miércoles, 15 de julio de 2015

Taharqa followed by his mother Queen Abar.

Taharqa followed by his mother Queen Abar. Gebel Barkal - room C.

Lepsius - Lepsius Denkmahler V

Tabekenamun


Tabekenamun (Tabakenamun) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Second photo: Nubian Queen from the Napatan period. Adapted from a scene depicting Queen Takhatamani.

Fragmentary statue of a woman, maybe Neferhetepes

Fragmentary statue of a woman, maybe Neferhetepes, daughter of Djedefre. Limestone, 4th Dynasty of Egypt. Found in the ruined temple near the pyramid of Djedefre in Abu Rawash

vessel

Period: Late Hellenistic

Date: mid-2nd–early 1st century B.C.

Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Medium: Glass; cast and cut

Dimensions: H.: 2 15/16 x 4 in. (7.5 x 10.2 cm)

Classification: Glass

Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881

Accession Number: 81.10.243

Metmuseum

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Figurine d'envoûtement représentant une femme nue agenouillée

English: Nude female voodoo doll in kneeling position, bound and pierced with thirteen pins. Found in a terracotta vase with a lead tablet bearing a binding spell (katadesmos).
Français : Figurine d'envoûtement représentant une femme nue agenouillée et attachée, percée de treize épingles. Découvert dans un vase en terre cuite contenant également une tablette en plomb portant une defixion.
Date4th century AD
Mediumclay and bronze

  Louvre

Mummy Board of Henettawy (C), Probable Sister-Wife of High Priest of Amun Smendes

Mummy Board of Henettawy (C), Probable Sister-Wife of High Priest of Amun Smendes

Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 990–970 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Chamber B, Burial of Henettawy C (4), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Wood, gesso, paint
Dimensions: l. 171 cm (67 5/16 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.3.6

Met Museum
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Anthropoid coffin of the ancient Egyptian chantress of Amun, Henuttawy C,

Anthropoid coffin of the ancient Egyptian chantress of Amun, Henuttawy C, likely daughter of the High Priest of Amun Menkheperre as well as sister-wife of the HPA Smendes II. Painted wood from Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60; 21st Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. 54.639-40.