Statuette of a prince

Statuette of a prince

This standing wooden figure of a prince with slender limbs is shown in an knee-length kilt with a protruding apron front. Curving ribbons hang down from the belt on either side of the apron. His head is covered by a wig with a gilded band around it and a broad sidelock hangs down from his head as far as the upper arm. The object the prince held against his chest with one or even both hands can't be ascertained owing to the fragmentary nature of the piece. The statuette was fitted into the pedestal at a later date, because the four lines of inscription on it mention the title and name of Queen Tiy. Around the pedestal is a decoration of alternating ankh, djed, and was signs.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number 0054

Dating AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN (not after); 18TH DYNASTY; AMENHOTEP III/AMENOPHIS III/NEBMAATRE (not before)

Archaeological Site KOM MEDINET GHURAB ?

Category FIGURINE/STATUETTE

Material WOOD; PLASTER; UNSPECIFIED

Technique SCULPTURED; STUCCO; PAINTED ON STUCCO; INLAY

Height 20.8 cm

Width 6.2 cm

Depth 15.1 cm

Translation

"[1] Princess, great of favour, Lady of the Two Shores, the Beloved, [2] the Desired, Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt great of [3] splendour, the 'Holy Jewelry' , the great royal wife Tiy, may she live."

Bibliography•Borchardt, L., Der Porträtkopf der Königin Teje (Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 18), Leipzig 1911, S. 14-15, Abb. 14.

•Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 79, Abb. 25.

•Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 70.

•Echnaton - Nofretete - Tutanchamun, Hildesheim 1976, Kat.-Nr. 83.

•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Abb. 54.

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Mosaic of Watchdog Inside a Circle

Mosaic of Watchdog Inside a Circle

The image of the watchdog inside the circle is an emblema, a small panel created separately in the style of a painting, which was later set into a floor or wall mosaic.

Originally a square, it portrays a spotted watchdog, whose purpose is indicated by the red band on its neck. The dog sits on its hind feet with its forefeet straight.

The tail is twisted on the ground beside the hind feet. The dog's eyes look far ahead and the ears are upright, signifying a state of watchfulness. The dog is colored in white, black, and light brown. The background is a brown color. On the ground is a vessel which has a round-holed handle behind the spout, made of bronze.

Present location BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA ANTIQUETIES MUSEUM [01/027] ALEXANDRIA BAAM

Inventory number 859

Dating ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site GOVERNORATE OF ALEXANDRIA

Category WALL PAINTING

Material MARBLE

Technique CARVED

Width 3.25 cm

Bibliography•Hawass Z. and others, Bibliotheca

•Alexandrina, the Archaeology Museum,

•Cairo 2002.

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Statue of Horus the Child

Statue of Horus the Child

Horus the child, known as Harpocrates, of the Greco-Roman period is shown squatting on a small base. His right leg is bent under his body, while his left is erect in front of his chest.

He is naked, with the child lock on the right of his head. His right arm is beside his body and he is holding a rounded staff in his hand; the left arm is broken.

The child's body is painted in brown and cream, and the eyes and eyebrows are highlighted in black

Present location BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA ANTIQUETIES MUSEUM [01/027] ALEXANDRIA BAAM

Inventory number 635

Dating ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site EL-MINIYA

Category STATUE

Material LIMESTONE

Technique HEWN

Height 25 cm

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Fragment d’ostracon : taureau

Fragment d’ostracon : taureau

19e ou 20e dynastie (vers 1295-1069 av. J.-C.)

Deir el-Médineh

Eclat de calcaire peint

H. : 7 cm. ; L. : 8 cm.

Fragment d’ostracon : taureau

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Fragment of a relief with two prisoners

Fragment of a relief with two prisoners

Sandstone fragment with representations in sunk relief, in two registers. The upper register shows only the knees and feet of two kneeling figures facing right. The lower register shows a negro captive facing right with arms bent upwards and backwards and tied together. Behind him part of the face of an Asian with a pointed beard has been preserved. The style of the representations is typical for the Amarna Period.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 8753

Dating AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN

Archaeological Site THEBES: EAST BANK ?

Category RELIEF

Material SANDSTONE

Technique LOW RELIEF

Height 22.5 cm

Width 20 cm

Depth 5 cm

Bibliography•R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer (ed.), Egypte, eender en anders (tentoonstellingscatalogus APM), 1984, 23 (nr. 6)

•F.J.E. Boddens Hosang, Two Amarna collections in the Netherlands, OMRO 72 (1992), 15-53: 25, 46/pl. 8

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The Kingdom of the Hittites

The Kingdom of the Hittites

by Trevor Bryce

In the fourteenth century BC the Hittites became the supreme political and military power in the Near East. How did they achieve their supremacy? How successful were they in maintaining it? What brought about their collapse and disappearance? This comprehensive history of the Hittite kingdom examines recent archaeological discoveries and original texts, giving the ancient Hittites the opportunity to speak to the modern reader for themselves.

