Amun temple of Merneptah/Sethos II., el-Aschmunein, Egypt
lunes, 31 de mayo de 2021
sábado, 29 de mayo de 2021
Woman and Child on a Bed
Woman and Child on a Bed
Objects of this type may have served multiple purposes. They have been found in temples, tombs, and houses. Perhaps they satisfied the sexual needs of men in the afterlife or conveyed wishes for fertility on the part of both men and women. They may have had a connection with Hathor, goddess of love and sexuality. The child here suggests the ideas of fertility and rebirth, which were vital to resurrection and immortality in the next life.
MEDIUM Clay, pigment
Place Excavated: Sawama, Egypt
DATES ca. 1539-1295 B.C.E.
DYNASTY Dynasty 18
PERIOD New Kingdom (probably)
DIMENSIONS 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (5.7 x 7 x 17.5 cm)
Obelisks of Hatshepsut
Obelisks of Hatshepsut: a tall obelisk stands above a field of rubble and bricks; in the foreground lies the top of another obelisk.
Dittrich, P. - This image comes from the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) where it is available at the following Uniform Resource Identifier: 20945. Original source: De Guerville, A. B. "New Egypt." E.P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1906. p. 204. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. All of TIMEA's content is licensed under a CC-BY-2.5 license. Depending on their publication date, some images might be in the public domain.
Isis, in the form of a bird,
Isis, in the form of a bird, copulates with the deceased Osiris. At either side are Horus, although he is as yet unborn, and Isis in human form
Abydos temple
Avenue of the Sphinxes and Ptolemaic Gate
1825- 1903
Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts
A Badarian Burial
A Badarian Burial From about 4500 - 3850 BC, Stone Age (Neolithic) communities in the Badari region buried their dead in graves lined with reed mats on which bodies were placed in a crouched position and surrounded by pottery vessels, siltstone palettes and bone tools. These are objects from grave 5710 at Badaria, an undisturbed burial of a child about 10 years of age, including; A black-topped brown ware pot with diagonal rippling and burnishing was found at the southern end of the grave (AN1925.314) A bead necklace with carnelian, 29 steatite, and shell beads. The string ran from the child's neck to the wrists. (AN1925.522) A rectangular siltstone palette (AN1925.520) A spoon of hippopotamus ivory (AN1925.521)
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Badarian Burial
A Badarian Burial From about 4500 - 3850 BC, Stone Age (Neolithic) communities in the Badari region buried their dead in graves lined with reed mats on which bodies were placed in a crouched position and surrounded by pottery vessels, siltstone palettes and bone tools. These are objects from grave 5710 at Badaria, an undisturbed burial of a child about 10 years of age, including; A black-topped brown ware pot with diagonal rippling and burnishing was found at the southern end of the grave (AN1925.314) A bead necklace with carnelian, 29 steatite, and shell beads. The string ran from the child's neck to the wrists. (AN1925.522) A rectangular siltstone palette (AN1925.520) A spoon of hippopotamus ivory (AN1925.521)
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Ancient Badarian mortuary figurine of a woman
Ancient Badarian mortuary figurine of a woman, held at the British Museum
Photo:
Nic McPhee from Morris.
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THE BADARIAN CIVILISATION
THE BADARIAN CIVILISATION
AND PREDYNASTIC REMAINS NEAR BADARI
BY
GUY BRUNTON, O.B.E.
AND
GERTRUDE CATON-THOMPSON
Forteresse de Mirgissa
Forteresse de Mirgissa en nubie (Vue de la plaine du nord-est. Au premier plan restes de l'enceinte nord dans la plaine, à l'arrière plan la grande forteresse et le nil)
Mirgissa I", de Jean Vercoutter, 1970, édité par la librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner
Gate of Kylon. Karnak
Gate of Pylon, Karnak. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection (S03_06_01_018 image 2398).
viernes, 28 de mayo de 2021
Reused blocks from the IX pylon.
Reused blocks from the IX pylon.
Tatalats del noveno pilono de Akhenatón en el templo de Karnak
fuente foto del Penn Museum
jueves, 27 de mayo de 2021
Akhenaten's Temples in Nubia: Evidence for Revolution and Reform On the Periphery of Empire
Akhenaten's Temples in Nubia: Evidence for Revolution and Reform On the Periphery of Empire
MPhil Dissertation for the University of Cambridge, 2020
Ella McCafferty Wright
E. McCafferty Wright
The Akhenaten Colossi of Karnak Hardcover
The Akhenaten Colossi of Karnak Hardcover – Illustrated, May 1, 2010
by Lise Manniche
Some of the most fascinating sculptures to have survived from ancient Egypt are the colossal statues of Akhenaten, erected at the beginning of his reign in his new temple to the Aten at Karnak. Fragments of more than thirty statues are now known, showing the paradoxical features combining male and female, young and aged, characteristic of representations of this king. Did he look like this in real life? Or was his iconography skilfully devised to mirror his concept of his role in the universe? The author presents the history of the discovery of the statue fragments from 1925 to the present day; the profusion of opinions on the appearance of the king and his alleged medical conditions; and the various suggestions for an interpretation of the perplexing evidence. A complete catalog of all major fragments is included, as well as many pictures not previously published.
