WOMEN IN EGYPT

WOMEN IN EGYPT

How the status of women in Egypt changed during the

Ptolemaic Period

http://www.ancient.eu/uploads/documents/DISSERTATION_-_WOMEN_IN_EGYPT__3RD_DRAFT__-_full_text.pdf

Donation stela

Donation Stela
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
One of the most characteristic monuments of the Third Intermediate Period (circa 1070–653 B.C.) is the donation stela, a commemorative inscription that records the gift of land to a temple or a member of the temple staff. The texts give the conditions of the gift and the penalties to be incurred by anyone violating the terms. The punishments are usually couched in the form of curses, which, contrary to popular belief, were rare in ancient Egypt.
In the frame above the text on this stela a triad of gods associated with the city of Mendes stands facing the Libyan prince Hornakht, ruler of Mendes at the time. The prince wears the characteristic Libyan feather on his head and a short kilt with a transparent overgarment. Acting as mediator, he presents the hieroglyph for "fields" to the assembled deities. Behind him stands a flute-playing priest with a shaven head, a member of the temple staff to whom the fields are being given. Named Ankhpakhered, he was flutist of the god Horpakhered (Harpocrates), whose name means "Horus the Child" and who is shown standing between Hornakht and the god Osiris.
MEDIUM Limestone
Place Found: Mendes
DATES year 22 of Sheshenq III, ca. 804 B.C.E.
DYNASTY XXII Dynasty
PERIOD Third Intermediate Period
DIMENSIONS 20 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 2 1/2 in., 41 lb. (52.1 x 32.4 x 6.4 cm, 18.6kg)  (show scale)

Brooklyn Museum

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3762

JOSEPH LINDON SMITH The Man and the Artist

JOSEPH LINDON SMITH

The Man and the Artist

BY

Dr. M. Mahdi Allam

http://www.gizapyramids.org/pdf_library/allam_smith.pdf

Medamud

Kheruef

anzarinas. tumba de Kheruef

Low-relief depicting Princess Maritites

Low-relief depicting Princess Maritites

Egypt, Old Kingdom, 4th dynasty (c. 2500 BC)

Fragment of a limestone low-relief taken from the tomb of Princess Meritites and her husband Akhtihetep, in Giza. The piece shows two female figures (the two daughters of Meritites and Akhtihetep) flanking a cartouche composed The canonical representation of the two figures, who are facing left before an important person who would be shown on the next block, partially reveals the use of some conventional rules in the pose for wall reliefs. Thus, the trunk is simultaneously seen from the front and in profile, the heads are in profile while the eye is seen frontally.

The small block of limestone still has traces of green, the only surviving colour from the piece’s original chromatic variety since reliefs were generally painted.

https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/works_museu/low-relief-depicting-princess-maritites/

mask

A finely made gilded silver Ancient Egyptian 30th dynasty mummy mask from the Gulbenkian museum belonging to an unknown person. It is catalogued as Inv. No. 62 in the Gulbenkian collection