martes, 24 de febrero de 2015

Model of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for Amenhotep

Model of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for Amenhotep

Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt; Possibly from Upper Egypt; Thebes
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: L. 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in); w. 8 cm (3 1/8 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1937
Accession Number: 37.2.1
 
 
 met museum
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lunes, 23 de febrero de 2015

Bronze phallic wind chime (tintinabulum)

Bronze phallic wind chime (tintinabulum)

Roman, 1st century AD

To ward off evil spirits

Bronze wind chimes like these were hung up in gardens and porticoes where they would make a tinkling sound as the wind passed through them. Bells were believed to keep off evil spirits and so they were often combined with the phallus, an erect penis, which was also a symbol of good fortune and a charm against evil. The main phallus is portrayed with wings, and the feet and tail of an animal, perhaps a lion. These add to its protective powers.
The Greeks and Romans had none of the reservations about nudity and sexuality which in the West we have inherited from the Judaeo-Christian tradition, so the naked body and sexual images were a common part of everyday life. The phallus, used as a lucky charm, was worn as jewellery, incorporated into furniture and fittings, and was carved and painted on the walls of houses, public buildings and street corners.
C. Johns, Sex or symbol : erotic images (London, TheBritish


 British Museum
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Apotropaic wand

 Apotropaic wand


From Thebes, Egypt
Late Middle Kingdom, around 1750 BC
A magical 'knife' intended for the protection of a mother and child
Childbirth and early infancy were felt to be particularly threatening to both mother and baby. Magic played the primary role in countering these threats; various evil spirits needed to be warned off, and deities invoked to protect the vulnerable. These magic knives, also known as apotropaic (that is, acting to ward off evil) wands, were one of the devices used. They are usually made of hippopotamus ivory, thus enlisting the support of that fearsome beast against evil.
The term 'knife' is inappropriate, and the shape may be related more to the throwstick (similar to a modern boomerang). Throwsticks were used to hunt birds, and flocks of birds were seen as a symbol of chaos, hence the appropriateness of the shape.
The depictions on this knife encompass a range of protective images. They include a grotesque dwarf, probably known as Aha at this date, but later the more famous Bes, and Taweret (a pregnant hippopotamus carrying a knife), both of whom are associated with childbirth. Lions, the scarab of rebirth, serpents, and other fantastic protective demons also feature.
Archaeologists have found that many of these 'knives' seem to have been deliberately broken before being placed in the tombs. One explanation is that this was done to destroy some of the object's powers, which would have been inappropriate in the context of death and burial.
G. Pinch, Magic in Ancient Egypt (London, The British Museum Press, 1994)
S. Quirke, Ancient Egyptian religion (London, The British Museum Press, 1992)

British Museum
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CK 5 : Groupe statuaire de Pȝ-šrj-n-tȝ-jswy, ʿšȝ-jḫt et Nfrt-jj.w. Caire JE 36576

CK 5 : Groupe statuaire de Pȝ-šrj-n-tȝ-jswy, ʿšȝ-jḫt et Nfrt-jj.w. Caire JE 36576

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sábado, 21 de febrero de 2015

Incised block (talatat) from an Amarna temple

Incised block (talatat) from an Amarna temple. Sunk relief depicting an Amarna princess in a musician's role and rattling the sistrum. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: 18th dynasty c.1352-1336 BC. Material/ Size: Limestone H=23.1 cm Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Brooklyn Museum . Location: 72.

Ilustración

Anonymous - Freie Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste e.V. Bonn

 Ankleidungszeremonie, museales Geflecht aus Papyros
Berenice III

Fayum mummy portrait

Fayum mummy portrait, circa 100-200 CE, Louvre Museum, Paris.

TUTANKAMON: LA HISTORIA JAMÁS CONTADA

TUTANKAMON: LA HISTORIA JAMÁS CONTADA
 El sorprendente hallazgo de la tumba de Tutankamón, el más enigmático de todos los faraones de Egipto, el 26 de noviembre de 1922 marcó el descubrimiento más fructífero e importante de la arqueología moderna. Puso al descubierto cuatro cámaras funerarias repletas de objetos de valor incalculable: más de cinco mil piezas de oro, alabastro, lapislázuli y ónice, que expertos de todo el mundo tardaron años en sacar a la luz.


