domingo, 27 de junio de 2021

Senpou

Senpou, chef de service du bureau du ravitaillement, entouré de sa famille, trouvé à Abydos, calcaire et albâtre. Salle 23, vitrine: statues de la XIIIème dynastie. E 11573. Antiquité égyptienne du musée du Louvre.

 


 

Stele with adoration of the Cat of the R


Stele with adoration of the Cat of the Re and the great cat. Dier el-Medina, 19th Dynasty.
Ashmolean

 

Vasos canopos de la princesa Nesjons

 

Vasos canopos de la princesa Nesjons, en el Museo Británico, (Londres).
Canopic jars of Neskhons, wife of Pinedjem II. Made of calcite, with painted wooden heads. Originally from the Deir el-Bahri royal cache, circa 990-969 BC.
public domain
 

 

lunes, 21 de junio de 2021

Mutemwia shown giving birth to Amenhotep III.


Mutemwia shown giving birth to Amenhotep III. From the temple at Karnak.
For better quality image see: Lepsius Abt III, Band 5, Bl. 74
More of the birth scenes can be found on Lepsius Abt III, Band 5, Bl. 75

domingo, 13 de junio de 2021

Philae

 

Philae

Sculptor's Trial Piece

 

Sculptor's Trial Piece showing an old man and on the reverse the lower part of a figure
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1352–1336 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten); inc. el-Hagg Qandil, Sculptors' workshop near south end of the town, Petrie excavations, 1891–92
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: h. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); w. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number: 22.2.6
Met Museum

 

sábado, 5 de junio de 2021

Coffin of female dog




Coffin of female dog
These three wooden planks come from a rectangular box that was about 70 cm long and 25 cm wide and served as a coffin. The hieroglyphic texts on two of the three fragments confirm that the owner was a dog called Aya. The coffin probably dates from the Middle Kingdom.
WRITTEN WITH A REED PEN/REED WITH SPLIT NIB
MIDDLE KINGDOM
FUNERARY TEXT: FORMULA Htp-di-nsw.t
L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 31 nº 92
L. Limme, Remarques sur un cercueil de chienne, Cd'É 60 (1985) 147 - 151
Inventory number: E.2617
KMKG - MRAH

 

Necklace with globular blue beads


Necklace with globular blue beads
This blue necklace was found during the excavations of J. Garstang at Abydos. It is composed of globular beads modelled in blue faience. The piece dates from the Middle Kingdom.
Abydos
fayence
MIDDLE KINGDOM
E. Warmenbol (Éd.), Ombres d'Égypte, le peuple de Pharaon (Exposition), Treignes 1999, 124 nº 155
Inventory number
E.1916
KMKG - MRAH