sábado, 31 de enero de 2015

Luxor

Wall reliefs from the period of Amenhotep III plastered over during Roman times with colourful images of Roman Emperors prior to the conversion into a Christian Chapel. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Period/ Date: New Kingdom and Roman period.. Place of Origin: Thebes. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ N.J. Saunders Location: HR.

Painted wood offering bearers

Painted wood offering bearers from the tomb (10A) of Djehuty-Nakht at Deir el-Bersha dating to the late 11th Dynasty
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The Secrets of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC Hardcover

The Secrets of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC Hardcover
 by Rita Freed (Author), Lawrence Berman (Author), Denise Doxey (Author), Nicholas Picardo (Author)

 In 1915, a team of American archaeologists in Bersha, Egypt, blasted through solid rock to reach a tomb later to be designated as "10A." Inside this tomb they found a mummy, an exquisitely-painted coffin and arguably the largest assemblage of burial artifacts ever discovered from the Middle Kingdom. Because of the delicate power balance between the king and local bureaucrats, the Middle Kingdom (the least known of the three ancient Egyptian kingdoms) was a time of unprecedented splendor, as regional potentates were lavished with rewards and buried in a style normally reserved for royalty. Tomb 10A was prepared for one such potentate, Governor Djehutynakht, and its treasures--which survived World War I, a ship's fire and nearly a century of basement storage--include jewelry, walking sticks, a phenomenally large collection of model boats, architectural miniatures and even the severed (but nicely painted) head of Djehutynakht himself. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Secrets of Tomb 10A tells the story and introduces the full breadth and meaning of these treasures for the first time. With more than 160 illustrations, it discusses the history, political intrigue and development of fine works of art for both royalty and commoners at a time characterized by widespread prosperity and intense artistic flourishing.


Estatua que representa a Isis-Perséfone

Estatua que representa a Isis-Perséfone con un sistro, hallada en el templo de los dioses egipcios de Gortina y conservada en el Museo Arqueológico de Heraclión. 180 - 190 d. C.


illustration from A Thousand Miles up the Nile

Philae (illustration from A Thousand Miles up the Nile)
 Original source: Edwards, Amelia B. "A Thousand Miles up the Nile." George Routledge and Sons, Limited: London, 1890. p 388.

Plain bone hairpin

Plain bone hairpin. Common in rich predynastic tombs, but not in the Pharaonic Periods, the hairpin again became an item of costume in the Roman Period. This late Roman example comes from the only city founded in Egypt by the Romans, Antinoopolis in Middle Egypt, created by the emperor Hadrian at the site where his lover Antinous drowned in AD 130. In the Byzantine period the city was capital of the province of Upper Egypt, and therefore at the forefront of changes in material culture.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1914:217

Dating

ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site

EL-SHEIKH `ABADA/ANTINOOPOLIS

Category

HAIRPIN

Material

BONE

viernes, 30 de enero de 2015

Solar bark of Kheops. Situation when discovered

Solar bark of Kheops. Situation when discovered

Sesostris III boats found near his Pyramid in Dahshur, 1895

Sesostris III boats found near his Pyramid in Dahshur, 1895
Jacques de morgan - fouilles à Dahchour (1895)

Relief fragment possibly from the tomb of Mereri

Relief fragment possibly from the tomb of Mereri

Period: Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 7–10 (?)
Date: ca. 2100–2090 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Dendera (Dandara; Tentyra), Tomb of Mereri, Behind Temple of Hathor
Medium: Stone
Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898
Accession Number: 98.4.76.30
Met Museum
 
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Limestone male figure in Egyptian dress

Limestone male figure in Egyptian dress

Period: Archaic
Date: mid-6th century B.C.
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Overall: 23 1/4 x 9 x 5 3/8 in. (59 x 22.9 x 13.7 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2603
Met Museum
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 The figure wears the double crown of Egypt, a three-row pectoral, a baldric perhaps for a quiver, bracelets, and a kilt that is embellished with winged uraei, a head of the Egyptian god Bes or of the Gorgon Medusa, and an eye.

El Sarcófago de Taremetchenbastet

El Sarcófago de Taremetchenbastet
MAN

Terracotta statuette of a draped woman

Terracotta statuette of a draped woman

Period: Hellenistic
Date: early 3rd century B.C.
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number: 06.1081
et Museum
 
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Fragment de la décoration d'une tombe

Fragment de la décoration d'une tombe : femme à une cérémonie. Règne de Thoutmosis IV ou Aménophis III. (Détail).
 Sully ; 1er étage ; Antiquités égyptiennes ; Salle 24
Louvre
public domain

Yuny and His Wife Renenutet

Yuny and His Wife Renenutet

Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: reign of Seti I
Date: ca. 1294–1279 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Asyut (Assiut, Siut; Lykopolis), Tomb of Amenhotep, Necropolis Cliff tomb, Medjdeni, Khashaba 1913
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 84.5 cm (33 1/4 in); w. 54.5 cm (21 7/16 in); d. 73 cm (28 3/4 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession Number: 15.2.1
 
