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jueves, 8 de diciembre de 2016

Canopic jar of Horemheb

This canopic jar (see E.5898) was part of the oldest collections in the Museum and bears the name of Horemheb, son of Shepensopdet. It has a lid in the shape of a human head and a text referring to Amset the Son of Horus. The texts indicate that the owner lived during the 26th Dynasty. The Metropolitan Museum in New York also has a canopic jar belonging to the same Horemheb.

CALCITE/ALABASTER

26TH DYNASTY

Hr-m-Hb

Sp-n-spd.t

L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 81 nº 303

K. Sethe, Zur Geschichte der Einbalsamierung bei den Ägyptern und einiger damit verbundenen Bräuche, Berlin 1934, 13*

H. De Meulenaere, Kanopenvazen met opschrift in de Egyptische Verzameling, MRAH 37 (1965) 5-6, 10

B. van de Walle, L. Limme et H. De Meulenaere, La collection égyptienne. Les étapes marquantes de son développement, Bruxelles 1980, 43-44

Henri-Joseph Redouté et l'Expédition de Bonaparte en Égypte (Exposition Saint-Hubert en Ardenne 1993), Bruxelles 1993, 146 nº 38

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lunes, 5 de diciembre de 2016

necklace

NECKLACE

This beautiful necklace has been reconstructed from elements found in the tomb of Kheti at Beni Hassan. It is composed of five rows of small stems coloured black and turquoise and of two shoulder pieces in the form of falcon heads "wesekh" type). It seems that the collar was never worn, but played a part in the funerary rites of the owner.

BENI HASSAN

FAYENCE

MIDDLE KINGDOM

E. De Keyser, Colliers Ousekh, BMRAH 4e série 19 (1947) 85-89

Artisans de l'Égypte ancienne (Exposition), Morlanwelz 1981, 58-59 nº 53

Van dieren en mensen. Getuigenissen uit Prehistorie en Oudheid - Des animaux et des hommes. Témoignages de la Préhistoire et de l'Antiquité (Exposition), Bruxelles 1988, 172 nº 152

Inventory number E.3385

KMKG - MRAH

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Shabti of Nen

This shabti of serpentine represents a mummified person, who holds a was-sceptre and the ankh-sign of life in its hands. The statuette, which dates from the Middle Kingdom, bears a hieroglyphic text written in a vertical column. The owner was a "Chief of Weavers", named Nen, son of Senankh.

ABYDOS

L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 32 nº 95

H. Schneider, Shabtis, Leyde 1977, I 181

Inventory number E 3394

KMKG - MRAH

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