jueves, 31 de diciembre de 2020

small temple Amarna

small temple  Amarna



Reconstrucción mastaba. Giza

 


Amarna, estela fronteriza U


 Amarna,

estela fronteriza U

Marion Dunham, Mrs. Charles Burney, Dows Dunham, Rosalind Moss and Jack Cooney at Philae

Marion Dunham, Mrs. Charles Burney, Dows Dunham, Rosalind Moss and Jack Cooney at Philae

 

Lunch in the Valley of the Kings, L to R: James Poitrine, Harry Burton, Alfred Lucas, Arthur Callender, Arthur Mace, Howard Carter and Alan Gardiner

Lunch in the Valley of the Kings, L to R: James Poitrine, Harry Burton, Alfred Lucas, Arthur Callender, Arthur Mace, Howard Carter and Alan Gardiner



Bernard V. Bothmer cataloging late period block statues in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo

 

Bernard V. Bothmer cataloging late period block statues in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
source:arce

Joseph Lindon Smith and George Reisner at the Giza Pyramids

Joseph Lindon Smith and George Reisner at the Giza Pyramids
Photo: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

miércoles, 30 de diciembre de 2020

Limestone trial piece of a private person

Limestone trial piece of a private person. There is a carved head of a princess on the reverse. The profile head of the person, facing left, was finally carved. Revered: roughly carved head of a royal princess. There are 2 nb-hieroglyphs, 2 eyes, and 3 and a half pairs of lips. Reign of Akhenaten. From Amarna, Egypt. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. With thanks to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL.



House Altar from Amarna

 House Altar from Amarna with Name of God Aten in Cartouche - 18th Dynasty, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München, ÄS 2823


Fragmento de relieve en color de un muro con motivos de uvas y flores

Fragmento de relieve en color de un muro con motivos de uvas y flores perteneciente al periodo amarniense. Museo Real de Ontario, Canadá
dominio público

 

domingo, 27 de diciembre de 2020

Figure from a mummy-bead net: textcolumn with Anubis


Figure from a mummy-bead net: textcolumn with Anubis
The object is a figure that was originally incorporated in a large bead net, consisting of cylindrical beads with (at least) ten figures made of smaller beads. This is a vertical column of text, topped with a reclining Anubis, facing left in concordance with the direction of the hieroglyphs. Some cylindrical beads, part of the bead net, are still attached to the column.
Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM
Inventory number APM 8523
Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD (not after); LATE PERIOD (not before)
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category BEAD NET
Material FAIENCE
Technique FAYENCE; WOVEN
Translation
A boon, which the king gives to Osiris, the great god, lord of the sky, that he may give a beautiful funeral in the necropolis.
Bibliography
M.H. Groothand, Drie laat-Egyptische aanwinsten van het Allard Pierson Museum, MVAPM 1 (december 1970), 2-7: 3-4/fig. [1]
H.E. Frenkel, De Vereniging van Vrienden en de collecties van het Museum, MVAPM 31 (oktober 1984), 15/fig. 1
W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1986, 85
R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Egypte, geschenk van de Nijl, 1992, 53, 55
G. Jurriaans-Helle, Blijken van vriendschap, MVAPM 61 (december 1994), bijlage (nr. 7)
W.M. van Haarlem, CAA Allard Pierson Museum, Fasc. IV, 1997, 38-41

papyrus

Present location RIJKSMUSEUM VAN OUDHEDEN [06/001] LEIDEN
Inventory number SR
Dating TUTANKHAMUN/NEBKHEPERURE (not before); RAMESSES I/MENPEHTYRE (not after)
Archaeological Site GIZA NECROPOLIS ?
Category PAPYRUS
Material PAPYRUS
Technique PAINTED; WRITTEN WITH A REED PEN/REED WITH SPLIT NIB
Bibliography
Leemans, C., Aegyptische Monumenten van het Nederlandse Museum van Oudheden te Leiden III.28, Leiden 1882, pl. I-XXVII.
Schneider, H. D. en M. J. Raven, De Egyptische Oudheid, Den Haag 1981, nr. 116.
Raven, M. J., De Dodencultus van het Oude Egypte, Amsterdam 1992, 36-38, nr. 11.
Raven, M. J., Mummies onder het mes, Amsterdam 1993, 53, afb. 1, 76.
Dijk, J., van, , in: Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden (OMRO) 75, Leiden 1995, 7-12.
Schneider, H. D., De ontdekking van de Egyptische Kunst, Den Haag 1998, afb. 27.

