Two wooden spindles

Two wooden spindles 

 

 

UC 7306ii, 7809, and a wooden netting needle UC 7806: UC 7306ii (top) is from Lahun, probably late Middle Kingdom, 1850-1750 BC

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Arrowhead

Period: Neolithic Period
Date: ca. 7000–4500 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Fayum, Petrie excavations, 1926
Medium: Chert
Dimensions: H. 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in); w. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in)
Credit Line: Gift of The British School of Archaeology, 1926
Accession Number: 26.253.59

Description

The long history of human occupation in the Nile valley and nearby deserts is often best documented by the tools left behind when sites were abandoned. In recent years, scholars have become increasingly interested in the early periods of Egyptian settlement, and consequently much more is now known about them. The tools of the early Paleolithic period were often hand axes, but in later periods the tool kits became highly varied, with small stone blades becoming very common items. The variety within and between tool kits was due to differences in the environmental zones people occupied and the types of resources they exploited.

During the Epipaleolithic period (ca. 10,000–7000 B.C.), tools that we call arrowheads appear for the first time. The hollow-base arrowhead illustrated here was a common type in the Neolithic period (ca. 7000–4500 B.C.), when the habitation of the Nile valley itself was underway. These projectile points were most often made from chert, often called flint, which was found in the form of cobbles lying on the high desert's surface. Whether the arrowheads were attached to wooden shafts or used in spears is difficult to confirm, but representations of men drawing bows can be seen on jars from the early Predynastic Period (ca. 3600 B.C.).

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Tools and weapons

Tools and weapons
Petrie
http://dlib.nyu.edu/…/toolsweapo…/toolsweaponsillu00petr.pdf

Sistophorous pseudo-block statue of Khai-hapi

Sistophorous pseudo-block statue of Khai-hapi

The sculpture depicts a man squatting upon a round cushion, with his folded arms resting on his knees and on a sistrum of Hathor. The sistrum displays the face of the goddess with the cow's ears. The man is wearing a wig consisting of a multitude of small curls and a small beard, both of which have been rendered in a stylized form. Of his garments only a knee-length pleated kilt may be discerned, as well as sandals. In his right hand, the man is holding the so-called djed-pillar, the hieroglyph for 'duration'. His left hand may have held the sign for 'life', the loop-handled cross. The broad, flat face must be an idealized depiction, as we cannot imagine this to be a portrait. The proportions of the body are excellent. The upper arms are distinct and the curve of the back displays a harmonious line. Fortunately, damage to the statue is only slight - the nose and the left elbow have suffered damage and the right upper arm and the left hand which was attached to it are missing entirely. The missing elements of the inscriptions can easily be restored with certainty.

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Inventory number 64

Dating 19TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site OUTSIDE EGYPT

Category STATUE

Material ROCK

Technique CARVED

Height 49.5 cm

Width 19.5 cm

Depth 31 cm

Translation

1) (An offering) which the king gives to Iusaes, who hears everything, and to Hathor-Nebethetepet, so that they may provide life, well-being and health and a good old age on earth, so that they will provide a good, complete and proper burial in the necropolis of Heliopolis after

2) reaching 110 years on earth, for the Ka of the Divine Father, the initiated in the secrets of Heliopolis, the Majordomo, temple scribe of the house of Re, Scribe of the Table of the Lord of the Two Lands and Prophet, Khai-hapi, true of voice, the son of Nebui-hetep of the house of Seth, who presides over the Heliopolitan one.

3) The Divine Father and Majordomo of the house of Re, Khai-hapi

4) (An offering which the king gives to) Hathor-nebethetepet, mighty of victory, for the

5) Divine Father, the Hereditary Count, Majordomo and Scribe of the Table of the

6) House of Re, Khai-hapi true of voice,

7) the son of Nebui-hetep true of voice, of Heliopolis.

8) ... Khai-hapi

9) (An offering which the king gives to) Iusaes, mighty of victory, for the

10) Divine Father, the Hereditary Count of Heliopolis, Majordomo and Temple Scribe

11) of the House of Re, Khai-hapi true of voice,

12) the son of Nebui-hetep true of voice, of Heliopolis.

