The Kelsey Museum has over 100,000 objects in its collection but can only display a small fraction of them at any given time. A generous donor has provided funds for Kelsey in Focus, a rotating space dedicated to showcasing seldom-seen objects and highlighting the research of our curators, faculty, staff, and students.
Installment #11 | Through the Lens: Examining Colorful Objects from Karanis
Installment #8 | Donation: A Pompeii Temple Reconstructed & Its Historic Honoree
Reconstruction of the Doric Temple in the Triangular Forum at Pompeii; watercolor, ink, pencil; 19th century AD; donated by Professor Michele Valerie Ronnick, 2021
Installment #6 | Out-of-Place Ushabtis in Roman Karanis
no 1 - Ushabti of Pahemnetjer. Faience, ink. ca. 1275 BCE (New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty). KM 24263.
no 2 - Ushabti of Hor[udja?]. Faience. Late Period (664–332 BCE). KM 87990.
Installment #5 | Ancient Abstraction in Textiles from Late Roman Egypt
Wool and linen textile fragment depicting horses and riders. Roman Egypt, 5th–6th century CE, possibly earlier. Purchased in Egypt by Aziz Atiya, 1953. KM 91061.
Wool textile fragment depicting a horse and rider. Roman Egypt, 5th–6th century CE, possibly earlier. Purchased in Egypt by Aziz Atiya, 1953. KM 90782.
Wool and linen textile fragment depicting a warhorse. Roman Egypt, 5th–6th century CE, possibly earlier. Purchased in Egypt from Phocion Tano, 1953. KM 94443.
