Statue of a woman

Statue of a woman

This statue of a woman from the second half of the Ptolemaic Period is striking on account of its rather unnatural proportions. The volume of the head is magnified by the wig. The length of the body is short, the small of the back narrow, the arms very long, and the hips and thighs plump. The woman wears three items of clothing over one another: a dress, the upper edge of which is visible at the top of the neck, a skirt which covers the body below the chest, and a shawl thrown over the shoulders, the fringes of which hang down over the right arm. She wears jewellery, mostly of Greek style, consisting of a collar of rounded beads, bracelets on her arms, large arc-shaped earrings, and a diadem. The back pillar bears a single vertical column of hieroglyphs giving the name of the owner and her parents.

Present location KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS
Inventory number E.5335
Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category FIGURINE/STATUETTE
Material LIMESTONE
Technique HEWN; ENGRAVED; SCULPTURED
Height 35.7 cm
Width 10.8 cm



Translation
Words to be spoken by Taisis, daughter of Paheb, true of voice, born of Apollonia.

Bibliography•L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 95 nº 356
•De vrouw in het rijk van de farao's. Zes kunstwerken uit de Egyptische verzameling van de Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis - La femme au temps des Pharaons. Six oeuvres d'art de la collection égyptienne des Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (Exposition), Bruxelles 1985, 14-15 n° 102
•F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 170

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GRANARY (MODEL)

Present location RIJKSMUSEUM VAN OUDHEDEN [06/001] LEIDEN
Inventory number F 1935/2.2
Dating 12TH DYNASTY
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category GRANARY (MODEL)
Material WOOD
Technique SCULPTURED
Height 9.5 cm
Width 25 cm
Depth 33 cm



Bibliography•Raven, M. J., De Dodencultus van het Oude Egypte, Amsterdam 1992, 23, nr. 4.
•Schneider, H. D., Egyptisch Kunsthandwerk, Amsterdam 1995, 36-39, nr. 11.
•Schneider, H. D., Life and Death under the Pharaohs, Perth 1997, nr. 113.

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CANOPIC BOX

Present location RIJKSMUSEUM VAN OUDHEDEN [06/001] LEIDEN
Inventory number AH 216
Dating SEBEKEMSAF I/SEKHEMREWADJKHAW
Archaeological Site DIRA` ABU EL-NAGA
Category CANOPIC BOX
Material WOOD; BONE
Technique SCULPTURED
Height 48 cm
Width 35 cm
Depth 43 cm



Bibliography•Boeser, P. A. A., Beschrijving van de Egyptische Verzameling III, Den Haag 1910, 8, pl. VII.
•Schneider, H. D. en M. J. Raven, De Egyptische Oudheid, Den Haag 1981, nr. 62.
•Raven, M. J., De Dodencultus van het Oude Egypte, Amsterdam 1992, 31, nr. 8.
•Ikram, S. en A. Dodson, The mummy in ancient Egypt; equipping the dead for eternity, Kairo 1998, 281, afb. 410.
•Lüscher, B., Untersuchungen zu ägyptischen Kanopenkästen: vom Alten Reich bis zum Ende der Zweiten Zwischenzeit, Hildesheimer Ägyptologische Beiträge 31, Hildesheim 1990, 5, 60, 62-64 en afb. 4.
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Part of a statue of Nes-Horus

Part of a statue of Nes-Horus
Present location STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM [10/002] PETERSBURG
Inventory number 2962
Dating PSAMMETICHUS II/NEFERIBRE
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category STATUE
Material SLATE
Technique HEWN; POLISHED
Height 31 cm





