Horemheb´s tomb

Horemheb, wearing the kilt with a centre piece but of an ochre colour, meets with Isis, who has her normal name hieroglyph on top of her black wig. Her dress is plain, white and sleeveless. He worships her the customary 4 times, so that she will "treat him like Ra".

Horemheb´s tomb

Younger Lady

Younger Lady Mummy" found in tomb KV35. This image clearly displays the damage thought to be done by ancient tomb robbers (right arm torn from body, chest caved in) and what is now thought to have been a lethal injury to the left cheek/jaw. Image derived from Grafton Elliot Smith's "The Royal Mummies" (Plate XCIX), which was first published in 1912. The author died in 1937 so the book/image is in the public domain. Recent genetic tests have conclusively demonstrated that this individual was the mother of Tutankhaum. The JAMA eSupplement from Feb. 17, 2010 concludes that "The statistical analysis revealed that the mummy KV55 is most probably the father of Tutankhamun (probability of 99.99999981%), and KV35 Younger Lady could be identified as his mother (99.99999997%)." (eSupplement, p.3).

Relief fragment of the Agathos Daimon

Relief fragment of the Agathos Daimon

The snake god Agathos Daimon is represented as a grim-looking, coiling uraeus, wearing the Double Crown and a peculiar beard. In his coils are an ear of corn (on the left), and a lotus and a lotus flower and bud (on the right).

The snake is executed in very high relief, the attributes are less high.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 7809

Dating ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category RELIEF

Material LIMESTONE

Technique HIGH RELIEF

Height 34 cm

Width 18.1 cm

Depth 5.2 cm

Bibliography•W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 91-92

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Relief fragment with man leading a calf

Relief fragment with man leading a calf

The fragment shows the fringe of a kilt and the legs of a man with exceptionally long feet. The fringe of another part of his short kilt is just visible. The slender legs overlap a male calf on a rope. The calf has some kind of flower around its neck, possibly a bulrush bud. Part of a bag(?) carried by the preceding figure is visible. Calf and feet walk on a base line. The representation is finely executed in high relief.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 7790

Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category RELIEF

Material LIMESTONE

Technique HIGH RELIEF

Height 9.2 cm

Width 12 cm

Depth 2 cm

Bibliography•F.W. von Bissing, Denkmäler ägyptischer Sculptur, Lieferung 10, 1909, pl. 102,1

•R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer (ed.), Egypte, eender en anders (tentoonstellingscatalogus APM), 1984, 39 (nr. 43)

•onbekend (museum Brussel), Van dieren en mensen (tentoonstellingscatalogus), 1988, 183 (nr. 191)

•W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 56-57

•W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1986, 58

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STATUE

SAQQARA NECROPOLIS


Remnants of red paint in the column demarcations, blue in the cavities of the hieroglyphs, and occasional red/brown spots on the statue.

RIJKSMUSEUM VAN OUDHEDEN

19TH DYNASTY


FUNERARY TEXT:  FORMULA Htp-di-nsw.t


(1) prr nbt Hr wdHw n(y) PtH-%kr-Wsir n kA n(y) sS nswt wr swnw Iwty mAa-xrw



Schneider, H. D. en M. J. Raven, De Egyptische Oudheid, Den Haag 1981, nr. 87.
Boeser, P. A. A.,  Beschrijving van de Egyptische Verzameling V, Den Haag 1912, 15, pl. VIII.
Schneider, H. D., Beeldhouwkunst in het land van de farao's, Amsterdam 1992, 70-71, nr. 28.
Vandier, J., Manuel d'archeologie égyptienne, vol. III, Parijs 1958, 436, 498.
Jonckheere, F., Les médecins de l'Égypte pharaonique, Brussel 1958, 18-20, 91, fig. 1.
Porter, B, Moss, R. L. B. en J. Malek (ed.), Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, VIII: Objects of Provenance not known, Private Statues, Part 2, Oxford 1999, 543.

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Openwork furniture plaque with a falcon-headed figure in a papyrus thicket

Period:

Neo-Assyrian

Date:

ca. 9th–8th century B.C.

Geography:

Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)

Culture:

Assyrian

Medium:

Ivory

Dimensions:

4.76 x 2.2 x 0.24 in. (12.09 x 5.59 x 0.61 cm)

Classification:

Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed

Credit Line:

Rogers Fund, 1962

Accession Number:

62.269.8

 

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Group statue of Pepi and Ra-shepses

Group statue of Pepi and Ra-shepses

The large, dominant figure in the centre of this group statue is that of Pepi. She is embracing her slightly smaller husband in a gesture which is quite common in group statues. Her son is standing on her other side, represented nude and wearing the sidelock which is typical for children. He has his arm around her back. The high artistic quality of the group is apparent from the well-preserved face of the man.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number 0017

Dating 5TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site GIZA NECROPOLIS

Category STATUE

Material LIMESTONE

Technique SCULPTURED

Height 44 cm

Width 27 cm

Depth 16 cm

Translation

"[1] Her son Ra-shepses"

"[2] The royal acquaintance Pepi"

"[3] Royal wab-priest Ra-shepses"

"[4] Ra-shepses"

Bibliography•Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 50-51.

•Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 46, Abb. 26.

•Porter, B. & Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, vol. III².1 : Memphis, Oxford 1974, S. 110.

•Martin-Pardey, E., Plastik des Alten Reiches : Teil 1 (Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 1), Mainz 1977, S. 39-46.

•Seipel, W., Bilder für die Ewigkeit : 3000 Jahre ägyptischer Kunst, Konstanz 1983, Kat.-Nr. 40.

•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Nofret - Die Schöne : Die Frau im Alten Ägypten; "Wahrheit" und Wirklichkeit, Hildesheim - Mainz 1985, Kat.-Nr. 104.

•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Das Alte Reich : Ägypten im Zeitalter der Pyramiden, Hildesheim - Mainz 1986, Kat.-Nr. 16.

•Rößler-Köhler, U., Die rundplastische Gruppe der Frau Pepi und des Mannes Ra-Schepses : Bemerkungen zur Ikonographie von Familiendarstellungen des Alten Reiches, in: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 45 (1989), Mainz 1990, S. 261-274, Taf. 32-35.

•Steindorff, G. & Hölscher, U. (hrsg. von A. Grimm), Die Mastabas westlich der Cheopspyramide : nach den Ergebnissen der in den Jahren 1903-1907 im Auftrag der Universität Leipzig und des Hildesheimer Pelizaeus-Museums unternommenen Grabungen in Gîza (Münchener Ägyptologische Untersuchungen 2), Frankfurt 1991, S. 33 (Anm. 16).

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