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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 230 / Friday, December 3, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Athena on the obverse and owl on the reverse with an inscription in Demotic looks cursive to the right of the owl.
There are similar coins in silver but with an inscription in Aramaic look angular to the right of the owl. The former were struck under the authority of the Persian Great King Artaxerxes III
when he recaptured Egypt in the mid4th B.C.; the latter were struck under the Persian satraps of Egypt Sabaces and Mazakes in the 330s B.C. There are rare silver drachms marked NAU Naucratis instead of AQE.
iii. Hellenistic and PtolemaicCoins of this type are struck in gold, silver, and bronze at Alexandria and any other mints that operated within the borders of the modern Egyptian state. Gold coins of and in honor of Alexander the Great, struck at Alexandria and Memphis, depict a helmeted bust of Athena on the obverse and a winged Victory on the reverse. Silver coins of Alexander the Great, struck at Alexandria and Memphis, depict a bust of Herakles wearing the lion skin on the obverse, or heads side, and a seated statue of Olympian Zeus on the reverse, or tails side. Gold coins of the Ptolemies from Egypt will have jugate portraits on both obverse and reverse, a portrait of the king on the obverse and a cornucopia on the reverse, or a jugate portrait of the king and queen on the obverse and cornucopias on the reverse. Silver coins of the Ptolemies from Egypt tend to depict a portrait of Alexander wearing an elephant skin on the obverse and Athena on the reverse or a portrait of the reigning king with an eagle on the reverse. Some silver coins have jugate portraits of the king and queen on the obverse. Bronze coins of the Ptolemies commonly depict a head of Zeus bearded on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse. These iconographical descriptions are non-exclusive and describe only some of the more common examples. There are other types and variants among the Hellenistic and Ptolemaic coinage. Approximate date:
ca. 332 B.C. through ca. 31 B.C.
iv. RomanCoins of this type are struck in bronze, silver, or gold at Alexandria and any other mints that operated within the borders of the modern Egyptian state until approx.
A.D. 498. The iconography of the coinage in the Roman period varied widely, although a portrait of the reigning emperor is almost always present on the obverse of the coin.
Approximate dates: ca. 31 B.C. through ca. A.D. 498.
v. Byzantine and Arab Byzantine Coins of these types are struck in bronze and gold at Alexandria, Fustat, and other mints that operated within the
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borders of the modern Egyptian state between A.D. 498 and ca. A.D. 696.
Iconography may include one, two, or three persons busts or standing figures;
large letters in Latin script sometimes with smaller Latin, Greek, or Arabic letters along the edge; and crosses, stars, moons, and other symbols.
vi. Islamic/Medieval and Ottoman Coins of this type are struck in copper, bronze, silver, and gold at Cairo, Fustat, Alexandria, and other mints that operated within the borders of the modern Egyptian state under the Umayyad, Abbasid, Tulunid, Ikhshidid, Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk, and Ottoman up to A.D. 1750 dynasties.
Iconography is mostly writing in Arabic script, sometimes with stars, circles, flowers, or other ornaments placed at center or among the text, and rarely with human figures or trees.
C. Ceramic and Clay 1. SculptureThis category includes terracotta statues and statuettes figurines, including human, animal, and hybrid figures. Ceramic sculptures may be undecorated or decorated with paint, appliques, or inscribed lines.
2. Architectural DecorationsThese are baked clay terracotta elements used to decorate buildings. Examples include carved and molded brick, panels, acroteria, antefixes, painted and relief plaques, revetments, carved and molded bricks, knobs, plain or glazed roof tiles, and glazed tile wall ornaments and panels.
3. Vessels and Containers i. NeolithicTypes are made of red Nile clay with blackened rim, thin walls, and rippled surface. Others have smoothed surfaces, but otherwise plain.
Decorations may include painting or incised designs.
ii. Predynastic PeriodTypes typically have a burnished red body with or without a white-painted decoration, or a burnished red body and black top, or a burnished black body sometimes with incised decoration, or an unburnished light brown body with dark red painted decoration, including human and animal figures and boats, spirals, or an abstract design.
iv. Dynastic PeriodsTypes are primarily utilitarian but also come as ornate forms, typically undecorated and sometimes burnished. New Kingdom examples may have elaborate painted, incised, and molded decorations, especially floral motifs depicted in blue paint.
v. Greco-Roman PeriodTypes include vessels with riled decoration, pilgrim flasks, and terra sigillata, a highquality table ware made of red to reddish brown clay and covered with a glossy slip.

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vi. Byzantine Period/Copticpilgrim flasks and decorated ceramic jars and bowls.
vii. Islamic/Medieval and Ottoman PeriodsTypes include glazed, molded, and painted forms in a variety of shapes and sizes.
4. CoffinsThis category includes baked clay coffins, either rectangular or human-shaped anthropoid. Examples are sometimes painted.
5. Objects of Daily UseThis category includes game pieces carved from ceramic sherds, loom weights, toys, incense burners, tobacco pipes, andirons, and lamps.
6. Writing i. OstracaOstraca are pottery sherds used as surfaces for writing or drawing.
ii. Cuneiform TabletsThese objects are typically small pillow-shaped rectangles of unbaked clay incised with patterns of wedge-shaped cuneiform symbols.
D. Wood 1. Sculpture i. StatuesTypes include largeand small-scale examples, including human, animal, and hybrid figures. Shabti statuettes and small mummiform human figures are especially common. Wood statues usually lack the support at the back.
ii. Relief sculptureTypes include largeand small-scale examples, including relief plaques for funerary purposes.
2. Architectural Elements i. Late Antique Christian, Greek Orthodox, and CopticThis category includes carved and inlaid panels, doors, ceilings, altars, episcopal thrones, pulpits, lecterns, and iconostases, often decorated with floral, geometric, and Christian motifs.
ii. Islamic/MedievalThis category includes carved and inlaid wood rooms, balconies, stages, panels, ceilings, and doors.
3. Funerary Objects and Equipment i. Sarcophagi and CoffinsThis category includes sarcophagi and coffins with separate lid, either in the form of a large rectangular box or humanshaped and carved with modeled human features. Both types are often decorated inside and outside with painted, inlaid, or incised images, and with inscriptions.
ii. Mummy masksThis category includes masks that were laid over the face of the deceased. They were often painted, inlaid, and covered with gold foil.
iii. Funerary modelsTypes include boats, buildings, food, and activities from everyday life.
iv. ShrinesThis category includes shrines used to house sarcophagi or statuettes of deities.

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