Servant figure of a baker

 

Servant figure of a baker

A man is shown squatting in front of an oven on a rectangular base. He is dressed in a short kilt and wears a smooth short wig. His right leg is tucked underneath him, the bent left leg supports his left arm. His left hand is held against his head and the right fanned the fire inside the oven; this hand once held a stick but now only a hole through the hand remains. Above the fire several layers of bread have been piled up.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number 2140

Dating 6TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site GIZA NECROPOLIS

Category STATUE

Material LIMESTONE; UNSPECIFIED

Technique SCULPTURED; PAINTED

Height 26.2 cm

Width 13.2 cm

Depth 35.5 cm

Bibliography

Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 55.

Junker, H., Gîza VII : Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs (Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien: Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Denkschriften 72.3), Wien; Leipzig 1944, S. 111, Tf. 19, 20 b, 22 c.

Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 43, Abb.30.

Porter, B. & Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, vol. III².1 : Memphis, Oxford 1974, S. 151.

Martin-Pardey, E., Plastik des Alten Reiches : Teil 1 (Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 1), Mainz 1977, S. 105-111.

Meisterwerke altägyptischer Keramik : 5000 Jahre Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Ton und Fayence, Montabaur 1978, Kat.-Nr. 111.

Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Das Alte Reich : Ägypten im Zeitalter der Pyramiden, Hildesheim - Mainz 1986, Kat.-Nr. 32.

Monreal Agustí, L. (Hrsg.), Egipto milenario : Vida cotidiana en la época de los faraones, Barcelona 1998, Kat.-Nr. 188.

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lady of the house Ibet,

Side panel of a sarcophagus of the lady of the house Ibet, divided into three scenes separated by lines or columns of text. Two of the scenes show the transport of the funerary boat on a sled towards the tomb, pulled by two oxen wit

h large lyre-shaped horns and speckled skin. The tomb facade is indicated further along by a vividly coloured 'palace-facade', with two Wedjat eyes on top of it. The texts consist of, in the horizontal line, a standard offering formula, and, in the columns, an appeal by Ibet for the protection of two of the sons of Horus (Duamutef and Hapi) and of the deities Geb and Shu (four columns).

Present location INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE

Inventory number L 1653

Dating 13TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site MIRGISSA

Category COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS PANEL

Material WOOD

Technique INCISED

Height 65.5 cm

Translation

An offering which the king gives (to) Anubis on his mountain, he who is in the [embalming room], lord of the sacred land, so that he may make an invocation offering of bread, beer, oxen, fowl, linen, and all good and pure things on which a god lives which is given by heaven, for the ka of the lady of the house, Ibet, justified.

The blessed one before Hapi for the ka of the [lady of the house, Ibet...]

The blessed one before Shu or the ka of the lady of the house, Ibet, justified

The blessed one before Geb for the ka of lady of the house, Ibet, [justified]

The blessed one before Duamutef for the ka of lady of the house, Ibet, justified.

Bibliography

Le Saout Françoise, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.138, n°189.

Vila André, "La nécropole du plateau occidental (MX)", dans J. Vercoutter, Mirgissa II, Paris, 1975, p.187.

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Statue of a Servant Carrying Unguent Vase

Statue of a Servant Carrying Unguent Vase

This wooden statue depicts a shaved servant carrying a vase for unguent, or ointment, on his shoulder.

The left arm is bent, enabling the hand to support the base of the vase, while the right arm is extended so that the hand can grip the handle of the receptacle.

The vase is decorated with geometrical and floral motifs, as well as with a frieze displaying alternating plants and leaping calves. The servant's head leans forward under the weight of the vase.

Present location

EGYPTIAN MUSEUM [01/001] CAIRO EM

Inventory number

JE 31382

Dating

18TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

SHEIKH `ABD EL-QURNA

Category

STATUE

Material

WOOD; GREYWACKE

Technique

SCULPTURED; CARVED

Height

14 cm

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Toy or Musical Instrument

 

Toy or Musical Instrument

The musical instrument or children's toy consists of a rectangular carved piece of wood with a squared handle divided into two parts hollowed on each of their four sides.

On the extremity of the item, two pieces bearing two incised lines are tied together with a modern thread. The handle is decorated with small engraved circles

Present location

BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA ANTIQUETIES MUSEUM [01/027] ALEXANDRIA BAAM

Inventory number

885

Dating

BYZANTINE PERIOD

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

Material

WOOD

Technique

TURNED

Width

2.5 cm

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Rectangular Comb for Weaving

 

Rectangular Comb for Weaving

The rectangular comb is decorated with five central circles, each of which is composed of three raised circles. The circles are evenly distributed on the surface of the comb, so there is one circle in each corner of the comb and the fifth circle is in the center.

Between the circles and the four corners is an ornament composed of nine small raised circles forming a rhombus shape. On both sides of the comb, a frame is decorated with a high-relief.

The ornaments on the frame match the size of the teeth of the comb on both sides. There are nine wide teeth on one side of the comb, with the central ones broken, and approximately 35 whole teeth on the other side with very little space between them

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

Inventory number 876

Dating BYZANTINE PERIOD

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category COMB

Material WOOD

Technique INCISED

Width 7 cm

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King Sahure and a Nome God

 

King Sahure and a Nome God

ca. 2458–2446 B.C.

