Upper Portion of a Striding Statue of a Priest

Upper Portion of a Striding Statue of a Priest

To the right of the central figure of a priest is the standard of a human-headed god wearing a crown with horns and double plumes, perhaps Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. To the left is the standard of the lion-headed goddess Sakhmet, who sports a solar disk.
These standards are indications of privilege representing the king's essential life force, known as his ka. They enabled the bearer to hear prayers and to forward them to the gods. Such standard-bearing sculptures were popular in Dynasty XIX, and this fragment can be dated to that time by the type of wig the priest wears and by his downward-slanting, almond-shaped eyes. Most comparable sculptures, however, bear only one standard, usually the ram-headed god Amun.

• Medium: Stone
• Place Made: Egypt
• Dates: ca. 1295-1185 B.C.E.
• Dynasty: XIX Dynasty
• Period: New Kingdom
• Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 4 1/8 in. (14 x 18.5 x 10.5 cm)  (show scale)
  
• Collections:Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
• Exhibitions:
  • Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt (July 24, 2013 through January 2016)
  • Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity (On view since April 12, 2003)
• Accession Number: 71.37.1
• Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
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• Caption: Upper Portion of a Striding Statue of a Priest, ca. 1295-1185 B.C.E. Stone, 5 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 4 1/8 in. (14 x 18.5 x 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum,

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Sculptor's Model of a Walking Lion

Sculptor's Model of a Walking Lion

• Medium: Limestone
• Place Made: Egypt
• Dates: ca. 664-30 B.C.E.
• Period: Late Period-Ptolemaic Period
• Dimensions: 3 x 6 1/2 x 12 in. (7.6 x 16.5 x 30.5 cm)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Pregnant Hippopotamus with Crocodiles

Pregnant Hippopotamus with Crocodiles

The strange vignette of a pregnant hippopotamus with a lion's mane, similar to the goddess Taweret, with a crocodile on her back and another nipping her paw is often found in Egyptian astronomical texts in connection with the northern constellations. However, the inscription at the left on this relief makes such a setting uncertain because it mentions Hapi, the god of the Nile's inundation. The textual genre and the provenance (temple or tomb wall or part of a sarcophagus?) thus remain unknown. The relief comes from either an unparalleled astronomical scene or a tableau featuring Hapi in which the representation of the hippo was "'borrowed" from astronomical scenes. If the hippo is Taweret, then the connection with Hapi is understandable because both had strong denotations of fertility.


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• Medium: Limestone
• Place Made: Egypt
• Dates: ca. 664-30 B.C.E.
• Period: Late Period-Ptolemaic Period (possibly)
• Dimensions: 14 5/16 x 13 1/2 x 2 3/4 in., 23 l

Illustrated Papyrus

Illustrated Papyrus

Because papyrus was a costly material, it was normally reserved for important documents such as administrative records and funerary literature. For the same reason, talented artists usually drew the illustrations. This crudely drawn parade of important Egyptian deities is therefore quite surprising.

• Medium: Papyrus, paint, ink
• Dates: 4th - 3rd century B.C.E.
• Period: early Ptolemaic Period
• Dimensions: Ea1) Fragment: 13 9/16 x 6 9/16 in. (34.5 x 16.6 cm) Ea2) Fragment: 13 3/4 x 7 5/16 in. (35 x 18.5 cm) Ea3) Fragment: 13 1/16 x 6 7/8 in. (33.2 x 17.5 cm) Eb) Largest fragment: 14 1/4 x 7 13/16 in. (36.2 x 19.9 cm) Ec) Fragments: 18 7/8 x 14 in. (48 x 35.5 cm) Ed1) Fragment: 13 9/16 x 8 3/4 in. (34.4 x 22.3 cm) Ed2) Fragment: 12 1/2 x 6 9/16  (show scale)
   
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• Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
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Lion Head

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Lion Head

• Culture: Graeco-Egyptian
• Medium: Bronze
• Reportedly From: Tell el Muqdam (Leontopolis), Egypt
• Dates: 4th-3rd century B.C.E.
• Period: Late Period-Ptolemaic Period
• Dimensions: 2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in. (6.9 x 5.7 cm)

papyrus

Present location MUSÉE ROYAL DE MARIEMONT [07/009] MARIEMONT
Inventory number Ac.90/7
Dating 21ST DYNASTY
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category PAPYRUS ...
Material PAPYRUS
Technique PAINTED; PAINTED
Height 236 cm

