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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te ring

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
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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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