1216350 Painted sandstone head of a ba-statue, c.1-300 (carved grey standstone painted in red & yellow) by Egyptian; height: 15 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Faras 1st - 3rd century AD (AD 1 - 300) The Egyptians believed that a person\'s essence or soul was composed of several elements. These became separated at death. The ba was one of the elements of the spirit, which encompassed the personality and emotions. ); 穢 Ashmolean Museum .