 

viernes, 25 de diciembre de 2020

network of tubular beads

TOMB EQUIPMENT: MUMMY TRAPPINGS
This mummy decoration, which dates to the Late Period, consists of a network of tubular beads arranged in squares. A scarab with outstretched wings and the Four Sons of Horus are attached to the middle. The net was placed over the mummy bandages and had the same function as the amulets which protected the deceased during his journey in the underworld.
faayence
Esna
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
Het leven na de dood in het oude Egypte (Exposition), Tongres 1969, 30 nº 29
Le roman de la momie (Exposition Saint-Gérard de Brogne), Namur 1997, 142 nº 182
KMKG - - MRAH
inventory number E.4442A

 

Sekhmet


Head and upper body of the goddess Sekhmet, Egypt, 18th dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 BCE.

 The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

 

Detalle de anudado de la shenti del inspector de escribas Raherka

 Detalle de anudado de la shenti del inspector de escribas Raherka (c. 2350 a. C.). Museo del Louvre.


Statue torso of General Tjahapimu, dating the 30th dynasty, circa 365-343 B.C.



jueves, 24 de diciembre de 2020

Stela showing Horus on the crocodiles


Stela showing Horus on the crocodiles
Horus standing on the crocodiles: he appears standing, with the youth lock on the right side of his head, holding serpents in his hands and trampling on two crocodiles. On the back is an inscription consisting of five heavily damaged lines, which are practically illegible.
Pertenece a la colección del Padre Fco. Roque Martinez, párroco de Alejandría, quien la donó al MAN el 15 de Septiembre de 1930.
Departamento de Antigüedades Egipcias y de Próximo Oriente; PEREZ-DIE, M.C.;PONS MELLADO, E.
NIÑO Y MAS, F., Colección de antigüedades egipcias, greco-romanas, romanas y cristianas donadas por Fray Fco. Roque Martinez, Adquisiciones del Museo Arqueológico Nacional en 1930-31, 1931, p.4, lám. I, d.
MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL
Inventory number 34328

 

martes, 22 de diciembre de 2020

A STUDY OF A SELECTED GROUP OF THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD MUMMIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

A STUDY OF A SELECTED GROUP OF THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD MUMMIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:156208&datastreamId=FULL-TEXT.PDF

 

The Sarcophagus lid of Prince Hornakht,

The Sarcophagus lid of Prince Hornakht, son of Osorkon II
Tanis


 

vase

 


 
 

Globular container with a flat bottom and a small convex lip. The quite large opening at the top is closed with a flat disc made of a grey-green hard stone inset into the neck of the vessel. The narrow hole nonetheless allows for the insertion of the stick used for applying the cosmetic, which was probably kohl.

Present location

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

Inventory number

L 0627

Dating

CLASSICAL KERMA

Archaeological Site

MIRGISSA

Category

VASE

Material

CALCITE/ALABASTER; SERPENTINITE

Technique

POLISHED; HEWN

Height

7.3 cm

Bibliography

  • Vila André, "Le cimetière Kerma", dans J. Vercoutter, Mirgissa I, Paris, 1970, p.238, fig.8e.
  • Gratien Brigitte et Le Saout Françoise, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.152, n°226.

domingo, 20 de diciembre de 2020

The funeral procession on water

 

The funeral procession on water
This fragment shows two scenes of funerary boats travelling to the right towards a booth under which are jars and a conical loaf. The boat in the upper register is propelled by four oarsmen; in the cabin at the front two persons are seen talking to each other. On top of the catafalque (?) five mourners are sitting, dressed in large white robes. In the lower register a person on the right takes hold of the prow of a boat rowed by four oarsmen. The boat is carrying several standing individuals: one man carrying papyrus bouquets, another holding a large stick, another with a fan, and two men carrying ritual vessels, a funerary figurine, and a shabti box. At the extreme right, beneath the upper booth, a servant is holding two jars on the ground.
Present location
KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS
Inventory number
E.2380
Dating
Archaeological Site
UNKNOWN
Category
WALL PAINTING
Material
UNSPECIFIED MINERAL; PLASTER
Technique
PAINTED
Height
74.5 cm
Width
38 cm
Bibliography
  • L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 40 nº 154
  • A. Mekhitarian, Fragments de peintures thébaines, Serapis 6 (1980) 88
  • L. Manniche, Lost Tombs, Londres-New York 1988, 192-193
  • 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, 26-28