Bibliography•Turaev B.A., Farmakovsky B.V., Opis' kollektsii drevnostey, privezennykh iz Egipta vesnoy 1909 goda. ZKORAO 6 (1910), pp.168-169, no.38.
•Turaeff B., Einige unedierte Saitica in russischen Sammlungen. AZ, 48, 1910, S.100.
•Kees H., Die Kopenhagener Schenkungsstele aus der Zeit des Apries. AZ, 72, 1936, S.40.
•Kees H., Das Priestertum im #gyptischen Staat vom Neuen Reich bis zum Sp#tzeit. Leiden-K#ln, 1953, S.314.
•Kenitz K., Die politische Geschichte #gyptens vom 7 bis 4 Iahrhundert vor der Zeitwende. Berlin, 1953, S.43.
•De Meulenaere H., Trois personnages Saites. Chr. d'E, XXXI, 1956, p.252.
•Brunner-Traut E., Die T#binger Statuette aus der Zeit des Apries. AZ, 82, 1958, S.94.
•Lapis I.A., Matthieu M.E., Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha. Moscow, 1969, pp.111-113, cat.no.119, tab.IY,119, fig.75.

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Disk with Scene of Dogs Hunting Gazelles

On the convex side of the disk there is a hunting scene. A dog tracks a gazelle and then attacks and bites its neck.

The figures are enhanced by a skillful contrast of colors. One of the dogs and the horns and hooves of the gazelles are carved from the soapstone disk itself. The second dog and the bodies of the two gazelles are inlaid in pink-veined alabaster.

Other decorated spinning disks like this one were found in an open wooden box in Hemaka's tomb. They were apparently intended for use as small spinning tops.

A stick was inserted in the hole through the center of the disk. When the disk is turned, it creates a scene of dogs chasing gazelles.

Present location	EGYPTIAN MUSEUM [01/001] CAIRO EM
Inventory number	JE 70164
Dating	1ST DYNASTY
Archaeological Site	SAQQARA NECROPOLIS
Category	IMPLEMENTS AND UTENSILS
Material	STEATITE/SOAP STONE
Technique	INLAY
Diameter	9.5 cm

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Sitting Imhotep

Present location	MUSÉE ROYAL DE MARIEMONT [07/009] MARIEMONT
Inventory number	Ac.93/75
Dating	ROMAN PERIOD
Archaeological Site	UNKNOWN
Category	TOMB EQUIPMENT
Material	LIMESTONE
Technique	STONE-TECHNIQUE
Height	279 cm
Width	184 cm

Bibliography

• Cl. DERRIKS, «Une stèle funéraire de type Kom Abou Billou (Égypte) 1er - 3e siècles», in Bulletin trimestriel du Musée royal de Mariemont, 66, mars - mai 1994, p. 10-11, 1 fig.; Égyptiennes. Étoffes coptes du Nil (catalogue d’exposition. Morlanwelz, Musée royal de Mariemont, 1997), p. 228-229, 1 fig.; Connaître…les écritures et les alphabets par les collections du Musée royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, 2006, p. 40, 1 fig. ; Cl. DERRIKS et L. DELVAUX (éds.), Antiquités égyptiennes au Musée royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, 2009, p. 115-116.

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Tomb TT1, SENNEDJEM

The entry to chamber C is a doorway of 1.25m height and 0.80m width, originally framed by a lintel and doorposts of limestone, and which included at its centre a wooden door, with inscriptions and paintings on both faces. The lintel and the left doorpost were donated to the Anthropological Museum of the University of California; the right doorpost would be in the storeroom of Deir el-Medina; the threshold is still in its original place, whilst the door-leaf is at the Cairo Museum (Cairo museum, No. ME 27303).
 A small decorated corridor then leads into the actual chamber.

Deir el-Medina, Tomb TT1, SENNEDJEM , son of Khabekhnet and Tahennu


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Coffin of the lady Hetepi

Coffin of the lady Hetepi


This wooden coffin, dating from the 12th Dynasty and found at Asiut, belonged to the lady Hetepi. It carries no decoration, except on the exterior surfaces. The scenes on the  long sides represent Hetepi with his funerary offerings; they are surrounded by inscriptions which comprise offering formulae and ritual texts which inform us of  the names of the products destined to be used by the deceased in the Afterlife. At the place of the head, one notices the two udjat-eyes which also decorate the  coffin of Henou (see E.3035). The smaller sides contain representations of the four Sons of Horus, protective genii.

