Excavaciones en Bubastis

Excavaciones en Bubastis

Fragment of a relief with a man's head

Fragment of a relief with a man's head

Sandstone fragment, showing in sunk relief the head and shoulders of a man facing left and wearing a short, smooth wig. The style of the representation is typical for the Amarna Period.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 8793

Dating AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category RELIEF

Material SANDSTONE

Technique LOW RELIEF

Height 13 cm

Width 11 cm

Depth 1.5 cm

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Bibliography•onbekend (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam), Antieke voorwerpen uit Egypte en Voor-Azie (tentoonstellingscatalogus), 1931, (nr. 238)

•onbekend (Amsterdam), Jubileumtentoonstelling 1898-1938 (tentoonstellingscatalogus), 1938, (nr. 187)

•J.M.A. Janssen, Egyptische oudheden verzameld door W.A. van Leer, MVEOL 12 (1957), pl. II.5 (nr. 5)

•W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, 1986, 62 (nr. 1)

•F.J.E. Boddens Hosang, Two Amarna collections in the Netherlands, OMRO 72 (1992), 15-53: 25, 46/pl. 8

Colossal of Akhenaten

Colossal of Akhenaten

A colossal statue that represents Akhenaten standing with his arms folded, holding the flail and heka scepters. He is depicted with his particular realistic features; long face, narrow eyes, the long protruding chin, and the fleshy lips. The king is shown naked, without any distinctive sexual organ, which is thought, by some Egyptologists to represent the king as "the primordial god considered as the father and the mother" of the people.

This colossal statue was discovered with a similar statue, but with small differences. They were erected at Karnak, resting against pillars in the courtyard of the temple built by him, next to the temple of Amun-Ra. In the other statue, the king is wearing the traditional pleated kilt but with low waist to show his swollen belly.

The two colossi were sculpted at the early period of his reign before he transferred his capital from Thebes to Tell el-Amarna.

Present location EGYPTIAN MUSEUM [01/001] CAIRO EM

Inventory number JE 49528

Dating AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN

Archaeological Site KARNAK

Category COLOSSUS

Material SANDSTONE

Technique HEWN

Height 400 cm

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Relief fragment with adoring figures

Relief fragment with adoring figures

On the left-hand side, a kneeling male figure is depicted, with a long, pleated kilt, a broad collar and a long wig with the locks of hair in parallel rows. The arms (the hands are missing) are raised in a gesture of adoration. The fragment has broken off at the knee. Of a second figure to the right, only one adoring arm with a bracelet remains; the remainder of the figure is only summarily indicated: legs and a wide sleeve. The surface seems to be a little deeper at the place of the second figure. The relief may have been partly eroded, or left unfinished. The bottom and the right hand side are probably original, judging by their smoothness. The relief has been executed carefully and detailed.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM U.12663

Dating NEW KINGDOM

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category RELIEF

Material LIMESTONE

Technique LOW RELIEF

Height 12.6 cm

Width 13 cm

Depth 6.4 cm

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Bibliography•W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 9-10

Wooden figure

Wooden figure

The ebony figure of a captive, lying prone with his elbows tied behind his back.The beard and hairstyle identify the captive as an Asiatic. Such figures were often put on whip handles and walking sticks.

Present location LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL

Inventory number 1973.2.298

Dating NEW KINGDOM

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category HUMAN FIGURINE

Material EBONY

Technique SCULPTURED

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Part of a libation bowl with figure of a man

Part of a libation bowl with figure of a man

Figure of a man from the rim of a bowl for libations. A small number of New Kingdom libation bowls include a figure of the dedicator kneeling at the edge in the act of presenting the offerings. This example was retrieved during clearance of the 11th Dynasty temple of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep, but probably comes from the adjacent deposits of votive offerings to the goddess Hathor at the Eighteenth Dynasty temples of Tuthmosis III and Hatshepsut.

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

Inventory number 1906:356

Dating 18TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site DEIR EL-BAHARI

Category OFFERING BASIN

Material LIMESTONE

Technique CARVED

Height 26 cm

Width 31 cm

Depth 20 cm

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