  • Libro de
  • Miguel Hernández Sola (tr.)
  • Editorial Planeta, S.A.
  • 1ª ed., 1ª imp.()
  • 432 páginas; 23x15 cm
  • Este libro está en Español
  • ISBN: 8408071025 ISBN-13: 9788408071020
  • Encuadernación: Rústica con solapas

jueves, 19 de febrero de 2015

ostracon

MM 14005 :: Artist's sketch, Ostracon

Object description
Ostracon, once broken in half, repaired. Sketch on one side, in black. It shows a seated woman, facing right. She is sitting on a bed, its legs supported by Bes-like creatures,which stands on a baseline. The bed has four parallel lines of various ornamental patterns. The woman is wearing a semi-transparent, wide garment, a collar and a large wig with a headband tied in a bow. She is wearing an ointment cone, which is also decorated with a band, on her head. Her earrings are disc-shaped. On her lap is a child which the woman is breast feeding, the child is also wearing a collar. To the left is a mirror with a long handle and a vessel for cosmetics. In the upper right hand corner is a garland, very similar in design to a collar. From it (?) hangs heart-shaped leafs. Mounted with meta
 
Deir el Medina
19-20e dynastin (1315-1081 f Kr), Nya riket
Name of Person - Acquired from
Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville
Name of Person - Photographer
Kaneberg, Ove
Exhibition - Current
Egypten, 2014-
Exhibition, Part of - Current
New Egypt, 5, Village life
Exhibition, showcase - Current
Egypten 5.13
 
 
 http://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/object/3006018
Model of a paddling funerary boat (W) from the tomb of Meketre

Model of a paddling funerary boat (W) from the tomb of Meketre. From the time of the 12th dynasty, early in the reign of Amenemhat I, circa 1931-1975 B.C.

Stela showing Senebsumai

Stela showing Senebsumai, seated on the left, and his servant, Horiwah, motioning before him



stèle cintrée d'Horiouah, calcaire, Abydos, XIII° dynastie

Ostracon

MM 14061 :: Artist's sketch, Ostracon

Object description
Ostracon, irregularly shaped. Damaged sketch on one side in red, black and yellow. On a black baseline, on the right, stands a woman, facing left. She is wearing a long, pleated garment with tassels. Her wig is large, black and decorated with a headband, striped in black. An ointment cone is possibly placed on top of the wig. She is wearing a disc shaped earring. Both hands are stretched out in front of her. To the left is a woman, sitting on a bed, the middle of which can be seen in the middle of the picture. This woman also wears a pleated garment. A red object next to her is difficult to identify. On the bed lies a child, coloured red, with black hair.
 
 
19-20th Dynasty (1315-1081 BC), New Kingdom
Period, Swedish
19-20e dynastin (1315-1081 f Kr), Nya riket
Name of Person - Acquired from
Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville
Name of Person - Photographer
Kaneberg, Ove
Exhibition - Current
Egypten, 2014-
Exhibition, Part of - Current
New Egypt, 5, Village life
 
 http://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/object/3006076
 
 
 

Senenmut

The only known private example of a private sarcophagus made of the same stone normally reserved for royals. It is unlikely that Senenmut was ever interred in it, due to its unfinished nature. Now residing in the Metropolitan Museum.

hapy


Hapy raffigurato nel Tempio di Kom Ombo

Relief with the god of the Nile and inundation, Hapy.

Relief with the god of the Nile and inundation, Hapy.