Bibliography•Wreszinski, W., Aegyptische Inschriften aus dem k.k. Hofmuseum in Wien (1906) 144: II, 5;

•Wildung, D., Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im Bewußtsein ihrer Nachwelt I, (Munchener Ägyptologische Studien (MÄS) 17, 1969) 120, A. 4.

•Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM). Führer durch die Sammlungen. Wien. 1988.

•Komorzynski, E., In Wien ausgegrabene altägyptische Denkmäler, Österreichische Lehrerzeitung (ÖLZ), Juni/Juli 1952, 107.

•Satzinger, H., Das Kunsthistorische Museum in Wien. Die Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung. Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie 14. Mainz. 1994.

•Rogge, E., Statuen des Neuen Reiches und der Dritten Zwischenzeit. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum (CAA) Wien 6 (1990), 126-134.

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Momia

Momia de hombre adulto con su ajuar funerario 
(sandalias, trozos de bolsa, cesta, flechas...)

Época predinástica, Nagada II, 3500 a.C.

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Shabti in the dress of the living

Shabti in the dress of the living

Instead of the usual appearance of a mummy, this shabti appears in a rich, pleated garment with a large wig. The hands are placed on the front of the apron, on the stiff triangular front piece which characterizes the dress of important men of the New Kingdom. As in the case of similar statues, this shabti has been placed against a back pillar with an inscription. Another inscription was written on the front of the apron. Unfortunately, these inscriptions were composed of pieces of inlay of a different material which are now lost. The eyes and brows were also done as inlays which must have given the face a very lifelike expression. These inlays were blue, as can still be made out from the traces which remain. The wig and beard were painted black.

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Inventory number 1338

Dating 19TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category SHABTI

Material CALCITE/ALABASTER

Technique CARVED

Height 19.6 cm

Width 7.1 cm

Depth 4.2 cm

Bibliography•Reiser-Haslauer, E., Die Uschebti, Teil I. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum (CAA) Wien 5 (1990), 51-53.

•Katalog "Gott-Mensch-Pharao", Wien (1992) 345, Kat.Nr. 136.

•Katalog "Götter Menschen Pharaonen", Speyer (1993) 194, Kat.Nr. 107.

•Katalog "Dioses, Hombres, Faraones", Viena-México D.F. (1993) 194, Kat.Nr. 107.

•Satzinger, H., Das Kunsthistorische Museum in Wien. Die Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung. Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie 14. Mainz. 1994.

•Katalog: "Geschenk des Nils. Aegyptische Kunstwerke aus Schweizer Besitz", Basel (1978) 61, Nr. 192.

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Mortuary texts of the priest Khons-iu

Mortuary texts of the priest Khons-iu

The corpus of spells in the Book of the Dead does not only consist of texts, every "chapter" could also be accompanied by an illustration. At an early stage a shorthand form of these was developed which the scribes were able to produce with their reed pens. The funerary papyrus of Khonsu-iu shows this remarkable graphic art tradition at its finest and in great detail. Khons-iu [Khensêu] was a High Priest of Ptah in Memphis who died in 249 BC. He was one of a succession, a dynasty, of men who held this very important priestly function in the Late Period. Other members of his family are represented in the Viennese collection by the tomb stelae of his father An-em-her, his nephew of the same name, and the latter's sons Djed-her [Djedhó] and Hor-em-akhet [Harmákhe] (cf. inv. no. 125).

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Inventory number 3862

Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD; PTOLEMY II PHILADELPHUS (not after)

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category PAPYRUS

Material PAPYRUS

Technique PAINTED

Bibliography•Verzeichnis der antiken Sculpturenwerke, Inschriften und Mosaiken des K.k. Münz- und Antikencabinets im unteren K.k. Belvedere (1826) 48, Nr. 474, 49, Nr. 475, 50, Nr. 476.

•(Steinbüchel, A. v.,) Scarabées égyptiens illustrés du Musée des Antiques de Sa Majesté l'Empereur. Wien 1824.

•Satzinger, H., Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (museum), Braunschweig (Verlag Westermann), 1987.

•Satzinger, H., Das Kunsthistorische Museum in Wien. Die Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung. Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie 14. Mainz. 1994.

•Seipel, W. (ed.), Wasser und Wein, Krems (1995).

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