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Excavaciones en Amarna 1925-1930

Bas-relief d'un piédestal,

Bas-relief d'un piédestal, en marbre, provenant de Mantinée en Arcadie. Il s'agissait du décor de la base d'un groupe statuaire de la trinité délienne Léto, Apollon et Artémis, ou d'un autel. La plaque présente trois des neuf muses tenant des instruments de musique et des rouleaux de parchemins. Les reliefs sont de style praxitélien et sont probablement l'œuvre d'un disciple du grand sculpteur. Milieu du IVe s. av. J.-C. Musée archéologique national, Athènes

Pottery model of a house used in a burial

Pottery model of a house used in a burial from the First Intermediate Period
Ancient Egyptian Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum

Carved and Painted Limestone Block from Amarna

Carved and Painted Limestone Block from Amarna

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Mummy Mask with Green and White Headress

Mummy Mask with Green and White Headress
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Priest Montemhat

Statue Torso Fragment of Priest Montemhat Wearing a Panther Skin - Front - 26th Dynasty, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München, GL 127

Reliefs from burial chamber of Sobekmose

Reliefs from burial chamber of Sobekmose

Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III
1390–1352 B.C.


Height x width (west wall): 172 x 218 cm (67 11/16 x 85 13/16 in.) Height x width (north wall): 172 x 316 cm (67 11/16 x 124 7/16 in)


To realize his ambitious plans, Amenhotep III could count on a group of able officials. One of these was the treasurer Sobekmose, whose tomb was discovered in 1908 at el-Rizeiqat, south of Luxor. As was the case with most tombs, there was a chapel above ground and a burial chamber in the rock below. However, the walls of the burial chamber were lined with sandstone blocks, an unusual material, particularly at el-Rizeiqat, which is well north of where sandstone was quarried. The burial chamber normally would have been cut in the bedrock and, because of the poor and crumbly quality of the local limestone, lined with brick. Sobekmose, however, was in a good position to obtain stone from afar. As treasurer, he was responsible for mining and quarrying operations in general, and in addition, inscriptions in his burial chamber tell us that Sobekmose was involved in the construction of Luxor Temple, which was built entirely of sandstone.

The scene illustrated here shows Sobekmose’s funeral procession. This piece comes from the north wall of his burial chamber, so appropriately the procession would have moved west, in the direction of the cemetery. Leading the procession are two female mourners, beating their breasts in token of their grief. Labeled “the two kites,” they impersonate Isis and Nephthys, sisters of the murdered Osiris. Following them are seven men grasping the towrope of a boat. They represent the gods who would drag the boat of the sun god Re across the sky by day and through the netherworld by night. But as Sobekmose’s boat had to cross dry land, it was equipped with sledge runners. On deck is a shrine with a sloping roof, and inside, Anubis, the jackal-headed god of embalming, tends to the mummy of Sobekmose. Across the top of the scene is an excerpt from spell 130 of the Book of the Dead, “for enabling a spirit to embark on the boat of Re and his retinue”:

Open, sky. Open, earth. Open, west. Open, east. Open, shrines of Upper and Lower Egypt. Open, doors, open, gates, to Re that he may go forth from the horizon. Open to him, doors of the day bark, open to him, gates of the night bark… . Do not stand in the way of the Osiris, the treasurer Sobekmose.

Provenance

From El-Rizeiqat , tomb of Sobekmose, burial chamber, north and west walls. 1908: discovered and dismantled by Emile Baraize of the Egyptian Antiquities Service and sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art; 1954: acquired by the MFA through exchange with the Metropolitan Musem of Art, New York.