Relief with the god of the Nile and inundation, Hapy. He is depicted with heavy breasts and holding a tray with produce, the bounty provided by the fertile river. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Period: New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty. Place of Origin: Medinet Habu. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive. Location: 79.
Credit
© Heritage Images / Werner Forman Archive 2

ostracon

MM 14137 :: Artist's sketch, Ostracon

Object description
Ostracon, irregularly shaped. Sketch on one side in black and red, smudged. Fragment of a larger piece. It shows a seated woman, facing left. She is sitting on a bed, beside lies an infant, both of them coloured red. The woman is wearing a black wig with headband and a white and red ointment cone on top of it. In her right, outstretched hand is a white coloured bread, surrounded by ornamental leaves, coloured red. Mounted with metal pins on fabric
 
Deir el Medina
 
 
Period
19-20th Dynasty (1315-1081 BC), New Kingdom
 
 
 http://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/object/3006098

Senenmut´s ostraca

Ostracon found from the dump below Senenmut's tomb chapel (SAE 71) thought to depict his double profile. Now residing in the Metropolitan Museum.



Ostracon found from the dump below Senenmut's tomb chapel (SAE 71) thought to depict his profile. Now residing in the Metropolitan Museum




Ostracon found from the dump below Senenmut's tomb chapel (SAE 71) thought to depict his profile. Now residing in the Metropolitan Museum.

ostracon

MM 14048 :: Artist's sketch, Ostracon

Object description
Ostracon, evenly shaped edges, sketch on one side in red and black. The piece is damaged, hence the fragmentary sketch. On a red baseline stands a mouse, facing right. It is outlined in red, with the fur in black, certain strands of hair highlighted in darker colour. The mouse is wearing a pleated kilt, outlined in red. It seems to be playing or juggling with two balls, one is in its paws, the other in the air. The balls are outlined in black and coloured red. To the right of the mouse is a chest on tall legs. Its cover, with a protruding knob on the left hand side, is red. Mounted with metal pins on fabric.
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Deir el Medina

XIX- XX dinasty

 

martes, 17 de febrero de 2015

Fragment of a quiver

Fragment of a quiver (?)

Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2124–1981 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, el-Khokha, Tomb MMA 830, MMA 1911–1912
Medium: leather (cattle hide), dye (red madder)
Dimensions: H. 11 cm (4 5/16 in); w. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
Accession Number: 28.3.5
 
Met Museum
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Estatua de Sesostris I.

Estatua de Sesostris I.
Heliópolis

Columnas papiriformes.

Columnas papiriformes.

Heliópolis

Estatua de Seti II

Estatua de Seti II
Heliopolis

Obélisque de Sésostris Ier - XIIe dynastie - Moyen Empire

Obélisque de Sésostris Ier - XIIe dynastie - Moyen Empire

The Egyptian Expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art


Progress of the Work, January 1929
Harry Burton (English, 1879–1940)
The Egyptian Expedition of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gelatin silver print; 9 x 6 3/4 in. (23 x 17.1 cm)
(M10C 49)

Among his duties as expedition photographer, Burton recorded the excavation work in progress, carefully choosing the time of day for optimum effect. In this photograph, with the dust rising, one gets a good impression of the intense activity that enabled the early twentieth-century excavators to shift many tons of debris with what appears to be a cast of thousands. In fact, though the expedition sometimes employed over 500 diggers and basket boys, the excavations were under the constant supervision of the Museum's staff and their Egyptian foremen.
This photograph of the dig alongside the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri might easily be mistaken for a film "still" showing the temple's construction in an epic by Harry Burton's contemporary Cecil B. DeMille. The activity of the hundreds of laborers shown here was, in truth, little changed from the days when their ancestors built the structures they were now helping to unearth.
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Priest in a leopard skin cloak

Priest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirt

Period: Third Intermediate Period or later
Dynasty: Dynasty 25
Date: ca. 712–664 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Leaded bronze
Dimensions: h. 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in) [9.3 cm (3 5/8 in) with tenon]; w. 3 cm (1 3/16 in); d. 3 cm (1 3/16 in)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession Number: 26.7.1415
 
Met Museum
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Cara en yeso de una joven

Cara en yeso de una joven (se cree que es Kiya, una de las esposas Ajenatón), de los años 14-17. Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York

Estatua de granito de Nefertiti. Museo Egipcio de Berlín.

