Abu Roach
jueves, 30 de junio de 2022
Head of Augustus
Head of Augustus
27 B.C.–A.D. 14
Roman Period, Augustus
This small head is thought to depict the Roman Emperor Augustus. It follows a Roman prototype for his portrait that was developed in the earlier part of his long reign, but continued in use. Paul Zanker has suggested it might have been created late in Augustus' reign or even in that of Tiberius. Egyptian influence may be present in the suggestion of loose flesh beneath the prominent cheekbones.
The original context of the head is unknown, but it was said to be from Memphis, which is reasonable. A Memphite provenance would reflect the importance of the traditional religious capital in Augustus's political domination of the country. A cult of Augustus existed there, and the High Priest of Ptah of Memphis, the most important official in the country's traditional religious structure, was chosen as its chief officiant, the "prophet of Caesar." This appointment was surely intended to encourage the cooperation of the country.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 7.7 × W. 6 × D. 6.5 cm (3 1/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
Met Museum
domingo, 26 de junio de 2022
Pottery of the C-Group people
Pottery of the C-Group people, 2300-1600 BCE, Faras, British Museum EA51244 British Museum, London
public domain.
The Autobiography of Admiral Ahmose
The Autobiography of Admiral Ahmose
Part I
Part II
http://egypt-grammar.rutgers.edu/TextPDF/admiralahmose2.pdf
Part III
http://egypt-grammar.rutgers.edu/TextPDF/admiralahmose3.pdf
sábado, 25 de junio de 2022
The Stela of Tagemirmut
The Stela of Tagemirmut
(Museum of Fine Arts 51.2149, Budapest)
Stela of Tagemirmut
Place of production Aswan (?),
Date 6–5th century B.C.
Object type stela
Medium, technique Sandstone
Dimensions
40 x 24 x 7 cm
Inventory number 51.2149
Collection Egyptian Art
On view Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
The Sarcophagus lid of Prince Hornakht, son of Osorkon II
The Sarcophagus lid of Prince Hornakht, son of Osorkon II
Queen Ahhotep II
Queen Ahhotep II was possibly the chief wife of pharaoh Kamose, the last ruler of the 17th dynasty of Egypt. Ahhotep II's gilded funerary sarcophagus, originally discovered at Dra Abu el-Naga, is now located in the Cairo Museum of Egypt. It is 2.12 metres or almost 7 feet long. Her tomb originally contained several items bearing the name of Kamose, but more objects in it were inscribed with the name of Ahmose I.
Painted wooden statuette of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
Painted wooden statuette of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris still showing traces of gold on the face. On the front and the back are vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions in a black frame. There is a peg underneath for insertion into the base. Two pegs to secure the crown are all that remain of the headdress.
Present location MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARQUEOLOGIA [46/003] LISBON
Inventory number E 143 (n. cat. 150)
Dating LATE PERIOD ?
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category FIGURINE/STATUETTE
Material WOOD
Technique SCULPTURED
Height 55 cm
Width 10.5 cm
Translation
An offering which the king gives to Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners, the great god, Lord of Abydos, so that he may give invocation offerings consisting of bread and beer ...
Bibliography
Antiguidades Egípcias I, Lisboa, 1993
viernes, 24 de junio de 2022
vestido de red elaborado con cuentas
El vestido de red elaborado con cuentas, uno de los dos que todavía existen, fue descubierto por Guy Brunton. El era uno de los estudiantes de Petrie y en las excavaciones de Qau, durante la temporada de 1923-24, descubre el vestido en una tumba que había sido robada, anteriormente, pro que todavía contenía una caja con el vestido dentro. El enterramiento se había producido sobre el año 2400 antes de C.
El vestido estaba compuesto por 3000 cuentas de vidrio y tenia además formas cilíndricas, y discos grandes y pequeños. Estas cuentas eran de varios colores: verde, azul, turquesa, negro, marrón y color crema.
jueves, 23 de junio de 2022
concubine
MINIYA: EL-BERSHA
MIDDLE KINGDOM <1ST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
Inventory number APM 8964
ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM
Painted and Inscribed Sarcophagus of Sepi
Painted and Inscribed Sarcophagus of Sepi
This is one of the most magnificent inscribed and painted sarcophagi from the Middle Kingdom. It is made for the General Sepi of the fifteenth nome of Upper Egypt.
The exterior sides of the wooden sarcophagus are decorated with painted hieroglyphs depicting the names, titles, and offering formula.