Credit Line

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Burial chamber of Sobekmose

Burial chamber of Sobekmose


Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: reign of Amenhotep III

Date: ca. 1417–1379 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Southern Upper Egypt, el-Rizeiqat

Medium: Sandstone, traces of paint

Dimensions: Dimensions of room: l. 315 cm (124 in); w. 219 cm. (86 1/4in); h. 222 cm. (87 3/8 in)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908

Accession Number: 08.201



The burial chamber of Sobekmose, a treasury official under Amenhotpe III, is from el-Rizeiqat in Upper Egypt. Decorated burial chambers were not common in private tombs of Dynasty 18, and the scenes and texts usually distributed among several rooms in contemporary tombs are condensed here into a single chamber. The ceiling blocks, south wall, and partially preserved east entrance wall are the parts of the sandstone lining of the tomb installed here. The ceiling's inscriptions include a prayer to the sky goddess, Nut, recitations by Isis and Nut, and standard formulae claiming that "the Osiris [the overseer of the House of Silver] Sobekmose" is "honored by" the Four Sons of Horus and various gods. The east entrance wall as reconstructed is decorated with protective texts and guardian figures of Anubis on the lintel, and scenes of ritual ablution are depicted on the door jambs. The long south wall shows a priest burning incense and pouring a libation, and the rest of the wall is taken up by seven prayers to numerous deities. The north and west walls, now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MFA 54.648), depict Sobekmose's funeral procession and his presentation to the gods of the underworld–Osiris and Anubis. The texts include selections from Spells 1, 15, 125, 130, and 151 of the Book of the Dead, and Utterance 32 of the Pyramid Texts.

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Two Execration figures

Two Execration figures - 5th Dynasty, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München, ÄS 7123 and 7124

striding lion

Panel: striding lion, 604–562 b.c.; Neo–Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II
Excavated at Wall of Processional Way, Babylon, Mesopotamia
Glazed brick; H. 38 1/4 in. (97.2 cm)
Fletcher Fund, 1931 (31.13.2)
The Assyrian empire fell before the combined onslaughts of Babylonians and Medes in 614 and 612 B.C. In the empire's final days, Nabopolassar (r. 625—605 B.C.), who had been in Assyrian service, established a new dynasty with its capital in Babylon. During the reign of his son, Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 604—562 B.C.), the Neo-Babylonian empire reached its peak. This was largely attributable to Nebuchadnezzar's ability as a statesman and general. He maintained friendly relations with the Medes in the east while vying successfully with Egypt for control of trade on the eastern Mediterranean coast. He is well known as the biblical conqueror who deported the Jews to Babylon after the capture of Jerusalem.

During this period, Babylon became the city of splendor described by Herodotus and the Old Testament Book of Daniel. Because stone is rare in southern Mesopotamia, molded glazed bricks were used for building, transforming Babylon into a city of brilliant color. Relief figures in white, black, blue, red, and yellow decorated the city's gates and buildings.

The most important street in Babylon was the Processional Way, leading from the inner city through the Ishtar Gate to the Bit Akitu, or "House of the New Year's Festival." The Ishtar Gate, built by Nebuchadnezzar II, was a glazed-brick structure decorated with figures of bulls and dragons, symbols of Adad, the weather god, and Marduk. North of the gate the roadway was lined with glazed figures of striding lions. This relief of a lion, the animal associated with Ishtar, goddess of love and war, served to protect the street; its repeated design served as a guide for the ritual processions from the city to the temple.

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Head of a Hittite

Head of a Hittite

FAIENCE

Elongated, white, beardless face with high cheekbones and wavy black hair falling down the back. Earlobes are pierced and on the head is a multi-coloured striped skull-cap.


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Stela of Amenemhat

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Temples and Tombs, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

The four lines of hieroglyphic text at the top of this stela list what every Egyptian wanted in the afterlife: “thousands of portions of cattle, fowl, bread, alabaster, linen, and all kinds of green vegetables.” The inscription below mentions the name of the deceased, a man called Amunemhat, and his mother, Shabut. Amunemhat’s image appears just to the left of the offering table in the traditional place of honor. He was probably born in the reign of Amunemhat I and named for that king.

MEDIUM Limestone

Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt

DATES ca. 1938-1875 B.C.E.

DYNASTY early XII Dynasty

PERIOD Middle Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 16 5/8 x 21 in. (42.3 x 53.4 cm) 

 

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Pottery vessel

MM 11210 :: Pottery vessel
Rhyton, the spout in the shape of a bull’s head. eyes and muzzle separately added. Tall curved horns. Tall mouth with direct rim on the animal’s back jut above the tail. Legs evenly placed.