Bibliography•Cl. DERRIKS, M. HEERMA VAN VOSS, È. MENEI, «Le papyrus de Mariemont Ac.90/7», in Cahiers de Mariemont, 28-29, 1997-1998, p. 35-65 et pl. hors texte; Cl. DERRIKS et L. DELVAUX (éds.), Antiquités égyptiennes au Musée royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, 2009, p. 367-378
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jar

Present location	MUSÉE ROYAL DE MARIEMONT [07/009] MARIEMONT
Inventory number	Ac.66/11
Dating	COPTIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site	UNKNOWN
Category	JAR
Material	POTTERY
Technique	FORMED ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL; ENGOBE
Height	592 cm
Diameter	55 cm

Bibliography

• «Chronique des Arts», in Supplément à la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1176, 1967, p. 44, n° 172. Rome, ses origines et son Empire, (catalogue d’exposition. Morlanwelz, Musée de Mariemont, 7 mai - 31 octobre 1966) (Trésors inconnus du Musée de Mariemont, 1), n° 239, pl. XXVIII; Arts tardifs et chrétiens d’Égypte (catalogue d’exposition. Louvain-la-Neuve, Musée archéologique, 1988), in Le Monde Copte, 14-15, 1988, n° 116, p. 61-62; Connaître… les anciennes écritures et les alphabets par les collections du Musée royal de Mariemont, Mariemont, 2006, p. 47; Cl. DERRIKS et L. DELVAUX, Antiquités égyptiennes au Musée royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, 2009, p. 406-409.

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statue

Present location MUSÉE ROYAL DE MARIEMONT [07/009] MARIEMONT
Inventory number B.463
Dating LATE PERIOD
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category AMULET
Material FAIENCE
Technique PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL
Height 75 cm





Bibliography•B. VAN DE WALLE, Antiquités égyptiennes, Bruxelles, 1952 (Antiquités égyptiennes, grecques, étrusques, romaines et gallo-romaines du Musée de Mariemont), n° E. 106, p. 45, pl. 13; M.-C. BRUWIER, «La collection égyptienne de Raoul Warocqué, II. De 1912 à 1917», in Cahiers de Mariemont, 20-21, 1989-1990, p. 50; Cl. DERRIKS et L. DELVAUX (éds.), Antiquités égyptiennes au Musée royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, 2009, p. 238-239.
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jar

Globular jar, with high base and a high and narrow cylindrical neck. On both sides, where the neck and body join together, there are two vertical band handles. Its surface has a burgundy decoration, with geometric (chequered) and vegetable (volutes, floral) designs covering the body. The vase has a late chronology, dated to the group X, found by the Spanish archaeological mission in Nubia.

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Present location	MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL [21/007] MADRID
Inventory number	1980/96/124
Dating	X-GROUP
Archaeological Site	ARGÍN:-MIRMAD
Category	PITCHER
Material	CLAY; POTTERY
Technique	FORMED ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL; PAINTED
Height	21.3 cm
Diameter	10.3 cm

Bibliography

• ALMAGRO BASCH, M; ALMAGRO GORBEA, M.J; PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Arte Faraónico. Exposición, 1975, P. 283 Fig. 210.
• PRESEDO VELO, F. J; BLANCO CARO, R; PELLICER CATALAN, M., La Necrópolis de Mirmad (Argín Sur- Nubia Sudanesa), Memorias de la Misión Arqueológica Española en Nubia, XI, 1970, Pp. 49 y 99 Fig. 115 Lám. III.
• PEREZ-DIE, C. Nubia. Los reinos del Nilo en Sudán.Catalogo de Exposición. Barcelona-Madrid, 2003, nº 198

Pottery sherd

Part of the rim of a vessel made from fine creamy ware, painted with a naked couple and lotuses.The man is bearded and the woman holds a large patterned object in front of her. This is a rare example of a narrative scene in Meroitic and was probably influenced by contemporary styles in Alexandria. The scene was possibly meant to be erotic.

