jueves, 30 de julio de 2015

Coffin of the lady Hetepi






Coffin of the lady Hetepi
This wooden coffin, dating from the 12th Dynasty and found at Asiut, belonged to the lady Hetepi. It carries no decoration, except on the exterior surfaces. The scenes on the long sides represent Hetepi with his funerary offerings; they are surrounded by inscriptions which comprise offering formulae and ritual texts which inform us of the names of the products destined to be used by the deceased in the Afterlife. At the place of the head, one notic...es the two udjat-eyes which also decorate the coffin of Henou (see E.3035). The smaller sides contain representations of the four Sons of Horus, protective genii.
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miércoles, 15 de julio de 2015

The two tombs of Inerkhau , (TT359 and TT299).

The two tombs of Inerkhau , (TT359 and TT299).


The two tombs of Inerkhau , (TT359 and TT299).
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Seal of Atlanersa (Louvre Museum)

Seal of Atlanersa (Louvre Museum)

 Atlanersa was a Nubian king who ruled around 653 to 640 BC as the successor of Tantamani, the last ruler of the 25th Nubian dynasty in Egypt

Clay statue of the goddess Taweret

Clay statue of the goddess Taweret, found in a foundation deposit under the enclosure wall of the pyramid of King Anlamani (623-595 BCE), in Nubia.

Cartouche of the Nubian king Anlamani

Cartouche of the Nubian king Anlamani, found at Nuri. Cartouche name, "Son of the Sun"-(Sa-Ra) "Anal-amani", A-n-L(the R)–A-mn-n-(the god Amun).

Anlamani

Detalle de la Estela de Anlamani (Detail of a stela of Anlamani, a 7th century BC Nubian king)

votive cartouche of the Nubian king Malonaqen,

votive cartouche of the Nubian king Malonaqen, found at Kawa; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

Figure of a seated goddess

Figure of a seated goddess

Period: Late Bronze Age
Date: ca. 14th–13th century B.C.
Geography: Syria-Levant
Culture: Canaanite
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 10-7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2003
Accession Number: 2003.294
 
Met Museum
 
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Isis

The painted image of the goddess Isis from a shroud, made of linen and tempera. Likely from the 2nd to 1st century B.C. Now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Neftis

The painted image of the goddess Nephthys from a shroud, made of linen and tempera. Likely from the 2nd to 1st century B.C. Now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Triad of Isis, Nephthys, and Harpocrates. Early Greco-Roman


 Triad of Isis, Nephthys, and Harpocrates. Early Greco-Roman
Pendants with representations of single gods or groups of deities were popular in the 1st millennium BC. This triad displays the juvenile god Harpocrates in the center, depicted as a nude boy with a side-lock and uraeus-serpent above his forehead. To his right his mother Isis is depicted and to his left is Nephthys. The two goddesses have the hieroglyphic signs which represent their names as crowns on their heads; for Isis it is the throne, and for Nephthys the combination of a temple with a basket. The three figures are formed half in the round; they have a rectangular backplate and base. The relationship between these three deities is an important part of the Osiris and Horus myth. Both female goddesses protect the juvenile god of kingship, Horus, against the attacks of his powerful uncle Seth, the god of the wild and uncontrolled nature, who tries to gain control of the universe. The small group is part of a set of nearly identical amulets (together with Walters 48.1673, 48.1675-80). Such amulet groups were placed on the mummy between the wrappings.

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Enthroned deity

Enthroned deity

Period: Late Bronze Age
Date: ca. 14th–13th century B.C.
Geography: Levant
Culture: Canaanite
Medium: Bronze, gold foil
Dimensions: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1932
Accession Number: 32.161.45
 
 
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TT343, the Tomb of Benia aka Pahekamen (or Paheqamen)

TT343, the Tomb of Benia aka Pahekamen (or Paheqamen)



Most certainly in the time of Amenophis III, the tomb must have been robbed already. Also from this time period, some red outline drawings have been added to the walls, mostly women, but occasionally of men. These pictures must have been made by the people of the first intrusive burials, by someone who was obviously married and had need for the portrayal of a woman for his resurrection rites, as the wives usually held the important role, as Isis was to Osiris, in the rebirth of the tomb owner.
One of these images can be seen under Benia's seat on the north section of the east wall of the transverse room.


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