Fragmentary. The tip of the right hand and the entire left hand horn reconstructed

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Rhyton in the form of a bull's head

Rhyton in the form of a bull's head, ca. 1450–1400 b.c.; Late Minoan II
Minoan; Greece, Crete
Terracotta; H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1973 (1973.35)

This vase in the form of a bull's head is a type of libation vessel known as a rhyton. It was filled either by immersion in a large container or through the hole at the top of the animal's head. Wine, blood, or some other designated liquid was poured through the hole in the animal's muzzle. Using the principle of the siphon, the liquid would not flow out as long as the opening at the top was closed with the thumb. Such libations were part of sacrificial offerings or other ceremonies performed at funerary and religious rituals. The rhyton is articulated with ears and horns in relief, and glaze strokes indicate the forelock and dark markings on the animal's hide.

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Offering Table

Offering Table

MEDIUM Anorthosite gneiss

Place Made: Egypt

DATES ca. 2800-2675 B.C.E.

DYNASTY II Dynasty (probably)

PERIOD early Dynastic Period

DIMENSIONS 4 13/16 x greatest diam. 14 9/16 in. (12.2 x 37 cm)  (show scale)

 

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Pre-Dynastic, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor

EXHIBITIONS

• Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity (On view since April 12, 2003)

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.58E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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Offering table, Male, Frog, Sculpture

 Offering table, Male, Frog, Sculpture

An offering scene featuring an enclosure. Inside is a kneeling man, in front of him a frog. There are inscriptions on the enclosure floor.
Bronze; Metal
6.2 cm x 3.7 cm x 3.7 cm
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MME 1969:186
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relief

This relief carries a depiction of the funerary offering in a naive kind of sunk relief, still with most of its colours preserved. A standing couple is shown receiving an ox leg from a man standing opposite. In front of the pair is an offering table laden with gifts, and next to the woman some toilet articles are depicted. The father Kheti [Akhtúy] and his son Montu-hetepu [Menthútpe] are depicted with short hair, without wigs, as well as collars and short kilts. The woman is called Henet; she is wearing a dress suspended by two shoulder straps. Upon the offering table are the following items: a wild goose, a closed ceramic jug, a bunch of grapes, a calf's head, an unidentified white object with white stripes, a round cake, a bunch of spring onions, a flat dish with figs, and a gherkin covered by a palm leaf. Beneath the table a closed jar and a plate on a stand are shown. The toilet articles of the woman consist of a mirror in a slip case and a box with an eye-paint container and a jar of ointment. The entire scene has been overlaid with a grid according to the classical canon of proportions, which divides the standing human figure into eighteen hand widths between the soles of the feet and the brow. The stela dates to the early Middle Kingdom, when this version of the canon had only recently been introduced.

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Shabti for Nakht-Amun in the dress of the living

This figure is shown dressed in a long underskirt, long pleated kilt and double wig, but is still holding two hoes in his hands, just like a normal worker-shabti. The short column of text on the front of the kilt and the four lines running around the figure contain the shabti formula with the demand to show up for work.

Shabti for Nakht-Amun in the dress of the living

NEW KINGDOM:  19TH DYNASTY

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Stela of Kemes

Stela of Kemes

Period: Middle Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 13

Date: ca. 1750–1720 BC

Geography: From Egypt

Medium: Limestone

Dimensions: L. 66.2 cm (26 1/16 in.); H. 73.4 cm (28 7/8 in.); W. 33.9 cm (13 3/8 in.)

Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2014

Accession Number: 2014.283a, b

 This monument, dedicated to a man named Kemes, is a rare example of a memorial stela with a powerful architectural presence. The artist chose isolated elements found in a tomb complex and recombined them into a single novel and evocative monument: a three-dimensional stela, rather than the traditional single-sided type. The different elements were visually and creatively unified around its core. The structure and decorative scheme of this stela suggests it had a commemorative purpose, as stelae could, and was not intended to mark a tomb. Kemes was likely buried in a different location.

 

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