ostrich egg


 

ostrich egg
Decorated ostrich eggs date mainly from the second millennium BC, and the majority are decorated with dots and white lines, or black zig-zag lines; eggs bearing incised lines, spirals and even animal outlines are much rarer. The egg in Brussels is decorated with 37 engraved spirals, running from the base to the top of the shell. The purpose of this type of object is unknown.
Present location
KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS
Inventory number
E.2338
Dating
Archaeological Site
UNKNOWN
Category
OSTRICH EGG
Material
SHELL (OSTRICH EGG)
Technique
ENGRAVED
Height
14 cm
Width
11 cm
Bibliography
  • S. Hendrickx, in T. Phillips, Africa. The Art of a Continent (Exposition Londres 1995), Munich-New York-Londres 1995, 78 n° 1.37

sábado, 19 de diciembre de 2020

Shabti of king Sethos I

 





Shabti of king Sethos I
Shabtis are already found in funerary equipment of the Middle Kingdom. From the New Kingdom, they theoretically numbered 365 workers and 37 overseers, one for each team of 10 workers. It is thought that they were expected to undertake forced labour in the next world on behalf of the deceased, and thus they were often provided with small model tools. This superb shabti in blue faience was one of the large collection of funerary figurines made for Sethos I. The wig, eyebrows, collar, as well as the agricultural instruments which the shabti holds in its hands, are painted in black. The text is taken from chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead.
Present location
KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS
Inventory number
E.8386
Dating
SETHOS I/MENMAATRE
Archaeological Site
Category
Material
POTTERY
Technique
FORMED BY HAND; PAINTED; FAYENCE; WRITTEN WITH A REED PEN/REED WITH SPLIT NIB
Height
10.2 cm
Width
4.9 cm
Depth
3 cm
Bibliography
  • W. Seipel, Ägypten. Götter, Gräber und die Kunst. 4000 Jahre Jenseitsglaube (Exposition), Linz 1989, I 210 n° 168
  • Le Roman de la momie. Les amours d'une princesse égyptienne (Exposition Saint-Gérard de Brogne), Namur 1997, 139 n° 168

viernes, 18 de diciembre de 2020

Decorated vessel of the Predynastic Period


Decorated vessel of the Predynastic Period
This large vessel has been fitted with two loop handles as well as two wavy handles. It is decorated with ornamental as well as figurative brown-painted figures. The representations include mountain goats and ostriches in between cross-hatched fields, which are perhaps hunter's nets. Below is a frieze of triangles which is perhaps meant to symbolize the mountainous desert.
Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number 0686
Dating NAQADA II
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category VASE
Material CLAY; UNSPECIFIED
Technique FORMED BY HAND; BURNED; PAINTED
Height 21.5 cm
Diameter 14 cm
Bibliography
Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 46.
Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 26, Abb. 1.
Meisterwerke altägyptischer Keramik : 5000 Jahre Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Ton und Fayence, Montabaur 1978, Kat.-Nr. 73, Tf. II.
Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Abb. 3.

 

Terracotta statuette of two actors


Terracotta statuette of two actors
The two figures are set on a thin base and are shown standing and embracing. On the basis of their posture and facial expressions they have been identified as actors. The right figure is male and the left figure is female because of the indication of breasts. Both wear short-sleeved chitons girded around the hips, hanging down to above the knees. Another interpretation of this group statuette identifies the figures as a pair of beggars.
Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number 0464
Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site ALEXANDRIA ?
Category HUMAN FIGURINE
Material CLAY
Technique FORMED BY HAND; BURNED
Height 14.5 cm
Width 12.5 cm
Depth 6 cm
Bibliography
Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 168, Abb. 70.
Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S.125, Abb. 109.
Meisterwerke altägyptischer Keramik : 5000 Jahre Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Ton und Fayence, Montabaur 1978, Kat.-Nr. 414.
Götter und Pharaonen, Hildesheim 1979, Kat.-Nr. 196.
Cleopatra's Egypt : age of the Ptolemies, Brooklyn 1988, Kat.-Nr. 114.
Kleopatra : Ägypten um die Zeitenwende, Mainz 1989, Kat.-Nr. 110.

