shabti

ABYDOS

FAIENCE

3RD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD: 22ND DYNASTY

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM

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 W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. 1, 1986, 65

H.D. Schneider, Shabtis, vol. I, 1977, 159ff.Ver traducción

vessel

vessel

Black-topped ware

NAQADA II

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM

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BOWL

BOWL
QAW EL-KIBIR/ANTAEOPOLIS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
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Inventary object: APM 4018
Het object is door W.M.F. Petrie opgegraven tijdens het opgravingsseizoen 1923-1924, en aansluitend verdeeld naar het Museum Scheurleer te Den Haag. In 1934 kwam het in het Allard Pierson Museum
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Papyrus Leopold II

Papyrus Leopold II

Papyrus Leopold II is actually the upper part of a larger document, the lower part of which (Papyrus Amherst VII), presently kept in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, has been known since 1874. In 1935, Jean Capart found the Brussels papyrus among several souvenirs which king Leopold II had brought back from his travels in Egypt. This unique document relates of an official enquiry during the reign of Ramesses IX (c. 1100 BC) following robberies in the Theban royal necropolis. The text is carefully written in hieratic in four long columns of 19 lines.

Present location KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS
Inventory number E.6857
Dating RAMESSES IX/NEFERKARE-SETEPENRE
Archaeological Site THEBES: WEST BANK
Category PAPYRUS
Material PAPYRUS
Technique DOVETAIL (JOINT); WRITTEN WITH A REED PEN/REED WITH SPLIT NIB
Height 22 cm

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Bibliography•J.-Ch. Balty, e.a., Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel, Oudheid - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles, Antiquité - The Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Antiquity, Bruxelles 1988, 28
•B. van de Walle, in Schrijfkunst uit het Oude Egypte - Écritures de l'Égypte ancienne, Bruxelles 1992, 38-39
•P. Vernus, Affaires et scandales sous les Ramsès, Paris 1993, 19, 24, 36, 53, 63
•R. Schulz et M. Seidel (Éd.), Egypte. Het land van de farao's, Cologne 1998, 242 fig. 182

Tomb of Merymery

Tomb of Merymery relief funeral procession (RMO Leiden, Egypt 18d)

Sarcophagus of Bak

Sarcophagus of Bak
Anthropomorphic sarcophagus belonging to Bak. The ground color is yellow, and over it the decorative motives and inscriptions have been done in black. On the lid, the goddess Isis has been drawn with the wings extended, introducing an offering formula and the owner's name. An inscription, consisting of five perpendicular lines, separated from one another by figures of gods, mentions the four Sons of Horus, Anubis, Nut and Shu. The goddess Isis is again shown at the feet.

Present location MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL [21/007] MADRID
Inventory number 15208
Dating NEW KINGDOM
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS OF HUMANS
Material WOOD
Technique INCISED

Width 65 cm




Bibliography•PEREZ-DIE M.C. Guia del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, 1991, p.98
•PEREZ -DIE, M.C. Guia didáctica del Museo Arqueológico Nacional , 1985, p. 25
•ALVAREZ OSORIO, Una visita al Museo Arqueológico NacionaL,1925, p.37


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TT6, the tomb of Neferhotep and his son, Nebnefer .

The two lions, positioned back to back, seem to support the image of the sun rising between two hills, forming the akhet hieroglyphic sign (Gardiner N27), which designates the horizon. It is also a vignette of Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead. They are called "yesterday" and "tomorrow"; the naming indicates the ageing sun, which sets in the western horizon, so that the young sun can rise in the eastern horizon, symbolising death and rebirth of the star, and thus, by assimilation, life of the deceased being constantly renewed, which is reflected in the ankh sign of life hanging from under the image of the horizon.

TT6, the tomb of Neferhotep and his son, Nebnefer .

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shabti

Uninscribed mummiform shabti, the arms of which are not indicated. It wears a tripartite wig; the facial features are course, the mouth wide, and the nose short and square.

Present location INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE
Inventory number L 2479
Dating NEW KINGDOM
Archaeological Site SAI ISLAND
Category SHABTI
Material SILTSTONE
Technique HEWN; POLISHED; SCULPTURED
Height 15 cm
Width 3.3 cm




Bibliography•Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p.26, n°263.
•Minault-Gout Anne, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.180, n°266
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Four wedjat eye amulets

Four wedjat eye amulets, the details of which are painted in black. They are provided with two rings for suspension on top and bottom.

