Tomb statue of Nefer-hetepes

Tomb statue of Nefer-hetepes

Nefer-hetepes is represented standing against a back slab reaching up to her shoulders. Her legs are together, and her arms are pendant beside her body with empty, open hands. She is dressed in an ankle-length dress with shoulder straps, a broad collar and a long wig.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number 0418

Dating 6TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site GIZA NECROPOLIS

Category STATUE

Material LIMESTONE; UNSPECIFIED

Technique SCULPTURED; PAINTED; ENGRAVED

Height 53.6 cm

Width 15 cm

Depth 24 cm

Translation

"[1] 'Miteret' (a woman's title) Nefer-hetepes:"

Bibliography•Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 50, Abb. 8.

•Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 47, Farbtf. 2.

•Porter, B. & Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, vol. III².1 : Memphis, Oxford 1974, S. 113.

•Martin-Pardey, E., Plastik des Alten Reiches : Teil 1 (Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 1), Mainz 1977, S. 83-90.

•Seipel, W., Bilder für die Ewigkeit : 3000 Jahre ägyptischer Kunst, Konstanz 1983, Kat.-Nr. 39.

•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Das Alte Reich : Ägypten im Zeitalter der Pyramiden, Hildesheim - Mainz 1986, Kat.-Nr. 27.

•Symmetrie in Kunst, Natur und Wissenschaft : Band 2; Kunst, Darmstadt 1986, Kat.-Nr. 164.

•Steindorff, G. & Hölscher, U. (hrsg. von A. Grimm), Die Mastabas westlich der Cheopspyramide : nach den Ergebnissen der in den Jahren 1903-1907 im Auftrag der Universität Leipzig und des Hildesheimer Pelizaeus-Museums unternommenen Grabungen in Gîza (Münchener Ägyptologische Untersuchungen 2), Frankfurt 1991, S. 60 (Anm. 34).

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Mummy mask of an official

Mummy mask of an official

The face of this man has been rendered in a very formal manner but is rich in detail. The structure of the hair of the eyebrows has been elaborately crafted, as have the moustache and the beard. He is wearing a precious diadem on his heavy wig, a collar consisting of several rows of beads and a necklace.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number 6226

Dating 11TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site ASIUT ?

Category EXTENDED MASK

Material LINEN; PLASTER

Technique UNSPECIFIED; STUCCO; PAINTED ON STUCCO

Height 51.8 cm

Width 25 cm

Depth 25 cm

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Bibliography•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Kat.-Nr. 35

Tomb statue of Nefer-hetepes

Tomb statue of Nefer-hetepes

Nefer-hetepes is represented standing against a back slab reaching up to her shoulders. Her legs are together, and her arms are pendant beside her body with empty, open hands. She is dressed in an ankle-length dress with shoulder straps, a broad collar and a long wig.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number 0418

Dating 6TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site GIZA NECROPOLIS

Category STATUE

Material LIMESTONE; UNSPECIFIED

Technique SCULPTURED; PAINTED; ENGRAVED

Height 53.6 cm

Width 15 cm

Depth 24 cm

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Translation

"[1] 'Miteret' (a woman's title) Nefer-hetepes:"

Bibliography•Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 50, Abb. 8.

•Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 47, Farbtf. 2.

•Porter, B. & Moss, R.L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, vol. III².1 : Memphis, Oxford 1974, S. 113.

•Martin-Pardey, E., Plastik des Alten Reiches : Teil 1 (Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum: Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 1), Mainz 1977, S. 83-90.

•Seipel, W., Bilder für die Ewigkeit : 3000 Jahre ägyptischer Kunst, Konstanz 1983, Kat.-Nr. 39.

•Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Das Alte Reich : Ägypten im Zeitalter der Pyramiden, Hildesheim - Mainz 1986, Kat.-Nr. 27.

•Symmetrie in Kunst, Natur und Wissenschaft : Band 2; Kunst, Darmstadt 1986, Kat.-Nr. 164.

•Steindorff, G. & Hölscher, U. (hrsg. von A. Grimm), Die Mastabas westlich der Cheopspyramide : nach den Ergebnissen der in den Jahren 1903-1907 im Auftrag der Universität Leipzig und des Hildesheimer Pelizaeus-Museums unternommenen Grabungen in Gîza (Münchener Ägyptologische Untersuchungen 2), Frankfurt 1991, S. 60 (Anm. 34).