Met Museum
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Funerary Broad-Collar of Wah

Funerary Broad-Collar of Wah

Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102), Mummy, in wrappings on chest, MMA 1920
Medium: Faience, linen thread
Dimensions: H. 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.); W. 39 cm (15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1940
Accession Number: 40.3.2
 
Met museum

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Broad Collar

Broad Collar

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: Diam. 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in) Terminals: L. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); W. 2.5 cm (1 in.); Th. 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1940
Accession Number: 40.2.5
Met useum
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 This necklace of faience beads, called a broad collar, is a durable version of the elaborate perishable floral collars worn by banquet guests (see 09.184.216). The beads in this example imitate a row of cornflowers (center), three rows of dates (middle), and a row of lotus petals (outside). These rows are joined by strands of small ring beads. The rows end in rectangular terminals adorned with blue lotus blossoms, buds, and petals interspersed with poppy petals and persea fruit. The stringing is modern.

Conferencia Abydos


Royal Tombs of Ur

Royal Tombs of Ur

Faucher-Gudin

Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by Petrie



 Drawn by Bouclier, from a photograph by Beato.



 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by Beato.


 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph by Beato.

 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph

 On One Of The Pylons Of The Temple At Karnak. Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by Emil Brugsch-Bey.


source: gutemberg

The Lion of Amphipolis

'The Lion of Amphipolis', in Macedonia, northern Greece dates to the 2nd c BC. The lion was re- erected in 1936-7. Lion monuments were commemorative of the dead soldiers at the battlefield. Detail of the lion's head. Country of Origin: Greece. Culture: Ancient Greek. Date/Period: 2nd c BC-today. Place of Origin: Amphipolis. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ N.J. Saunders. Location: 19.

Cylindrical polychrome vessel with 'Palace Scene'

Cylindrical polychrome vessel with 'Palace Scene'. Country of Origin: Mexico. Culture: Maya. Date/Period: late Classic period, 600-900 AD. Material Size: clay, d=13 cms x h=20 cms. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Collection: Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York. Location: 12.

Wig with diadem, XIX Dynasty

Wig with diadem, XIX  Dynasty

Head of Ramesses VI

Head of Ramesses VI, black granite. Valley of the Kings, 20th Dynasty. According to the accompanying British Museum tag, "this fragment is the upper lid of the royal sarcophagus from the tomb of Ramesses VI in the Valley of the Kings." Registration No. EA 140

Regiones productoras de metales utilizados en Mesopotamia

Regiones productoras de metales utilizados en Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia carecía de yacimientos de metales propios, por lo que podía haberse visto en desventaja frente a las vecinas regiones montañosas; no fue así, ya que en esas zonas el desarrolló político era muy inferior al mesopotámico, y no se creó ningún estado poderoso a expensas de esta riqueza. A la larga, fueron los habitantes de Mesopotamia los que, mediante el comercio, controlaron este bien.[17]

Estatua del superintendente Ebih II

Estatua del superintendente Ebih II (detalle de la cabeza), 52,5 cm de alto, procedente del templo de Ištar en Mari, período acadio, año 2400 a. C., Museo del Louvre

Himno a Iddin-Dagan,

Himno a Iddin-Dagan, rey de Larsa. Inscripciones cuneiformes en arcilla en sumerio. Hacia 1950 a. C.

Stucco Masks from the Ptolemaic Period

A collection of stucco masks, some with the eyes empty while others have them painted. The masks show the head and the neck only. They were usually put on the recumbent mummy.

They were made by casting the stucco in molds. Coal was used to color the hair black, while gold was used to paint jewelry such as earrings, necklaces and head bindings.

There are numerous examples in which the mask is completely painted with gold. It is obvious that these masks have been refurbished.

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Ivory magic knife

Ivory magic knife

Ivory magical knives served to protect women at the moment of childbirth; their decoration was restricted to the depiction of a series of demons who would magically turn their aggressive instincts against those who would do evil to the mother and child. Both sides of this piece of ivory are decorated in a similar fashion with various demons and deities: a serpent, a crocodile, a brazier, the god Aha-the fighter-, a hippopotamus, a Seth animal, another hippo, a knife, the frog-goddess Heqet and a winged griffin.
MIDDLE KINGDOM
KMKG - MRAH

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Sumerian marble mace

Sumerian marble mace head inscribed with cuneiform text reading 'To Shara, beloved son of Inanna, king of the gods, ...Ur-Pirigbandaka gave [this].' Culture: Sumerian. Date/Period: c. 2400 - 2000 BC. Place of Origin: Sumeria, Ancient Iraq. Material Size: marble h = 9 cms. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Sold at Christie's London (1996) . Location: 08.

martes, 27 de enero de 2015

tomb de Roy

Offrande d'une tresse d'oignons par un prêtre à un ancêtre, tombe de Roy (Cheikh Abd el-Gournah).

osirisvegentate

Figurine d'un « Osiris végétant » et son sarcophage (époque ptolémaïque).

