PETRIE AND THE DISCOVERY OF EARLIEST EGYPT

 

PETRIE AND THE DISCOVERY OF EARLIEST EGYPT

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The tomb of Merefnebef

The scene of hunting birds takes place in a setting of 1.48m wide by 1.18m high. It is remarkable for the miraculous preservation of its many colours, which gives an idea of the brilliant lustre which the whole room must have had originally.
Another interesting point : the scene presents grey-black retouching, notably behind the head of Merefnebef, in addition to the modifications brought to the scene of fishing which is situated further to the right, the significance of which will be returned to later.

The scene can be subdivided into three : at the centre, Merefnebef on his boat; in front of him, the marsh; behind him, the porters of offerings
 The tomb of Merefnebef was discovered in 1997 on the site of Saqqara, by a team from The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the Warsaw University, controlled by Prof. Karol Myśliwiec. The discovery followed two years of location work on the terrain, notably geophysical, followed by surveys.

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Shabti box of Paramnekhu

Shabti box of Paramnekhu

Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside

Dynasty: Dynasty 19

Reign: reign of Ramesses II

Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1), Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1885–86

Medium: Wood, gesso, paint

Dimensions: H. 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in)

Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 1886

Accession Number: 86.1.14

 

 

 The wooden shabti box is inscribed for Paramnekhu, a servant in the Place of Truth who was a son or grandson of Sennedjem in whose tomb the box was found. Other objects in the collection that were discovered in the same tomb are numbered 86.1.1–86.1.29

 

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amulet of anubis

Amulet of Anubis on his Shrine

Period: Middle Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–early 13

Date: ca. 1850–1775 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, cemetery V, Tomb V21, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1904

Medium: Silver

Dimensions: H. 1.6 cm (5/8 in)

Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1904

Accession Number: 04.18.9

 

 

 This amulet is part of a group of objects found in tomb V21 at Abydos with two bodies. The group includes 04.18.1–04.18.49.

 

 

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A study of the ba concept in ancient egyptian texts

A study of the ba concept in ancient egyptian texts
Louis V. Zabkar
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Peri em Heru conjuro XXX

Peri em Heru conjuro XXX 


De este conjuro tenemos dos versiones.


A)
Fórmula para impedir que el corazón del Osiris N. se oponga a él mismo en el imperio de los muertos.

"¡Oh mi corazón de mi madre, oh mi corazón de mi madre, oh vísceras de mi corazón de mi existencia terrena, no te levantes contra mí para dar testimonio en presencia de los Señores de los bienes! No digas con respecto a mí. ¡ De verdad lo ha hecho!, con respecto a lo que he dicho; no permitas que se levante contra mí ante el gran dios, señor de Occidente

¡Salve corazón mío! ¡salve, víscera de mi corazón! ¡Salve, seno mío! ¡Salve, dioses preeminentes, moisteriosos portadores de trenzas que os apoyáis sobre vuestros cetros! anunciadme a Ra, recomendadme a Nehebkau cuando llegua al Occidente del cielo.
¡Que yo sea perdurable sobre la tierra, que no muera en el Occidente, que sea alloí un bienaventurado!"

En el juicio de Osiris el corazón se pesa, pues aquí en este conjuro el difunto pide a su propio corazón que no testifique contra él.

Al hacer referencia al "corazón de mi madre" se refiere a que es el corazón físico, el de carne...

 

 

 Heart scarab inscribed for Hat, with a text from chapter 30 of the Book of the Dead. Heart scarabs were wrapped in the mummy bandages to ensure that the heart would not testify against its owner at the judgement. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: New Kingdom, c. 1300-1100 BC. Material Size: Green stone l = 7 cms. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/Sold at Christie's, London . Location: 37.

Design amulet, Cow and Calf on the Back

Design amulet, Cow and Calf on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons Flanking an Ankh Sign over a Crouching Lion

Period: First Intermediate Period

Dynasty: Dynasty 8

Date: ca. 2150–2100 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt

Medium: Steatite

Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

Accession Number: 26.7.40

 

 Design amulets from the late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period, also called button seals or figure seals according to their form, were at least in some instances used as seals. They seem overwhelmingly, however, to show devices (base decoration) and combinations of figural backs and base decoration that are clearly amuletic in nature; moreover, at least at Qau, they came mainly from the burials of women and children. Examples are preserved from tombs where they were buried with the dead, sometimes incorporated in strings of beads and amulets.
A recent study has cast considerable light on the motifs and their amuletic significance. For the design amulets with three dimensional figural backs, the backs and the device on the base relate in some manner. Here the base device shows antithetical falcons on either side of an ankh, emblems of royal power and royal protective power; the crouching lion that appears beneath them is thought to represent in this context dangerous powers controlled by the king. In conjunction with a nursing human mother or, as here, the closely connected nurturing and nursing animals, the emblem can be thought of as the alignment of powerful protective forces and wishes for the vulnerable young or the vulnerable dead.

 

 

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