Terracotta statuette of two actors

Terracotta statuette of two actors

The two figures are set on a thin base and are shown standing and embracing. On the basis of their posture and facial expressions they have been identified as actors. The right figure is male and the left figure is female because of the indication of breasts. Both wear short-sleeved chitons girded around the hips, hanging down to above the knees. Another interpretation of this group statuette identifies the figures as a pair of beggars.

Present location PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number 0464

Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site ALEXANDRIA ?

Category HUMAN FIGURINE

Material CLAY

Technique FORMED BY HAND; BURNED

Height 14.5 cm

Width 12.5 cm

Depth 6 cm

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Bibliography•Roeder, G., Die Denkmäler des Pelizaeus-Museums zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1921, S. 168, Abb. 70.

•Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S.125, Abb. 109.

•Meisterwerke altägyptischer Keramik : 5000 Jahre Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Ton und Fayence, Montabaur 1978, Kat.-Nr. 414.

•Götter und Pharaonen, Hildesheim 1979, Kat.-Nr. 196.

•Cleopatra's Egypt : age of the Ptolemies, Brooklyn 1988, Kat.-Nr. 114.

•Kleopatra : Ägypten um die Zeitenwende, Mainz 1989, Kat.-Nr. 110.

Coffin of Ahmose

Coffin of Ahmose

Period:New KingdomDynasty:early Dynasty 18Reign:reign of Ahmose I to HatshepsutDate:ca. 1550–1458 B.C.Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, probably Tomb CC 64, burial 9, Carnarvon Excavations 1907–1914Medium:Sycomore wood, stucco, paint Dimensions:L. 229 cm (90 3/16 in); h. 60 cm (23 5/8 in)

The rishi coffin of the Second Intermediate Period (see for example 30.3.4a, b) gave way in the early New Kingdom to the type seen here, an anthropoid coffin made of large planks, coated with stucco and painted white. Two long vertical bands run down the center of the lid, and transverse bands wrap around lid and trough. These bands represent the tapes that bound the outer layers of linen wrappings around the body, identifying the coffin with the mummy and thus as an additional repository for the intangible aspects of the person thought to survive death. The bands are also thought to echo the architectural features seen on earlier rectangular coffins (see 32.3.429a, b) that characterize the coffin as the eternal dwelling place of the deceased.

This coffin was inscribed for Ahmose, son of the Lady of the House, Nakht. Strapped to his chin is the long, curved beard of divinity, around his shoulders is a broad collar with falcon-head terminals, and on his chest is a winged vulture. The amuletic wedjat eyes seen on earlier coffins are translated here into single large eyes in panels on either side of the box. On the sides of the coffin are the members of Ahmose's family, here to pay their eternal respects. To the right his wife Hapu and daughter, also named Ahmose, raise their arms in gestures of mourning; behind the women are two sons, Djehuty and Mekyniwetef. Hapu appears again to the left, this time with a different daughter, Tet, and two sons, Nebseny and Siamun. On the foot end are figures of the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, along with a male offering bearer. The long bands on the lid are also used to carry offering prayers for the benefit of Ahmose: one calls on the mortuary god Osiris, like many such prayers; the other is more unusual in that it invokes the great state god of the New Kingdom, Amun-Re.

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Ineni

Nubierinnen, Wandmalerei aus dem Grab des Ineni (TT81)

Stela of the lady Astemakhbit

Stela of the lady Astemakhbit

Wooden stelae were placed beside the coffin in the first millennium BC. This example is from the tomb of a woman named Astemakhbit, who bears the title 'good follower of the divine adoratrice' (i.e. of the leading priestess in the cult of Amun-Ra at Thebes). At the top, beneath the winged solar disc, is a depiction of Astemakhbit adoring the sun god Ra-Harakhty, who is accompanied by the winged goddess Isis and three of the four Sons of Horus. The text contains the standard request for bread, beer and other funerary offerings, and names in addition to the deceased a woman Tadiamun (her mother ?) and Sen, a priest of Mont lord of Thebes.

Present location NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number L1091:17

Dating 26TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site THEBES: WEST BANK

Category STELA

Material WOOD

Technique PAINTED; CARVED

Height 34 cm

Width 22 cm

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Translation

good follower of the divine adoratrice Astemakhbit true of voice

Tadiamun daughter of the god's servant of Mont lord of Thebes Sen true of voice.