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Present location	LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL
Inventory number	49.47.840
Dating	MEROITIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site	BEGRAWIYA
Category	UNDEFINABLE
Material	POTTERY
Technique	FORMED ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL
Depth	4 cm

Bibliography

• Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley., Gift
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• s of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum., 1995., 98; pl.153

El culto a la diosa Isis en la España romana

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Relief fragment with offering Thoth and two prisoners

Relief fragment with offering Thoth and two prisoners
The front side features an ibis-headed Thoth, raising his hands in adoration to the Abydene nome-symbol. Above his hands, an ichneumon(?) on a tray has been added. A kind of dwarf, baboon or even a child stands in front of Thoth, on a raised level. Thoth wears the Atef-crown and is dressed in a loin cloth. The Abydene sign is on the right. It consists of a pole with the sign as a base, supporting a square box with rounded top and crossed by diagonal lines. Two uraei and the feather-crown with sun-disk and another uraeus are on top. Four 'branches' are attached to the pole, from which two cartouches are suspended. The sign is held by a destroyed figure, whose arm and fist are preserved only. A palm has been added to the fist. There are three more lines of text written above and under this scene. The composition of the scene is characteristic of a temple relief. The tray, the small figure, the two cartouches, the palm of the hand, an a cross between Thoth and the nome-sign are in slightly less sunk relief, which suggests that they have been added later.
The slightly convex back side displays two crudely incised bald and naked prisoners, standing back to back and tied to a pole.
The rough surface of the stone is not very skilfully inscribed.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM
Inventory number APM 8139
Dating LATE PERIOD
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category RELIEF
Material SANDSTONE
Technique LOW RELIEF
Height 40.3 cm
Width 24.7 cm
Depth 4.3 cm


Translation
(1) Osiris, lord of Ta-wr ("the oldest land").
(2) Thoth, twice great, lord of Hermopolis.

(3) Satisfy yourself as lord of ...(?)
(4) The Ennead (?),
(5) the [...]-nome.

Bibliography•W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 36-38

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Fineware painted cup

Fineware painted cup

From the cemetery at Faras, Sudan
Meroitic Period, 1st to 2nd century AD

Cup with a geometric design in red and black

Meroitic graves often included fragile bowls, jars and cups. The fine quality of the manufacture and decoration of these vessels suggests that they were the prized possessions of the deceased, who wanted to continue to enjoy them in the Afterlife.
Although the vessels themselves were of local manufacture, the designs were often inspired by the artistic traditions of other countries, such as Egypt and the Mediterranean world. Symbols such as the ankh were borrowed from Egypt, as were the lotus and papyrus plants. Although still recognizable, the Meroitic artists interpreted them in their own way, often producing a geometric pattern, which would be unfamiliar to their Egyptian counterparts.
Other motifs, such as animals like frogs, snakes and fantastic beasts, were drawn from the Mediterranean world. The origin of the boat design on this cup is less clear. The tall prow and stern of the vessel, and the stick figure inside is reminiscent of the decoration of Egyptian pots in the Predynastic period, three thousand years earlier. The resemblance ends here though, and is purely coincidental.
S. Quirke and A.J. Spencer, The British Museum book of anc (London, The British Museum Press, 1992)

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Pierre Montet

Pierre Montet nace el día 27 de juno de 1885 en Villefranche-sur-Saône, Francia.

Estudió en la universidad de Lyon y fue discípulo de Victor Loret.

Entre los años 1921 a 1924, trabaja en las excavaciones de Biblos y descubre la tumba de Ahiram, además de un alfabeto antiguo, y es en 1928 cuando publica Bybloset l´Egypte. Pierre Montet habia estudiado en Biblos la presencia egipcia en la zona.

Después, durante los años 1929 a 1951, realiza excavaciones en Tanis. En el año 1929 creó su misión arqueologica , un equipo de especialistas como George Goyon, Jean Louis Fougerousse y Paul Bucher. Después de diez años de trabajos ,el 27 de febrero de 1939 se dedican a excavar en la parte sudoeste del templo de Amón, y bajo los restos de época ptolemaica descubren la primera tumba. Precisamente Goy´n es quien se dsliza en la tumba ,y accediendo colgado por los pies Goyon identifica al propietario de la tumba: Osorkon II. Tambien estaban enterrados allí Hornakhat y Takelot II.

Después , a mediados de marzo descubren la tumba de Psusennes I. y tambien la tumba de su sucesor Amenemope.

Posteriormente, en 1946 descubren al general y sacerdote Undebaunded,

Montel fue tambien profesor de egiptología de la universidad de Estrasburgo de y tambien fue prfesor de l Collage de France, de París.