Publisher : The American University in Cairo Press; Illustrated edition (May 1, 2010)
Language : English
Hardcover : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 9774163494
ISBN-13 : 978-9774163494
Ahnas el-Medineh and The tomb of Paheri at El-Kab
Ahnas el-Medineh and The tomb of Paheri at El-Kab. With chapters on Mendes, the nome of Thoth and Leontopolis by Edouard Naville. And appendix on Byzantine sculptures by Professor T. Hayter Lewis
NAVILLE Edouard - TYLOR J.J. - GRIFFITH F.LL
Berlín, estatua de princesa procedente de Amarna.
Berlín, estatua de princesa procedente de Amarna.
public domain
daughter of Akhenaten
English: Standing-striding figure of one of the daughters of Akhenaton. 18th dynasty, Amarna period (circa 1345 BCE), New Kingdom.
Date circa 1345 BC
Medium limestone
Dimensions Height: 38 cm (14.9 in)
Collection
State Museum of Egyptian Art
Two princesses, daughters of Akhenaten
Two princesses, daughters of Akhenaten
This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Fille d'Akhénaton
Fille d'Akhénaton, période d'Amarna, vers 1360 av. J.-C., calcaire peint. Musée du Cinquantenaire, Bruxelles (Belgique)
public domain
Limestone statuette of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and a princess.
Limestone statuette of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and a princess. Reign of Akhenaten. From Amarna, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London.
miércoles, 26 de mayo de 2021
The Akhenaten Temple Project
The Akhenaten Temple Project
By: Ray Winfield Smith.
https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/the-akhenaten-temple-project/
martes, 25 de mayo de 2021
Double hes-vase
Double hes-vase
Brilliant blue-glazed faience amulet in the form of two ritual vases, in Egyptian named 'hes'. The single shape appears among funerary pottery of the predynastic, and remained in use for libations throughout dynastic Egyptian history.
ABYDOS
FAIENCE
NEW KINGDOM
Acquisition details are unknown. The object number may be from the small find register of an excavation, suggesting that this item was given by the Exploration Society from its work at Abydos in the mid-1920s.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND
Inventory number: 1800
18th Dynasty columns
18th Dynasty columns
As indicated by isolated cartouches, these three 18th Dynasty columns were made for Tuthmosis IV. Some twohundred years later, they were usurped by Merenptah and Sethos II, and most of the cartouches name these kings. Much later, the columns were reused in the construction of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, where they now serve as supporting elements in rooms I and V.
Present location |
KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM [09/001] VIENNA |
Inventory number |
ohne Nummer |
Dating |
TUTHMOSIS IV/MENKHEPERURE |
Archaeological Site |
ALEXANDRIA |
Category |
COLUMN/PILLAR |
Material |
GRANITE |
Technique |
HEWN |
Height |
630 cm |
Diameter |
110 cm |
Bibliography
- Satzinger, H., Das Kunsthistorische Museum in Wien: die Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung. (Antike Welt, 25. Jahrgang, Sondernummer.) Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1994, 49, Abb. 31.
http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/detail.aspx?id=5389
Senet board
Senet board
A fragment of a faience game board for Senet, with four pieces, from Abydos. The board has a blue/green glaze and the squares are painted on in black. Board games were very popular and were often depicted on wall paintings and included in funerary furniture. Senet is known from Predynastic times to the late Roman Period, today a similar game is still played in the Sudan.
Present location |
LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL |
Inventory number |
55.82.9 |
Dating |
NEW KINGDOM |
Archaeological Site |
ABYDOS |
Category |
SENET-GAME/THIRTY SQUARE BOARD |
Material |
FAIENCE |
Technique |
FAYENCE |
Bibliography
- Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley., Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum., 1995., 48-49; pl.64.
lunes, 24 de mayo de 2021
Tomb of Meryre
Tomb of Meryre
https://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/amarna/tombes_amarna/e_tombes_amarna_03.htm
Shabti of Khaemweset
Shabti of Khaemweset (Khamwaset, Kha-em-was), son of Ramesses II. The head is missing. Black steatite. 19th Dynasty. From Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. With thanks to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL.