Paperback: 488 pages

Publisher: Oxford University Press; First Edition. 1 in number line edition (May 13, 1999)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0199240108

ISBN-13: 978-0199240104

La guerra en el Antiguo Egipto: Una interpretación simbólica desde los postulados teóricos de Mircea Eliade

La guerra en el Antiguo Egipto: Una interpretación simbólica

desde los postulados teóricos de Mircea Eliade

[War in Ancient Egypt: A symbolic interpretation

from the theoretical postulates of Mircea Eliade]

Héctor Horacio Gerván

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The tomb of Pennut

Both registers contain texts and vignettes from the Book of the Dead

The tomb of Pennut

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Nakhti, ruler of Asiut

Nakhti, ruler of Asiut

The statuette of the chancellor Nakhti was found at the beginning of the 20th century in the course of excavations in the necropolis of the rulers of Asiut. It is a very original piece: the use of alabaster, which gives a soapy and unfinished appearance, is exceptional. Nakhti is seated on a cube-shaped seat, and rests his left hand on his left knee, while his right fist is clenched on his right knee. The hands and feet are very large in relation to the rest of his body, and the use of black paint for the eyes and eyebrows gives the face a very expressive appearance. Even if the statuette does give the impression of imperfection of form, it does express the imperturbable strength of a provincial noble living at the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.

Present location KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS

Inventory number E.5596

Dating MIDDLE KINGDOM

Archaeological Site ASIUT

Category FIGURINE/STATUETTE

Material CALCITE/ALABASTER

Technique HEWN; POLISHED; PAINTED; SCULPTURED

Height 29 cm

Width 12 cm

Depth 21 cm

Bibliography•R. Tefnin, Sculptuur van het Oude Egypte - Statues et statuettes de l'Ancienne Égypte, Bruxelles 1988, 24-27

•J.-Ch. Balty, e.a., Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel, Oudheid - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles, Antiquité - The Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Antiquity, Bruxelles 1988, 18

•F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 49-50

•E. Teeter, How Many Statues of Nakhti ?, GM 114 (1990) 101-106

•Th. De Putter et Chr. Karlshausen, Les pierres, Bruxelles 1992, 45

•W. Seipel, Gott, Mensch, Pharao. Viertausend Jahre Menschenbild in der Skulptur des Alten Ägypten (Exposition), Vienne 1992, 178

•D. Wildung (Éd.), Ägypten, 2000 v. Chr. Die Geburt des Individuums, Munich 2000, 68 et 179 nº 13

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Tit

Tit (Isis knot) amulet

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Date: ca. 1550–1275 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Cemetery D, Tomb D33, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1900

Medium: Jasper

Dimensions: H. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in): w. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in); th. 0.7cm (1/4 in)

Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900

Accession Number: 00.4.39

Description

This symbol illustrates a knotted piece of cloth whose early meaning is unknown, but in the New Kingdom it was clearly associated with the goddess Isis, the great magician and wife of Osiris. By this time, the tit symbol was referred to as the "blood of Isis" and scholars have suggested that it might depict the cloth a woman used during menstruation. Knots were widely used as amulets because the Egyptians believed they bound and released magic. The tit sign was considered a potent symbol of protection in the afterlife and the Book of the Dead specifies that the tyet be made of blood-red stone, like this example, and placed at the deceased's neck.

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OFFERING BEARER (MODEL)

OFFERING BEARER (MODEL)

12TH DYNASTY

Schneider, H. D. en M. J. Raven, De Egyptische Oudheid, Den Haag 1981, nr. 52.

Schneider, H. D., De ontdekking van de Egyptische Kunst, Den Haag 1998, afb. 81.

Seipel, W., Ägypten, vol. I, Linz 1989, nr. 66.

Inventory number F 1934/12.2

RIJKSMUSEUM VAN OUDHEDEN

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Chien couché

On appelle ostracon (pluriel ostraca) des éclats de calcaire ou de poterie qui servaient de supports bon marché pour toutes sortes de dessins, brouillons professionnels, images pieuses ou satiriques. On en a trouvé en très grand nombre dans le village artisanal de Deir el-Médineh.

Chien couché

H. : 6,70 cm. ; L. : 8,60 cm. ; Pr. : 4,20 cm.

Département des Antiquités égyptiennes

Louvre

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