Present location INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE
Inventory number L 2454
Dating NEW KINGDOM
Archaeological Site SAI ISLAND
Category AMULET
Material ENAMEL
Technique PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL; PAINTED

Width 1.3 cm
Depth 0.3 cm



Bibliography•Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p.25, n°243.

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Mummiform shabti for Hor

Mummiform shabti for Hor

This squat mummiform shabti is made of light green-blue glazed faience. The few details were added in black paint.

FAIENCE

21ST DYNASTY

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KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM

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Mummy bandage

Mummy bandage with representations and text in Demotic taken from the 17th chapter of the Book of the Dead.

linen

KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM

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A granary model

A granary model that shows the activities for storing, measuring, and distributing grain.

This model is divided into two levels. On the first level, three standing male figures carry sacks of grain on their shoulders. Nearby, a fourth figure is kneeling slightly forward and holds pails in his hands for measuring and distributing grain.

On the right is a ramp. A squatting scribe, facing right, records the amount of grain.

EGYPTIAN MUSEUM

  MIR


MIDDLE KINGDOM

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Canopic Case of Sennedjem

Canopic Case of Sennedjem

The canopic case, which is in the shape of a mummy case, was used to contain the organs of Sennedjem. Sennedjem was the Chief Artisan of Deir el-Medina village. He was responsible for building and decorating royal tombs.

The canopic case is made of two pieces and was found wrapped in linen. It depicts Sennedjem in the shape of the god of the dead, Osiris, with his arms crossed on his chest.

He wears a long wig falling in two thick plaits, one over each shoulder. A large collar adorns his neck.

The carefully incised hieroglyphic inscriptions, which give his name and title, are an invocation for protection to Hapi, who was responsible for guarding the lungs.

 DEIR EL-MEDINAH

EGYPTIAN MUSEUM

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Pectoral Worn as Amulet with Green Stone Scarab

Pectoral Worn as Amulet with Green Stone Scarab

A limestone pectoral, that was worn on the chest, shaped like the facade of a naos, or shrine. The pectoral was worn as an amulet.

The face of the pectoral is richly decorated with several scenes executed in relief. In one register, or section, the deceased is kneeling in adoration before the god of the afterlife, Osiris. On the other registers are funerary scenes.

The pectoral has an oval hole in the upper part that holds a large green stone scarab, a color that symbolizes rebirth. The scarab rests on a lotus flower with two uraei, or royal cobras, on each side. The baboon god Thoth and other deities are shown on a large boat in the center of the pectoral. This scene symbolizes the journey of the sun god across the sky, because the scarab represented the sun god at dawn.

The four corners of the pectoral are adorned by scenes of the adoration of several deities. The right-hand edge of the pectoral bears a line of divine determinatives, signs that give a clue to the meaning of words. The left-hand edge is adorned by the Djed, sign of stability, and the Tyet, a protective knot sign.

ELEPHANTINE

EGYPTIAN MUSEUM

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Frog AMULET

Frogs were used as amulets by the Ancient Egyptians. The Egyptians believed frogs sprang forth from the mud, probably due to the large numbers of baby frogs that must have appeared in the mud each year when the flood waters receded.

Frog statuettes were placed on the mummy to impart the frog's powers of regeneration to the deceased and provide him with water in the afterlife.

AMULET

CG 13379

 GLASS

EGYPTIAN MUSEUM

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Ancient Egyptian necklace with with Qebehsenuef amulet

Ancient Egyptian necklace with with Qebehsenuef amulet
Ancient Egyptian necklace with Qebehsenuef amulet (one of the Four Sons of Horus) made from faience. Dating from the Third Intermediate Period (1070- 700 BCE).

Amulets were believed to have special powers to protect the body and bring luck. Some amulets were worn in daily life, but there were also special funerary amulets which often featured important gods and goddesses. Funerary amulets and spell scripts were often placed in the wrappings of mummies to help on the journey to the afterlife.
 
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Vessel in the shape of a fly

The style of this vessel classifies it as belonging to the so-called Tell el-Jahudiya ware. Its unique shape conveys a realistic image of the insect with its large eyes and a pair of wings. The legs of the fly are rendered rather like hands. The cross-hatching on the rear body of the fly is perhaps merely decorative, but may have some unknown significance.

