yuya with Eleven Lines of Inscription in Yellow
  • Wooden Shabti of Yuya with Nine Lines of Incised Inscription in Yellow
  • Wooden Shabti of Yuya with Nine Lines of Incised Inscription in Blue
  • Uninscribed Calcite Shabti of Yuya
  • Ebony Shabti of Yuya with Seven Lines of Inscription in Yellow
  • Painted Wooden Shabti of Yuya with Two Vertical Columns of Incised Blue
  • Unfinished Limestone Statue of Nefertiti as an Offering Bearer
  • Red Granite Striding Statue of an Amarna Princess
  • Quartzite Head of an Amarna Princess
  • Steatite Statue of Bes on a Calcite Base
  • Quartzite Statue of an Amarna Princess
  • Steatite Statue of a Scribe with Thoth as a Baboon on a Limestone Base
  • Painted Limestone Statue of a Seated Man
  • Bronze Statue of an Apis Bull with a Sun Disk Between its Horns
  • Striding Bronze Figure of Nakht
  • Painted Limestone Shabti of an Official
  • Faience Round Bead Bracelet
  • Gold, Stone and Faience Collar
  • Faience Bead Collar with Pendants in the Shape of Lily
  • String of 28 Coral Beads
  • String of Gold Beads and Figurines
  • Part of a Lapis Lazuli Girdle of Merytamun B
  • Necklace Composed of 44 Glass Beads Molded in Metal
  • 10 Faience Amulets and a Faience Bead
  • Painted Limestone Standing Statue of a Young Woman Wearing a Large Wig

The complete list available for download as .pdf from the SCA press site, or alternatively here contains for each of the objects the catalogue number, a short description, and where available, a low-resolution photograph or ‘sketch’ (see the Wooden Model Vase’) of the item.

No further statement regarding the ‘full list’ was given by the SCA.