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retrete Amarna
Retrete.
This is a limestone Egyptian toilet seat from el-Amarna, Egypt. It dates to the 18th dynasty of Egypt's New Kingdom during the reign of king Akhenaten in the 14th century BCE. This object today forms part of the permanent collection of the Cairo Museum of Egypt. This photo was taken at the King Tut exhibition at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington State, USA.
public domain
Khaemwaset
Sandstone statue of Khaemwaset, son of Ramesses II and High Priest of Ptah at Memphis. 13th century B.C. (near 1260 B.C.). British Museum, Ground Floor - Section 04.
public domain
domingo, 23 de mayo de 2021
Head of a woman (sculptor's model)
Head of a woman (sculptor's model)
This nearly square, flat piece of white limestone has been carved in raised relief, showing a woman's head facing left. The lady is represented with a large wig, of which the tresses and braids have been rendered with great precision and regularity. Upon her forehead is a decorated band and on top of her head is a lotus in full bloom. The edge of the wig is marked by a braid, and an earring shaped as a disk appears from underneath it. The delicate profile shows a nose with a slight curve and a slightly protruding lower lip. The eye and brow are marked by raised lines of eye-paint in the Egyptian fashion. The incised line between the eye and the brow is a remarkable feature. Below the eye is a series of vertical lines which have been flatly incised in an irregular manner. Presumably, this playful addition was added at a later date inspired by the hieroglyph of the tearing eye. The front of the neck is marked by three stylized parallel horizontal folds. The upper right corner has the remains of a border in the form of a small raised edge.
Present location |
KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM [09/001] VIENNA |
Inventory number |
73 |
Dating |
SETHOS I/MENMAATRE ? |
Archaeological Site |
UNKNOWN |
Category |
SCULPTOR'S MODEL |
Material |
LIMESTONE |
Technique |
HEWN |
Height |
22.6 cm |
Width |
25.6 cm |
Depth |
4.4 cm |
Bibliography
- Verzeichnis der antiken Sculpturenwerke, Inschriften und Mosaiken des K.k. Münz- und Antikencabinets im unteren K.k. Belvedere (1826) 23, Nr. 2.
- Übersicht der ägyptischen Alterthümer des k.k. Münz- und Antiken-Cabinetes (7. verm. Aufl. 1872) 24/Nr. 54.
- Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM). Führer durch die Sammlungen. Wien. 1988.
- Satzinger, H., Das Kunsthistorische Museum in Wien. Die Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung. Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie 14. Mainz. 1994.
http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/detail.aspx?id=5370
Statue of a baboon with a royal figure
Statue of a baboon with a royal figure
The baboon standing on its hind legs gives the impression of a massive figure thanks to its crude modelling. This is because of the unwieldy nature of the granite of which it is made. The front paws of the animal are raised in the Egyptian gesture of adoration. A smaller human figure in royal costume has been added in front of this mighty animal, measuring only about three-fifths of the height of the baboon. The head is covered with the royal headcloth (nemes), and the king is wearing the characteristic kilt with the triangular apron. The upper body is bare. With his hands placed flat on the apron, the king is assuming the ritual posture known as "praising the god four times". The baboon has many meanings in religious iconography. The animal is principally known as a manifestation of Thoth, the god of Hermopolis, scribe of the gods, the patron of scholarship and administration. In addition, the animal's most important role is that which links it to the sun god. With its arms raised, the baboon refers to the adoration of the sun at its rising. The origins of this traditionally lie in an observation of nature. When baboons leave their nocturnal resting place in the morning, the troop makes agitated gestures and a lot of noise. The Egyptian sense of metaphor turned this into a greeting for the rising sun.
The sun is the archetypal image of generation and regeneration, neither of which is conceivable without the other. This concept is enriched by the image of the nocturnal course of the sun though the Netherworld, which equates sunset on earth with sunrise in the Netherworld. The sun traverses the Netherworld at night until it rises again on earth. Sunrise and sunset are critical points within the sun's course; they lead from one world into the other, just like death, which at the same time is a new birth. At these liminal points the sun god needs the full support and loyalty of his divine crew and of the king. Indeed, assisting the god in this situation is an important role performed by the pharaoh, who joins the "solar baboons" at these critical moments. This sums up the purpose and the meaning of this sculpture.