Old Kingdom

This is the only preserved three-dimensional representation that has been identified as Sahure, the second ruler of Dynasty 5. Seated on a throne, the king is accompanied by a smaller male figure personifying the local god of the Coptite nome, the fifth nome (province) of Upper Egypt. This deity offers the king an ankh (hieroglyph meaning "life") with his left hand. The nome standard, with its double-falcon emblem, is carved above the god's head. Sahure wears the nemes headcloth and straight false beard of a living pharaoh. The flaring hood of the uraeus, the cobra goddess who protected Egyptian kings, is visible on his brow. The nome god wears the archaic wig and curling beard of a deity.

The statue may have been intended to decorate the king's pyramid complex at Abusir, about fifteen miles south of Giza. At the end of the previous dynasty, multiple statues of this type were placed in the temple of Menkaure (Mycerinus) to symbolize the gathering of nome gods from Upper and Lower Egypt around the king. However, since no other statues of this type are preserved from Sahure's reign, it is possible that this statue was a royal dedication in one of the temples in Coptos (modern Qift).

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coffin

 

The panel was originally placed at either the head or the feet of the deceased. It shows a goddess (Isis or Nephthys) raising her arms in a gesture of protection, wearing a black tripartite wig, and clothed in a simple sheath dress with white straps leaving the breasts exposed and a black wesekh collar. This simplicity of dress, inspired by older times, is one of the characteristics of the representation of divinities. The texts name the goddesses Selket and Neith and entrust the lady of the house Ibet to their protection.

Present location

INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE

Inventory number

L 1656

Dating

13TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

MIRGISSA

Category

COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS PANEL

Material

WOOD

Technique

INCISED

Height

61.3 cm

Width

50.6 cm

Translation

The blessed one before Neith, [...] [for the ka] of the lady of the house, I[bet]

The blessed one before Sel[kit], [...] for the ka of I[bet].

Bibliography

• Vila André, "La nécropole du plateau occidental (MX)", dans J. Vercoutter, Mirgissa II, Paris, 1975, p.187, fig.77c.
• Le Saout Françoise, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.138, n°190.

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part of a foundation deposit

 

part of a foundation deposit of Thutmose III (who therefore presumably enlarged or renovated the temple)

http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/naqada/temple/finds.html

necklace

 

Necklace

Part of the jewellery and cosmetic items from the burial of a young woman, including this faience and cornelian bead string, a calcite kohl jar and lid, calcite jar, slate palette and grinder, bead strings and a cornelian scarab amulet. Intact burials are rare at all periods, and this group shows the range of personal goods owned by young, upper class women at Abydos in the late Old Kingdom.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1909:352

Dating

OLD KINGDOM

Archaeological Site

ABYDOS

Category

NECKLACE

Material

FAIENCE; CARNELIAN; BONE

Technique

CARVED; POLISHED; PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL

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Model Jar from a Foundation Deposit

 

Model Jar from a Foundation Deposit ca. 1479–1425 B.C.New Kingdom

This model ointment is from one of the foundation deposits that were placed in front of the entrance of KV 42 in the Valley of the Kings. The inscription identifies the tomb's owner as Queen Hatshepsut-Merytre, principal wife of Thutmose III, whose tomb was located nearby. The inscription painted on the side begins with the title King's Great Wife (principal queen) followed by her name, bracketed by an abbreviated cartouche, and ends with the standard funerary epithet "true of voice" (justified). Another model ointment jar and a model dish from the KV 42 foundation deposits are also in the collection.

Title: Model Jar from a Foundation Deposit

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: reign of Thutmose III

Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Queen Hatshepsut-Merytre, KV 42, foundation deposit

Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), paint

Dimensions: H. 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1932

Accession Number: 32.2.18

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Votive offering of faience beads in mud

 

Votive offering of faience beads in mud

Faience beads impressed into a cake of mud as an informal votive offering. The blue and the mud both evoke the theme of fertility. In clearing the temple of Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty, the Egypt Exploration Fund discovered large numbers of votive offerings placed as prayers or thanks to the goddess Hathor. Many of these offerings seem to have been made by women, and were probably intended to guarantee fertility and safe birth.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1907:477

Dating

18TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

DEIR EL-BAHARI

Category

RELIGIOUS OR CULT OBJECT

Material

CLAY; FAIENCE

Technique

FORMED BY HAND

Width

5.5 cm

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FIGURINE/STATUETTE

Fertility figure

In clearing the temple of Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty, the Egypt Exploration Fund discovered large numbers of votive offerings placed as prayers or thanks to the goddess Hathor. The majority of these offerings seem to have been made by women, and were probably intended to guarantee fertility and safe birth. This figure is in the blue faience often used to make amulets, and is without feet.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1904:528

Dating

18TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

DEIR EL-BAHARI

Category

FIGURINE/STATUETTE

Material

FAIENCE

Technique

PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL ?

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Necklace of bone disc beads & shell strips

Necklace of bone disc beads & shell strips

Bracelet of shell strips and necklace of bone disc-beads. The material and forms of these ornaments are typical of non-Egyptian nomads from the southeastern deserts, peoples used by the Pharaonic administration as policing officials in the Middle and New Kingdoms.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1901:799.1-8

Dating

2ND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

Archaeological Site

ABYDOS

Category

NECKLACE

Material

SHELL (MARINE); BONE; FAIENCE

Technique

CARVED; PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL; FORMED BY HAND

Bibliography

• Margaret Murray, National Museum of Science and Art, General Guide III. Egyptian Antiquities, Dublin 1910, p. 26.

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