Two Udjat eyes are located at the top of the false door that is depicted on the side, to which the mask of the anthropoid coffin is turned.
The interior decoration is entirely painted and contains a series of spells in cursive hieroglyphs taken from the Coffin Texts and from the Book of the Two Ways that contained a map of the underworld.
MINIYA: EL-BERSHA
MIDDLE KINGDOM: 12TH DYNASTY
FUNERARY TEXT: FORMULA Htp-di-nsw.t
Inventory number JE 32868
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
Dos hombres tirando de una cuerda.
Dos hombres tirando de una cuerda.
piedra.
200-1540 c
Necrópolis del 1er periodo intermedio-Reino Medio
Heraclópolis Magna
Enesya el Medina.
Museo arqueológico Nacional
Madrid.
Two men pulling on a rope
stone
200-1540 bc
Necropolis of the Firts intermediate period-early middle Kingdom.
dos peines
Dos peines
madera
Baja época-época grecorromana
Siglos VII aC-III d.C
Two combs
wood
Late period-Graeco-Roman period
7th Century BC -3rd Century AD.
Museo arqueológico Nacional
Madrid.
miércoles, 22 de junio de 2022
A small statue of a bird
A small statue of a bird, or cock, is a toy for children. It is depicted seated on a rectangular base with three slots. The middle slot is rhombus-shaped, while the side ones are in the shape of inverted triangles.
There is a ring for suspension at the top of the back. Around the neck is a nicely shaped crest and the bird has a small sharp beak.
Wings appear close to the body, which is covered with thick feathers. The legs are barely seen due to the posture of the body.
ROMAN PERIOD
Inventory number 318
BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA ANTIQUETIES MUSEUM
Mummy mask
Mummy mask with a golden face. A headband with a golden disc has been painted on the forehead. There is a winged scarab on the top of the head. On the front, only one goddess has been preserved, near the right ear (Isis ?). The back is blue and is decorated with a ribbon, knotted as a sa-sign (''protection'').
Linen
Stucco
Inventory number L 2272
INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III
This small figurine of limestone comes from the excavations of D. Randall-Mac Iver and A. Mace at Abydos at the beginning of the 20th century. It depicts a woman sitting on the floor and playing the harp. The figurines of harpists, which are already known from the Old Kingdom, are rather rare in egyptian statuary. The Brussels piece probably dates from the New Kingdom. ABYDOS inventory number E.0262 KMKG - MRAH D. Randall-Mac Iver et A. Mace, El Amrah and Abydos 1899- 1901, Londres 1902, 87 et pl. XLIII http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=53
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comes from the excavations of D. Randall-Mac Iver and A. Mace at Abydos at the beginning of the 20th century. It depicts a woman sitting on the floor and playing the harp. The figurines of harpists, which are already known from the Old Kingdom, are rather rare in egyptian statuary. The Brussels piece probably dates from the New Kingdom.
This small figurine of limestone comes from the excavations of D. Randall-Mac Iver and A. Mace at Abydos at the beginning of the 20th century. It depicts a woman sitting on the floor and playing the harp. The figurines of harpists, which are already known from the Old Kingdom, are rather rare in egyptian statuary. The Brussels piece probably dates from the New Kingdom.
ABYDOS
inventory number E.0262
KMKG - MRAH
D. Randall-Mac Iver et A. Mace, El Amrah and Abydos 1899- 1901, Londres 1902, 87 et pl. XLIII
ABYDOS
inventory number E.0262
KMKG - MRAH
D. Randall-Mac Iver et A. Mace, El Amrah and Abydos 1899- 1901, Londres 1902, 87 et pl. XLIII
statue of an Egyptian lady
This statue of an Egyptian lady dates to the Ptolemaic Period, more exactly to the 3rd century BC, and it is characterised by the strong emphasis on the distinctive elements of the female body. The smile on the face is strongly indicated, giving a certain brightness to the whole face, and it contrasts strongly with the stiffness of the rest of the body. The woman stands with her left foot advanced and leans, both arms stretched alongside the body, on the back pillar, which is uninscribed. She is dressed in a long robe which is only discernible at the neckline and the top of the ankles.
iNVENTORY NUMBER E.3073
KMKG - MRAH
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lunes, 20 de junio de 2022
Cosmetic Container
Cosmetic Container with Round Receptacles and Inscriptions
Date between 663 and 332 BC
Medium steatite
Dimensions Height: 4.1 cm (1.6 in). Width: 5.7 cm (2.2 in). Depth: 2.4 cm (0.9 in).