Estatua de granito de Nefertiti. Museo Egipcio de Berlín.

Retrato en yeso de Nefertiti. Museo Egipcio de Berlín.

Retrato en yeso de Nefertiti.
Museo Egipcio de Berlín.

Retrato de estudio de Kiya. Museo Egipcio de Berlín.

Retrato de estudio de Kiya. Museo Egipcio de Berlín.

Asyut Treasure

Asyut Treasure
 Thirty six objects have been attributed to the treasure that range in date from the third to the sixth century. Twelve pieces came to Berlin, including a large bejewelled pectoral, two elaborate necklaces and several pairs of bracelets, all the gift of Friedrich Ludwig von Gans in 1912/13. Six objects were donated in 1916 to the British Museum by Mrs Burns, sister of the philanthropist J Pierpont Morgan. They include a massive body-chain,[4] the largest piece of jewellery known from the early Byzantine period, plus a matching pair of earrings and necklace, and two spiral bracelets in the form of snake. The remainder of the treasure is held by the Metropolitan Museum, many of which were donated by Pierpont Morgan in 1917. It includes one of the most famous pieces - a plain neck ring attached to a frame, set with a large central medallion of a Byzantine emperor with the obverse showing the figure of Constantinopolis seated on a throne. Other pieces in the Met include another gold pectoral set with the semissis of Emperor Maurice Tiberius, and two matching pairs of bracelets
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 Elaborate bejewelled pectoral now in Berlin




 Gold necklace encrusted with precious stones



 Pectoral with medallion of Byzantine Emperor





 Necklace with matching earrings in the British Museum

TT148, the tomb of Amenemope .





TT148, the tomb of Amenemope .

The group consists of a group of three male figures seated next to each other on a bench, which extends across the width of the niche. The whole is of the same order of size as the ones found on the transverse chamber. The group includes a central statue of a mummiform Osiris, identified by vertical texts on either side him as: "Osiris Wennefer, the great god, ruler of eternity" on one side and as "Osiris-Sokar, lord of Shetyt" on the other. He wears the atef-crown and probably held the crook and flail in his hands, which are held across his chest. He is flanked on either side by Amenemope, whose images are equally imposing, being only 20cm smaller than that of Osiris. They are each identified by texts located above, on the rear wall. On the left, with his text above him and vertically down the left side, is: "The Osiris, the priest of Amon-Re, King of the Gods, Amenemope, justified, the son of the priest of Amon, Tjanefer, justified". On the right, this time with his text above him and vertically down the right side, is: "The Osiris, the priest of Amon-Re, king of the Gods, Amenemope, justified, who the brought into the world the chief of the musical troupe of Amon, Nefertary, justified.".
In the left and right corners of the wall areas framed by the inscriptions are traces of painted decoration. On the right of the right-hand statue was an image of the goddess Nut and on the left of the other was another less certain goddess. The bad quality of the stone resulted in the disappearance of the faces of the three characters, but the atef-crown of Osiris and the deceased's wig can still be recognised


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Boudier

Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph by Emil Brugsch-Bey. The monument is the stele of Sîtû (IVth dynasty), in the Gîzeh Museum.

source: Gutemberg

lunes, 16 de febrero de 2015

Stele dedicated to Rameses II

Stele dedicated to Rameses II, depicted as a child bringing his hand to his mouth, limestone bas-relief, 18x13x3.8 cm. Egyptian civilisation, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX.

Louvre

baboon



SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND:  FIGURINE/STATUETTE:  ANIMAL/HYBRID FIGURINE
 FAIENCE
The squatting baboon was regarded by the Egyptians as a sun worshipper because the herd always greets the beginning of the day with loud cries. The ape is also the symbol and incarnation of the god Thoth, the god of wisdom and science. In this capacity he was the patron god of officials and scribes.
This is the small figure of an squatting male baboon. The animal is finely modelled and is sitting on a low base.


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