Present location	PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number	6350
Dating	AMENHOTEP I/AMENOPHIS I/DJESERKARE (not after); 15TH DYNASTY (not before)
Archaeological Site	UNKNOWN
Category	FIGURE VASE
Material	CLAY
Technique	POLISHED; FORMED BY HAND; BURNED
Height	5.4 cm
Width	5 cm

Bibliography

• Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Abb. 40.
• Schmitz, B., Die Neuerwerbungen des Pelizaeus-Museums Hildesheim : Bericht für 1993/94 mit einem Überblick über die Entwicklung der Ägyptensammlung seit ihren Anfängen, in: Hildesheimer Jahrbuch für Stadt und Stift Hildesheim 67 (1995), Hildesheim 1996, S. 483-492 (S. 490-491, Abb. 2).
• Monreal Agustí, L. (Hrsg.), Egipto milenario : Vida cotidiana en la época de los faraones, Barcelona 1998, Kat.-Nr. 76

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Magic Stela of Horus This rounded top stela shows Horus surmounted by the face of Bes. He is represented naked, with a child's lock. He holds in his hands two animals, and steps on some crocodiles. Flanking Horus, are four gods represented in two registers. On the front face of the stela, a king is seen on his chariot driven by two horses. He is shooting his arrows on his enemies, while two crocodiles, with their mouths tied by ropes are seen under the royal chariot. On the background, one can observe gazelles, snakes and a scorpion. The stela is covered on all its sides by a magic text. This kind of stelae had a magic power of protection against reptiles and scorpions Present location BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA ANTIQUETIES MUSEUM [01/027] ALEXANDRIA BAAM Inventory number 594 Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD Archaeological Site ALEXANDRIA Category STELA Material LIMESTONE Technique CARVED Height 52 cm Width 22 cm globalegyptianmuseum

Magic Stela of Horus

This rounded top stela shows Horus surmounted by the face of Bes. He is represented naked, with a child's lock. He holds in his hands two animals, and steps on some crocodiles. Flanking Horus, are four gods represented in two registers.

On the front face of the stela, a king is seen on his chariot driven by two horses. He is shooting his arrows on his enemies, while two crocodiles, with their mouths tied by ropes are seen under the royal chariot.

On the background, one can observe gazelles, snakes and a scorpion. The stela is covered on all its sides by a magic text.

This kind of stelae had a magic power of protection against reptiles and scorpions

Present location BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA ANTIQUETIES MUSEUM [01/027] ALEXANDRIA BAAM
Inventory number 594
Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site ALEXANDRIA
Category STELA
Material LIMESTONE
Technique CARVED
Height 52 cm
Width 22 cm

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This rounded top stela shows Horus surmounted by the face of Bes. He is represented naked, with a child's lock. He holds in his hands two animals, and steps on some crocodiles. Flanking Horus, are four gods represented in two registers.

On the front face of the stela, a king is seen on his chariot driven by two horses. He is shooting his arrows on his enemies, while two crocodiles, with their mouths tied by ropes are seen under the royal chariot.

On the background, one can observe gazelles, snakes and a scorpion. The stela is covered on all its sides by a magic text.

This kind of stelae had a magic power of protection against reptiles and scorpions

Present location BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA ANTIQUETIES MUSEUM [01/027] ALEXANDRIA BAAM
Inventory number 594
Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site ALEXANDRIA
Category STELA
Material LIMESTONE
Technique CARVED
Height 52 cm
Width 22 cm

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Large weight in the shape of a bull

Large weight in the shape of a bull

The weight is shaped as a crouching zebu with its legs tucked underneath it and short horns. The body has been delicately modelled, and other notable aspects are the details of the face and the rendering of the neck. On the inside, close to the break, is a rectangular field indicating the weight of 20 deben in a bold golden inlay. This means that this bull is the largest metal weight in animal form known to us.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number 6249
Dating 18TH DYNASTY
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category WEIGHT
Material LEAD; BRONZE; GOLD
Technique HOLLOW CAST; INLAID
Height 7.2 cm
Width 6 cm



Translation
"[1] 20"

Bibliography•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Gewichte in Tiergestalt aus dem alten Ägypten, Hildesheim - Mainz 1992, S. 7-8, Abb. S. 5, S. 6.
•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Abb. 49.
•Seidel, M., Ein neues Gewicht in Rindergestalt, in: Kessler, D. & Schulz, R. (Hrsg.), Gedenkschrift für Winfried Barta (Münchener Ägyptologische Untersuchungen 4), Frankfurt 1995, S. 353-354, Tf. 1.

