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Egyptian Artifacts. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece
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Stela of Bes

 Stela of Bes from Kom Abu Billou.

Archaeological Museum of Krakow

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Krakow Archaeological Museum

Collection of the Krakow Archaeological Museum in Poland.

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Limestone ostracon depicting a burial

Limestone ostracon depicting a burial (Acc. 5886) Limestone flakes, called ostraca, provided a cheap, smooth surface for writing. Many thousands of ostraca survive carrying written inscriptions and rough sketches. However, this ostracon is unique because it bears a sketch of a funeral. This piece measures 16cm and depicts the process of taking the mummified body down the tomb shaft prepared for burial. At the top of the shaft are shown five figures, four mourning women, corroborated by other tomb scenes, are shown pulling their hair in distress and bereavement, and a male figure, acting as priest, who carries in one hand an incense burner, and with the other he pours a libation. An individual is shown scaling his way down the shaft, and in the burial chambers themselves, there is a priest who appears to be wearing the mask of Annubis wo is known to have officiated at funerals. Inside the tomb there are other coffins already in place, implying that this is perhaps a family tomb. Though ostraca are most typical from the New Kingdom, c. 1200 BC, the design of this tomb is well known later in the third intermediate period, so it is not inconceivable that this piece was made after the New Kingdom. This ostracon was discovered in Thebes, Upper Egypt, and was donated to the Manchester Museum by Sir Alan H. Gardiner in 1913.

Manchester Museum

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Black Granite Block

Black Granite Block (Acc. 4948) Relief block of black granite, incised with the names of king Ramesses II and one of his sons, Prince Khaemwas (compare object 4947). 3.7 x 12.0 x 7.8 cm 19th Dynasty Memphis (Mit Rahina), Lower Egypt Acquisition: British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Donation) Khaemwaset undertook server all building projects for his father, and restored several older monuments, including the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara. He is sometimes refered to as 'The First Egyptologist' Bibliography W M Flinders Petrie, "Memphis I." (BSAE, London 1909) (Excavation 1908) PL. XIX Pg. 8 "The Monuments XIX Dynasty. Over the region now occupied by the pond near the West Hall, there has been a building of Ramessu II, now entirely destroyed. Only the west side of its foundation is left, and in the sand bed of it a foundation deposit was found, shewn on Pl. XIX. The large block of alabaster has the cartouches of Ramessu II on both of the faces, and the inscription of "the high priest of Ptah, the royal son, Kha-em-uas" on both of the edges. The lesser tablet of green glazed pottery has similar names on the faces and edges; and the black granite tablet has the names of Ramessu on one face, and that of Khaemuas on the other face. These are some of the finest deposit blocks that are known; they rest now at Manchester."

Manchester Museum

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Atef Crown

Atef Crown from colossal statue of Ramesses II (Acc. 1783) The crown from an over-lifesize, red granite statue of Ramesses II in the form of the god Osiris. This is the 'atef' crown usually worn by Osiris, with ram's horns, a tall central element, and feathers on the sides. On the back pillar of the statue, an inscription gives the names and titles of Ramesses II and refers to his jubilee festival (sed-festival) 70.5 x 49.5 19th Dynasty Koptos (Qift), Upper Egypt Acquisition: Haworth, Mr Jesse (Donation, 1893-1894) Presumably from the Petrie excavation at Koptos 1893-4) Bibliography W. M. Flinders Petrie, "Koptos." (Bernard Quaritch, London, 1896) Pg. 16 "By the Isis steps was also found a large headdress of Ramessu II, of the usual Osiride form; it must have belonged to a colossus of the king. (Manchester.)"

Manchester Museum

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shabti

shabti (No.: 9925)
Manchester Museum

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Kestner-Museum, Hannover

Kestner-Museum, Hannover

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perlenmaske

Kestner Museum

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Cylinder vessel of King Hor Aha

Cylinder vessel of King Hor Aha from Saqqara, 1st dynasty; Kestner-Museum, Hannover

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Dekadrachm of Ptolemy III for Arsinoe I

Dekadrachm of Ptolemy III for Arsinoe I (245 BC); Kestner museum, Hannover. Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire I.344

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Déesse du sycomore offrant

Déesse du sycomore offrant nourriture et boisson à un couple de défunts et à leurs âmes (oiseaux). Relief conservé au Musée de Hanovre.

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Akhenaten as a sphinx

This stone block portrays Akhenaten as a sphinx, and was originally found in the city of Amarna/Akhetaten. This object is now located in the Kestner Museum of Hanover, Germany.

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Egyptian collection inside the Palazzo dei Musei in Varallo

Egyptian collection inside the Palazzo dei Musei in Varallo
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A funerary stela bearing the likenesses of Neferher and Senet.

A funerary stela bearing the likenesses of Neferher and Senet. The first intermediate period.

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pendientes

Exhibit in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This exhibit is old enough so that it is in the public domain, and photography was permitted in the museum. I took this photograph and release it into the public domain.

Earrings

 

 

Head of a figure of "Osiris"

Head of a figure of "Osiris", Egypt, probable Thebes, 26th-30th dynasty, 6th-4th c. BC, at "Liebieghaus" in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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Fragment aus dem Totentempel des Königs Sahure

Fragment aus dem Totentempel des Königs Sahure, Ägypten, Altes Reich, 5. Dynastie um 2480 v. Chr., im Liebieghaus in Frankfurt am Main

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False door of Hetepet

False door of Hetepet. Egypt, Giza (?), Old Kingdom, 5th–6th dynasty, c. 2400 BC; limestone; Museum: Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Inv. No. 722

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Ram's head crystal pendant

Ram's head crystal pendant in the Museum of Fine Arts. Gilt silver and rock crystal. Queens of King of Pye jewelry. Nubia (el-Kurru; tombs Ku 53, 55).

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Colossal statue of King Aspelta

Colossal statue of King Aspelta MFA

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Uninscribed statue of an official seated as a scribe

Uninscribed statue of an official seated as a scribe. Granite, probably from Saqqara, 5th or early 6th dynasties (c.2400-2300 BCE), Old Kingdom. Dublin, National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology section. On loan from the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna (Vienna ǍS 5953).

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Egyptian antiquities in the National Museum of Ireland

Egyptian antiquities in the National Museum of Ireland

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ushebtis

ushebtis
Herzogliches Museum Gotha

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mummy cat

Mummy, cat (AM 565884-5
Auckland Museum

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