viernes, 7 de agosto de 2015
Thoth
god Thot
Tutankhamón
Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
The Howard Carter Archives
Photographs by Harry Burton
jueves, 6 de agosto de 2015
Sarcophagus with a Greek physician
Roman; Ostia, Italy
Marble
Inscribed in Greek: If anyone shall dare to bury another person along with this one, he shall pay to the treasury three times two thousand [whatever the unit was]. This is what he shall pay to [the city of] Portus, but he himself will endure the eternal punishment of the violator of graves.
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Brummer and Ernest Brummer, in memory of Joseph Brummer, 1948 (48.76.1)
The tomb's owner is shown seated with an open scroll, the pose of a philosopher, demonstrating that he is a learned man. His profession can be identified by the open case containing surgical tools on the cabinet top. Other scrolls and a basin for bleeding patients within the cabinet offer further proof of his profession. The style of his dress and the language of the inscription indicate that he was one of the many Greeks living in Italy. Beginning in the 300s, Christians would adopt in their art the philosopher pose and the undulating motifs, or strigils, that appear on the sides of the sarcophagus.
Met Museum
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Ear probe
Cypriot
Bronze; L. 6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm)
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 (74.51.5491)
This bronze ear probe, one of the instruments most frequently mentioned in ancient literary references, consists of a simple probe and a small narrow scoop. The Roman physician Galen (129–199/216) tells us that when foreign matter could not be removed from the ear by more simple methods, it was necessary to make an incision behind the ear and remove the matter by means of such a scoop. This instrument also would have been used for applying medicaments, especially to the eye—liquid applications were poured from it and semi-solid ointments were applied with the back of it. The back of the scoop also was used for retracting flesh and in other minor surgical procedures.
The sharp end of the ear probe was used to instill liquids into the ear. A large ball of wool saturated with the liquid medicament was wrapped around the middle of the probe. By squeezing the wool, the liquid was directed down the shaft of the instrument and into the ear.
Met Museum
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Wooden door of the tomb of Khonsuhotep
From Thebes, Egypt
19th Dynasty, around 1285 BC
A high priest of Amun
Egyptian doors very rarely survive down to modern times, partly because wood was rare, and often re-used. The most common tree in Egypt is the palm, which does not consist of wood as such; their trunks consists of coarse fibres, which are unsuitable for carpentry. Doors in Egypt were usually made of a single leaf, although larger doors were probably made of two leaves and secured shut with bolts. Protrusions at the top and bottom of the door fitted into holes in the doorway on which the door pivoted. Very similar doors are still used in modern Egyptian villages.
Tomb doors are particularly rare, and few architectural traces (such as the holes in the floor) have survived. This example is made of sycomore fig (Ficus sycomorus) wood. It was decorated with a figure of the owner, a high priest of Amun, adoring Osiris. Depicting him on the door was a clear way of establishing his ownership of the tomb. The white infill is modern.
S. Quirke, Ancient Egyptian religion (London, The British Museum Press, 1992)
British Museum
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ligula romana
Bronze; L. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.230.110)
This type of bronze ligula is found in enormous numbers in a great variety. It was used for extracting ointment, balsams, and powders from tubes and boxes. The ligula is not, strictly speaking, a surgical instrument, although it was used by physicians for applying medicament to affected areas on the body
Met Museum
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