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Servants with funerary equipment

This scene from a Theban tomb chapel depicts sections of the furnishing of the tomb with its equipment. The servants in this fragment are carrying a chest with toilet implements consisting of a mirror and unguent containers, which are depicted above it. In addition, there is a light hunting chariot with lateral quivers. The two men have closely cropped hair and they are bare-chested.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number 5959
Dating TUTHMOSIS IV/MENKHEPERURE (not after); 18TH DYNASTY; AMENHOTEP II/AMENOPHIS II/AAKHEPERURE (not before)
Archaeological Site THEBES: WEST BANK
Category WALL PAINTING
Material NILE MUD; PLASTER
Technique STUCCO; PAINTED ON STUCCO
Height 18.9 cm
Width 37.5 cm
Depth 5 cm



Bibliography•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Suche nach Unsterblichkeit : Totenkult und Jenseitsglaube im Alten Ägypten, Hildesheim - Mainz 1990, Kat.-Nr. T 12.
•Seipel, W., u.a., Ägypten : Im Reich der Pharaonen; Auf der Suche nach Schönheit und Vollkommenheit, Leoben 2001, Kat.-Nr. 98

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orna

Orna
This extremely elegant ornate ring is decorated with the enthroned figure of a cat goddess, who is possibly to be identified as Bastet. The wide band of the ring has been decorated on either side of the goddess with a succession of lotus buds and flowers. The seated goddess is accompanied by two groups of three miniature cats.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number 5931
Dating 22ND DYNASTY (not after); 3RD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD; 21ST DYNASTY (not before)
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category RING
Material FAIENCE; GLAZE
Technique FAYENCE; GLAZED
Height 4.5 cm
Width 1.7 cm

Diameter 2,6 cm


Bibliography•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Suche nach Unsterblichkeit : Totenkult und Jenseitsglaube im Alten Ägypten, Hildesheim - Mainz 1990, Kat.-Nr. T 25.
•Seipel, W., u.a., Ägypten : Im Reich der Pharaonen; Auf der Suche nach Schönheit und Vollkommenheit, Leoben 2001, Kat.-Nr. 184

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Ivory boat with bird figures

Ivory boat with bird figures
.This sickle-shaped ivory boat has five bird figures on its deck. Four of them are all looking in the same direction and are probably falcons. The last bird in the row has a longer neck and appears to be another type, perhaps a water bird. It is facing the other way but this may be the result of mistaken restoration. This is very probably a royal vessel or a divine bark. We should perhaps look for a connection with the later divine bark of the div...inity Sokar, the so-called henu-bark, whose forecastle is also decorated with a row of birds (falcons or swallows).

ARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD/THINITE PERIOD
E.7067
KMKG - MRAH
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Abydos, tomb 817

Abydos, tomb 817

date: (late ?) Middle Kingdom (about 2025-1700 BC), Twelfth Dynasty
The tomb is not fully published. For a reconstruction is only the tomb card available. The tomb was found undisturbed. It had two chambers; one in the north (with the body of a woman and a child) and one in the south (with the bodies of a man and a woman). Traces of wood are mentioned. They must belong to a coffin; but it is not stated to which body it belonged.

Finds not in the Petrie Museum: a mirror

measurements: the shaft is 4.34 m deep; 1.82 x 2.38 (north chamber), 1.6 x 2.2 m (south chamber) - the roof of each chamber was destroyed

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Herd of donkeys in ivory

 

Herd of donkeys in ivory
This group of figurines in ivory, which was part of the von Bissing collection and then of the Lunsingh Scheuleer collection, is composed of a herd of seven donkeys. Of miniscule dimensions, they vary from three to four centimetres. The legs of the animals are badly damaged. The figurine depicting the donkey-driver of the herd doesn't exist anymore. It is possible that the objects come from a tomb of the Predynastic Period.
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Ivory
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD
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