 

Tomb statue of Nefer-hetepes

 




Tomb statue of Nefer-hetepes

 Nefer-hetepes is represented standing against a back slab reaching up to her shoulders. Her legs are together, and her arms are pendant beside her body with empty, open hands. She is dressed in an ankle-length dress with shoulder straps, a broad collar and a long wig.

Present location

PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number

0418

Dating

6TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

GIZA NECROPOLIS

Category

STATUE

Material

LIMESTONE; UNSPECIFIED

Technique

SCULPTURED; PAINTED; ENGRAVED

Height

53.6 cm

Width

15 cm

Depth

24 cm

Translation

"[1] 'Miteret' (a woman's title) Nefer-hetepes:"

Bibliography

  • Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 50, Abb. 8.
  • Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 47, Farbtf. 2.
  • Porter, B. & Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, vol. III².1 : Memphis, Oxford 1974, S. 113.
  • Martin-Pardey, E., Plastik des Alten Reiches : Teil 1 (Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 1), Mainz 1977, S. 83-90.
  • Seipel, W., Bilder für die Ewigkeit : 3000 Jahre ägyptischer Kunst, Konstanz 1983, Kat.-Nr. 39.
  • Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Das Alte Reich : Ägypten im Zeitalter der Pyramiden, Hildesheim - Mainz 1986, Kat.-Nr. 27.
  • Symmetrie in Kunst, Natur und Wissenschaft : Band 2; Kunst, Darmstadt 1986, Kat.-Nr. 164.
  • Steindorff, G. & Hölscher, U. (hrsg. von A. Grimm), Die Mastabas westlich der Cheopspyramide : nach den Ergebnissen der in den Jahren 1903-1907 im Auftrag der Universität Leipzig und des Hildesheimer Pelizaeus-Museums unternommenen Grabungen in Gîza (Münchener Ägyptologische Untersuchungen 2), Frankfurt 1991, S. 60 (Anm. 34).

 http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/detail.aspx?id=10538

 

Group statue of Pepi and Ra-shepses

 



Group statue of Pepi and Ra-shepses
The large, dominant figure in the centre of this group statue is that of Pepi. She is embracing her slightly smaller husband in a gesture which is quite common in group statues. Her son is standing on her other side, represented nude and wearing the sidelock which is typical for children. He has his arm around her back. The high artistic quality of the group is apparent from the well-preserved face of the man.
Present location
PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number
0017
Dating
Archaeological Site
GIZA NECROPOLIS
Category
STATUE
Material
Technique
SCULPTURED
Height
44 cm
Width
27 cm
Depth
16 cm
Translation
"[1] Her son Ra-shepses"
"[2] The royal acquaintance Pepi"
"[3] Royal wab-priest Ra-shepses"
"[4] Ra-shepses"
Bibliography
  • Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 50-51.
  • Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 46, Abb. 26.
  • Porter, B. & Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, vol. III².1 : Memphis, Oxford 1974, S. 110.
  • Martin-Pardey, E., Plastik des Alten Reiches : Teil 1 (Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 1), Mainz 1977, S. 39-46.
  • Seipel, W., Bilder für die Ewigkeit : 3000 Jahre ägyptischer Kunst, Konstanz 1983, Kat.-Nr. 40.
  • Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Nofret - Die Schöne : Die Frau im Alten Ägypten; "Wahrheit" und Wirklichkeit, Hildesheim - Mainz 1985, Kat.-Nr. 104.
  • Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Das Alte Reich : Ägypten im Zeitalter der Pyramiden, Hildesheim - Mainz 1986, Kat.-Nr. 16.
  • Rößler-Köhler, U., Die rundplastische Gruppe der Frau Pepi und des Mannes Ra-Schepses : Bemerkungen zur Ikonographie von Familiendarstellungen des Alten Reiches, in: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 45 (1989), Mainz 1990, S. 261-274, Taf. 32-35.
  • Steindorff, G. & Hölscher, U. (hrsg. von A. Grimm), Die Mastabas westlich der Cheopspyramide : nach den Ergebnissen der in den Jahren 1903-1907 im Auftrag der Universität Leipzig und des Hildesheimer Pelizaeus-Museums unternommenen Grabungen in Gîza (Münchener Ägyptologische Untersuchungen 2), Frankfurt 1991, S. 33 (Anm. 16).