martes, 7 de octubre de 2014

sarchopagus

Fragment of a mummy cartonnage with the name of DJED-AMON, right side. 22nd or 23rd Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period. From Thebes?
public domain

 Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus leg with Apis bull. Musée des beaux-arts in Rennes, in France. End of the third intermediary period

lunes, 6 de octubre de 2014

painted wood facel

Egypt. Early Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070-712 B.C. Painted Egypt. Early Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070-712 B.C. Painted wood. 1999.1.145
 Coffins of the Third Intermediate Period were made out of local soft wood with finer grained, imported wood reserved for carved faces that would be pegged onto the lid of the coffin. The face often survives when the rest of the coffin decays. This example is painted red to equate the deceased with the rising, reborn sun.
http://carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/EGYPT/egypt03.htmlwood. 1999.1.145

Pataikos

Figure of Pataikos, 664-30 B.C.E. Faience, glazed

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund - Brooklyn Museum


jueves, 2 de octubre de 2014

Graeco-Roman remains at Wadi Natron.

Graeco-Roman remains at Wadi Natron. The area was the main source of natron which was used in Pharaonic times during the mummification process and also for glass making. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: Late Period. Place of Origin:Wadi Natrun Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive. Location: 34C.

miércoles, 1 de octubre de 2014

Roman baths at Alexandria

The Roman baths at Alexandria. Built on three levels: the highest was the cold bath, the middle the warm bath, the base the steam bath. View of excavations revealing the underground columns of the hypocaust. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Graeco-Roman. Date/Period: Roman Period. Place of Origin: Alexandria. Material Size: Brick. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive. Location: 83.

Statuette of a woman

Statuette of a woman with the cartouche of Necho II embossed on the upper arms. She wears a wig and jewellery which were made separately. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Period/ Date: Late period, 26th Dynasty, 610 - 595 BC . Material/ Size: Silver H=24 cm Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Location 49

senet

Gaming board and pieces for the games of ''twenty squares'' and senet. In the New Kingdom the fate of the deceased in the afterlife was affected by success in playing senet with underworld opponents. The Text on the box records it was owned by the scribe Kha and asks blessings of Thoth and Ptah upon him. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: New Kingdom, XIXth Dynasty. Place of Origin: Saqqara 1294-1279 BC. Material Size: Wood l = 28 cm. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo . Location: 41.