The origin of the piece is unknown. Its content suggests an origin within a solar shrine, several of which were attached to temples of the New Kingdom. Statues of "solar baboons" are also known from the bases of obelisks, such as those at the entrance to the Luxor temple, because the obelisk is also part of solar imagery. Originally there may have been two or, more likely, four baboons in such groups. A statue group similar to the Viennese one is now in the Berlin museum, but there the baboon's head has been restored in modern times. The Berlin statue certainly dates to the New Kingdom, and it may perhaps belong to the same series as the Viennese piece. The latter bears a royal name on the chest of the king but this is illegible and may also be a secondary addition. Judging by the style, posture, and costume of the royal figure, a date in the reign of Amenhotep III is likely.
Present location KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM [09/001] VIENNA
Inventory number 5782
Dating 18TH DYNASTY (not before); AMENHOTEP III/AMENOPHIS III/NEBMAATRE ?; 18TH DYNASTY (not after)
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category STATUE
Material GRANITE
Technique HEWN
Height 130 cm
Width 42 cm
Depth 61.5 cm
Bibliography
Jaros-Deckert, B., Statuen des Mittleren Reichs und der 18. Dynastie. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum (CAA) Wien 1 (1987) 132-138.
Reinisch, S., Die aegyptischen Denkmaeler in Miramar (Wien 1865) 243; Nr. 59.
Übersicht der kunsthistorischen Sammlungen II.
Katalog: "5000 Jahre Ägyptische Kunst", Zürich, Essen, Stockholm, Wien (1961), Nr. 167, Nr. 112, Nr. 96, Nr. 116.
Seipel, W. (ed.), Gott Mensch Pharao (1992).
Seipel, W. (ed.), Götter Menschen Pharaonen, Speyer (1993) = Dioses, Hombres, Faraones, Ciudad de México (1993) = Das Vermächtnis der Pharaonen, Zürich (1994).
Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM). Führer durch die Sammlungen. Wien. 1988.
Satzinger, H., Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (museum), Braunschweig (Verlag Westermann), 1987.
Satzinger, H., Das Kunsthistorische Museum in Wien. Die Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung. Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie 14. Mainz. 1994.
Terracotta head of Akhenaten
Terracotta head of Akhenaten
This
small terracotta head of Akhenaten exhibits all the characteristics of
Amarna art. The viewer should observe the very typical face with the
elongated veiled eyes, high cheekbones, fleshy mouth, and rounded
elongated chin. The only unusual feature is the band around the edge of
the face: does it represent the ends of a curly wig or is it a very
simplified stylised version of the frizzy hair of the subject? This
miniature masterpiece seems a much more personal and subtle object than
the output of most of sculptural trial pieces and models which have come
from the site of El-`Amarna.
Present location KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS
Inventory number E.6368
Dating AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN
Archaeological Site EL-`AMARNA/AKHETATEN ?
Category FIGURINE/STATUETTE
Material POTTERY
Technique FORMED BY HAND
Height 5 cm
Bibliography
(M. Werbrouck,) Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles. Département égyptien, Album, Bruxelles 1934, pl. 19
Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis te Brussel. Oudheid,
het Verre Oosten, Volkenkunde - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire.
Antiquités, Extrême-Orient, Ethnographie, Bruxelles 1958, Égypte nº 17
Onder de Zon van Amarna. Echnaton en Nefertiti - Le règne du soleil.
Akhnaton et Néfertiti (Exposition), Bruxelles 1975, 150 ° 76
viernes, 21 de mayo de 2021
Egyptian mummy child
Photography of the bandaged ancient Egyptian child mummy from the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Frankfurt a.M. (inventory number ÄS 18).
martes, 18 de mayo de 2021
Seheruibre Petubastis
Wooden doorjamb, originally covered with gold leaf and inlaid glass, representing 
Seheruibre Petubastis III making an offering,[1] Louvre Museum.
Seheruibre Petubastis III making an offering,[1] Louvre Museum.
Door jamb of a small chapel with the image of King Seheruibre Pedubast III (ref: Jean Yoyotte, "Pétoubastis III", Revue d'Egyptologie 24 (1962): 216-223), making an offering. Material: Wood, originally covered with gold leaf and inlaid glass. Louvre Museum.
The Sarcophagus lid of Prince Hornakht, son of Osorkon II
The Sarcophagus lid of Prince Hornakht, son of Osorkon II
Dynasty 22nd Dynasty
Pharaoh Osorkon II
Father Osorkon II
Mother Karomama I
Burial Tanis, NRT I
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stèle du rêve de Thoutmôsis IV,
Plateau de Gizeh - Détail de la stèle du rêve de Thoutmôsis IV, entre les pattes du Sphinx
The Dream Stele between the Sphinx's front legs
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