Current location
Walters Art Museum Link back to Institution infobox template.
public domain.
sábado, 18 de junio de 2022
statue of male "twins"
Ba statue of male "twins" wearing long kilts, but no jewelry. On their heads are holes for the insertion of attachment of a solar disk. They each have wings.
Object Number: E7009
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture: Meroitic
Provenience: Egypt
Nubia
Karanog Cemetery
Date Made: 100BC-300AD
https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/300255
viernes, 17 de junio de 2022
Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet
Outer Sarcophagus of the Royal Prince, Count of Thebes, Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
In the Twenty-first Dynasty, the Egyptian elites stopped building elaborate tombs. Instead, they transferred the scenes normally painted on tomb walls to the coffin. Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet’s outer coffin shows multiple scenes of the gods and the deceased worshipping them. Not only does the coffin present the deceased as Osiris, but it also illustrates the many gods he will confront in the afterlife.
The damage to the painted surface on the left side of the coffin has been left unrepaired to reveal how the carpenters pinned smaller pieces of wood together with wooden pegs to make a coffin. Artists then plastered and painted the surface to make it appear smooth.
MEDIUM Wood (cedar and acacia), gesso, pigment
Place Collected: Thebes, Egypt
DATES ca. 1075-945 B.C.E.
DYNASTY Dynasty 21
PERIOD Third Intermediate Period
DIMENSIONS 37 x 30 1/4 x 83 3/8 in., 287 lb. (94 x 76.8 x 211.8 cm, 130.2kg) Lid: 117.5 lb. (53.3kg) Base: 169.5 lb. (76.9kg) mount (Support and display board, NMK loan): 39 × 93 × 38 in. (99.1 × 236.2 × 96.5 cm)
jueves, 16 de junio de 2022
Fayum paint
Brooklyn Painter (active Fayum, Egypt, A.D. 200-A.D.250). Boy with a Floral Garland in His Hair, ca. 200-230 C.E. Wood (European linden - Tilia europaea, lime), tempera, 11 3/4 x 7 13/16 x 3/8 in. (29.9 x 19.8 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.848
miércoles, 15 de junio de 2022
Fragment of the head and shoulders of a female (?) shabti
Fragment of the head and shoulders of a female (?) shabti
Only
the head and shoulders are preserved. The head wears a plain wig. The
chest and shoulders are flat, while the back is rounded. The details of
the face, eyes, eyebrows and mouth are very finely executed.
LATE PERIOD: 26TH DYNASTY
C.W. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Catalogus eener verzameling Egyptische, Grieksche, Romeinsche en andere oudheden, 1909, 57 (nr. 21)
H.D. Schneider, Shabtis I, 1977, 159ff.
W.M. van Haarlem, CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. II, vol. 2, 1990, 161-162
ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM
Inventory number: APM 173
Seated Statue of Inty Shedu
Seated Statue of Inty Shedu
The statue shows Inty Shedu seated on a backless seat. He wears a short flared wig, a blue and white collar, and a short kilt. All his features, the eyes, the nose, and the mouth, are big. His hands are on his knees and his right hand holds a roll of linen or leather.
On the right side of the chair, some hieroglyphics are inscribed with his names and titles.
GIZA NECROPOLIS
OLD KINGDOM: 4TH DYNASTY
Inventory number JE 98946
Sarcophagus and Lid of Seshem-Nefer
Sarcophagus and Lid of Seshem-Nefer
The sarcophagus of Seshem-Nefer and its lid are rectangular. The lid has a handle on each side for carrying it.
Unlike
the sarcophagi of the Old Kingdom, which were decorated with false
doors and windows, this sarcophagus has no decoration except for a
hieroglyphic text on its left side. The band of text is not finely
carved. The false door or window was made to facilitate the entrance and
the exit of the Ba, or spirit of the deceased, as the sarcophagus was
thought to be the house of the mummy according to Ancient Egyptian
beliefs.
GIZA NECROPOLIS
OLD KINGDOM: 4TH DYNASTY
Inventory number JE 60541
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
FIGURINE/STATUETTE
FIGURINE/STATUETTE
limestone.
5TH DYNASTY
Inventory number 3812
MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO
E. Schiaparelli, Museo Archeologico di Firenze-Antichità Egizie, Roma, 1887, pgg. 189-90, n. .1495.
J.H. Breasted, Egyptian Servant Statues, Washington, 1948, pg. 31, tav. 30b..
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