psolomeic pharaoh

 Unfinished basalt statue of a Ptolemaic pharaoh, created in Egypt about 305 to 30 BC. Found near Athribis, Egypt.

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Votive statue Osiris

 Votive statue of the god Osiris in bronze and gold 700-80 BCE (Saite to Ptolemaic Periods) Penn Museum 02.

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statue

 Worshipper of the god Onuris, peridotite, c. 300 BC (early Ptolemaic Period)

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Bes

 God Bes. Ptolemaic dynasty. Limestone. H 46.5 cm. IN 1026. Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim

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Amulets: wax

 

Amulets: wax

All ancient Egyptian wax is beeswax, either pure or with resin, oil or other pigments. There was evidently a strong belief that, as a malleable material easily burned, wax is powerful, especially for inflicting change or harm on a creature. Many of the most colourful written references come from Ptolemaic and Roman Period sources, when influences from abroad may have taken hold. Papyrus Salt 825 (BM 10051) contains directions for modelling wax figures of enemies in order to destroy the name of Seth. A tale about Alexander the Great, written by the 'pseudo-Callisthenes', describes that Nectanebo II was a great magician: the king used wax figures in secret rooms of his palace, to defeat the armies of his enemies. In a Greek magical papyrus (Leiden inv. AMS. 75, cat. I 384 - 4th century AD) is described the making of a group of wax and herb figures of Eros and Psyche, to gain power over all men and women. In earlier periods, though, there are also many references to the modelling of wax figures, in instructions for reciting incantations, and in the judicial records on a conspiracy against king Ramesses III.

No wax figures certainly associated with incantations have survived. The earliest wax figures found date to the First Intermediate Period (about 2100 BC), and come from a funerary context. These are small human figures, perhaps representing the dead. Especially many wax figures are know from the Late, Ptolemaic and Roman figures; some may be from metal-casting procedures rather than religious in function. However, the most common images from these periods are amulets in the form of the four children of Horus, placed on mummies. In the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods Egyptian amulets are often made in wax, sometimes gilt.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//burialcustoms/wax.html

Wax figure of Imsety.

 Wax figure of Imsety.

21st Dynasty

Dimensions

Height: Height: 7.90 centimetres

EA8403

Britih Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA8403

wax figure

 Wax figures: unprovenanced

Third Intermediate Period or Late Period

The figures were most likely placed on mummies, maybe to protect the organs which were in the Third Intermediate Period not placed in canopic jars but left in the mummy.

www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk

Bust of a unnamed ancient egyptian dignitary

 Bust of a unnamed ancient egyptian dignitary, wearing a smooth wig and a large necklace. His gaze is turned slightly upward in an attitude that has been called "'ecstasy of the apotheosis". Black granite (H. cm 26), unknown provenience, probably datable to the end of the reign of Psamtik I (before 610 BCE), 26th dynasty, Late period. Archeological Museum of Bologna (Italy), gift by the Fondazione della Banca del Monte (1994), EG 3322.

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Nephtys

 Statue de Nephtys - XXIIe dynastie égyptienne -

Musée du Louvre

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sculptor´s model

 Female's face, probably a goddess. Sculptor's model, used for plaster casts. Possibly originally from a statue. Limestone. Ptolemaic period. From Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. With thanks to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL.

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Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and three daughters beneath the Ate

 Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and three daughters beneath the Aten; from Amarna; 18th dynasty; ca. 1345 BCE; Pergamon Museum, Berlin

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Block Statue of Neskhemenyu

 Block Statue of Neskhemenyu, son of Kapefha MET