Karnak

Two statues in the entrance of a corridor. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: New Kingdom. Place of Origin: Karnak, Thebes. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ . Location: 23.

ceiling palace Malqata

Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III

Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1353 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, Antechamber to King's bedroom, MMA 1910–1911
Medium: Dried Mud, mud plaster, paint Gesso
Dimensions: h. 140 cm (55 1/8 in); w. 140 cm (55 1/8 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession Number: 11.215.451
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Malkata

Traces of wall painting on plastered mudbrick wall at Malkata

obelisk of Shalmaneser III

The black obelisk of Shalmaneser III. The obelisk is attributed to the Assyrian king who receives the tribute of Jehu, king of Israel. The detail shows men driving an elephant and three monkeys, offerings to the Assyrian king. The bottom panel shows, according to inscription, tribute bearers carrying silver, gold, tin and wooden hunting spears. Culture: Assyrian. Date/Period: Late Assyrian 858-824 BC. Place of Origin: Nimrud, Assyria, Ancient Iraq. Material Size: Stone. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London . Location: 11

Estela de Apis

Estela de Apis enterrado en época de Ramsés II.
Louvre

Estela de Tshutshu

Estela de Tshutshu, médico, época de Ay.

relief at Edfu depicting the pharaoh in his sacred barque.

A relief at Edfu depicting the pharaoh in his sacred barque. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egygptian. Date/Period: Ptolemaic c.237-212BC. Place of Origin: Edfu. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ . Location: 75.

lunes, 26 de enero de 2015

viernes, 23 de enero de 2015

Torso of a statue of a kneeling woman,

Torso of a statue of a kneeling woman, probably a copy of a bathing Aphrodite. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: Graeco-Roman. Ptolemaic period. Place of Origin: Alexandria. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt. Location: 83.

The Abusir Papyri

The Abusir Papyri
Several kings of the Fifth Dynasty selected for their pyramid complex an area of desert northwest of modern Abusir village. In the late nineteenth century, several museums acquired groups of papyrus fragments from the business papers of one cult, that for king Neferirkare Kakai. Together this remains the largest Old Kingdom (about 2686-2181 BC) papyrus find. In the late twentieth century excavations by the Czechoslovak expedition on the site, more papyri were found from two other cult complexes, (1) for king Neferefre (more recently read Raneferef), and (2) for the king's mother Khentkaus.

 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/abughurab/abusir.html

 Abusir Papyri �University College Sheet B� UC 32366
Published: de Cenival and Posener-Krieger 1968: pl.8; commentary in Posener-Krieger 1976: 121-122
Contents:
Series of fragments from middle or lower part of a papyrus roll, gridded, with name-list probably from a roster table of duty for staff on rotating service
From the better preserved parallels such as British Museum 10735.7, Louver E25279 and Egyptian Museum Cairo 602, it is clear that each horizontal line corresponds to one day, and each group of vertical columns to a particular duty in the temple, for example �men to make offerings to statues on festival day�, �men to bring meat and flower garlands from the sun-temple Setibra�. The fragments show that the same individual repeated this task across several days:
Fragment A Ptahhotep
Fragment B AaFragment C Khuenkhnum, Djedikakai, SenebFragment D Ipi, Izy, end of note of task in vertical column �his [...] in/from the temple�Fragment E Merra with note in red �the elder�, Seneb, Djedi, NesqedFragment F Nefer, Neferheteput, Nedjemib, KaFragment G [..]-heteput (?), Neferiretkakai, Kakaihetepet, Kair[su]
Note that, on the eighth day on fragment D, the official Izy did not complete his task, as the recording bureaucrat marked in place of his name a red stroke.

Sarcophagus in the burial chamber of the mastaba of Ptah-shepses

Sarcophagus in the burial chamber of the mastaba of Ptah-shepses at Abusir. The unusual size and elaborate decoration of the mastaba of this royal vizier reflected his marriage to Khamerernebty, daughter of the pharaoh Niuserre. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: 5th Dynasty, 2500-2350 BC. Place of Origin: Abusir.Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ . Location: 03

 The tomb-chapel of Ptah-shepses at Abusir includes a large pillared court. The centre of the court was open to the sky, but the now fallen architraves supported slabs which formed a roofed walk round its perimeter. Country of Origin: Egypt Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: Old Kingdom. Place of Origin: AbusirCredit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ . Location: 02.

Teti

The star-covered ceiling of the interior of the pyramid of Teti at Saqqara. To become an indestructable star was one of the King's aspirations in the afterlife. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: Old Kingdom. 6th dynasty. Place of Origin: Saqqara. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ . Location: 18.