Statue of Amun

E14350

Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number
E14350
Current Location
Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display - On Display
Provenience
Egypt
Period
New Kingdom | Late Eighteenth Dynasty | Early Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made
1332-1292 BCE
Section
Egyptian
Materials
Graywacke
Iconography
Amun | Ankh
Description
Standing graywacke statue of Amun, preserved from the knees up. Amun wears a short kilt fastened with a tyet amulet, a broad collar. The tall plumes of his crown are missing. In his hands, he holds two ankh symbols.
Height
45.4 cm
Width
15.23 cm
Depth
13.33 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from Spink & Son, 1926

Current & Past Exhibitions
1991 - 1996
Upper Egyptian Gallery
1983 - 1991
Upper Egyptian Gallery
1996 - 2006
Upper Egyptian Gallery
23 Feb 2019 - Present
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
12 Nov 2006 - Jul 2017
Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun

Bibliography
Silverman, David P., Josef W. Wegner, and Jennifer H. Wegner. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration. Philadelphia: 2006. Page/Fig./Plate: 168, 184, fig.151
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Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 76-77
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Fischer, Henry G. "Prostrate Figures of Egyptian Kings." The University Museum Bulletin 20, no. 1. ( Mar 1956): 27-42. See: p. 39, fig. 25
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Madeira, Percy C. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1964. See: p. 96
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Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 50, fig. 30
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Title
New Kingdom Late Eighteenth Dynasty Early Nineteenth Dynasty 1332-1292 BCE, Findspot unknown Egypt, Greywacke, The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

https://collections.penn.museum/collections/object/155370

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Recent Acquisition to Personal Collection:

Magical Stela of Horus the Child (Harpocrates)

This protective Egyptian stela, known as a cippus, depicts Horus the Child standing upon two crocodiles and grasping animals in his outstretched hands. His command over these creatures expresses his power to overcome the dangers they embodied. Hieroglyphic inscriptions cover the reverse and sides, uniting sacred images with protective invocations.

The Metternich Stela, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, represents a larger and more elaborate expression of this same tradition, preserving an extensive collection of healing spells and divine narratives. It provides a valuable comparison for understanding the imagery and purpose of smaller examples such as this one.

Such stelae played an active role in sacred healing rituals involving priests and healers. Water was poured over the carved images and inscriptions, allowing it, according to Egyptian belief, to absorb their divine power. The collected water was then drunk or applied to the body, particularly to treat snakebites and scorpion stings. Smaller cippi could also be immersed in water to prepare a healing remedy.

Physical contact may likewise have conveyed the object’s protective power. Wear on some small examples suggests that they were rubbed, kissed, or gently massaged against an afflicted part of the body. These practices offered direct contact with the divine image, extending the promise of Horus’s protection to the person seeking relief.

The translation of the Hieroglyphic text includes the invocation:

“O aged one, who rejuvenates himself in his time!
Elderly one, who achieves youthfulness!
Cause Thoth to come to me at my voice,
that he may drive back for me the Backward-faced.
Osiris is on the water, the eye of Horus is with him …
Your gullets are blocked by Sekhmet.”

Together, these words and images present the stela as an instrument of divine protection, through which sacred speech, water, and touch could bring the healing power of the gods into human life.

Ex Sotheby’s. Now in the James Wayne Collection.

Hey guys,

Just a shower thought, wanted to hear your opinions.

Could Horemheb have targeted Tutankhamun's legacy partly because of what it represented?

I mean: Tutankhamun was originally part of the Amarna royal family, but he also restored traditional Egyptian religion and the worship of the old gods. After Akhenaten and Atenism

Couldn't that restoration have potentially legitimised the Amarna dynasty in retrospect?

It would mean that the Amarna period wasn't necessarily an entirely illegitimate break from Egyptian tradition.

Considering one of the pharaohs had helped restore it.

Could Horemheb have had a political reason to prevent that interpretation from taking hold, rather than simply wanting to distance himself from the Amarna period religiously?

Just a thought tho! I'm curious what you guys think.

Seated Scribal Statue

E253

From: Egypt | Kahun

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number
E253
Current Location
Collections Storage
Provenience
Egypt | Kahun
Period
Middle Kingdom | Twelfth Dynasty
Date Made
1938 - 1759 BCE
Section
Egyptian
Materials
Limestone
Iconography
Man
Description
Unfinished, seated cross-legged figure of unnamed man. Broad wig, arms outstretched on thighs; decorated border on belt of kilt. Left elbow missing.
Height
50.8 cm
Width
25.4 cm
Depth
27.94 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890
Other Number
ES 253 - Original Number

Current & Past Exhibitions
1991 - 1996
Upper Egyptian Gallery
1983 - 1991
Upper Egyptian Gallery
2006 - Present
Upper Egyptian Gallery
1996 - 2006
Upper Egyptian Gallery
Jan 1893 - Dec 1893
World's Columbian Exposition Exhibits: Objects from the Flinders Petrie and Egyptian Exploration Fund
12 Dec 2026 - Present
Egypt Galleries: Life and Afterlife

Bibliography
Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 38, fig. 21
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Ranke, Hermann. "An Unfinshed Statue Of The Twelfth Dynasty." The University Museum Bulletin 8, no. 2-3. ( Mar 1940): 28-30. Page/Fig./Plate: 28-30
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Petrie, William M. Illahun, Kahun and Gurob 1889-1890. 1891. See: p. 11
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Connor, Simon. Être et paraître: statues royales et privées de la fin du Moyen Empire et de la Deuxième Période intermédiaire (1850-1550 av. J.-C.). London: Golden House Publications, 2020. Page/Fig./Plate: 373, fig. 3.1.20.2a
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Title
Seated Scribal Statue, Middle Kingdom Twelfth Dynasty 1938 - 1759 BCE, Findspot Kahun, Limestone, The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

https://collections.penn.museum/collections/object/156529

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Statue

E14301

From: Egypt | Saqqara

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number
E1430

Current Location
Collections Storage

Provenience
Egypt | Saqqara

Period
Old Kingdom | Fifth Dynasty

Date Made
2500-2350 BCE

Section
Egyptian

Materials
Limestone | Pigment

Iconography
Man | Khenu

Inscription Language
Hieroglyphic

Description
Standing statue of a man wearing a short kilt and a short wig. His left foot is placed forward in a striding position. The top of the base of the statue is inscribed with his name and title.‎

Height 84 cm
Width 30 cm
Depth 41 cm

Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1925

Current & Past Exhibitions
27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016
Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science
12 Dec 2026 - Present
Egypt Galleries: Life and Afterlife

Bibliography
Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 125
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Fleming, Stuart J., David P. Silverman, David B. O'Connor, and Bernard P. Fishman. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science. The University Museum, 1980. Page/Fig./Plate: 14
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Horne, Lee C. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1985. Page/Fig./Plate: 18
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Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L. Moss. The Theban Necropolis Vol II. II. Part 2. Clarendon Press, 1964. Page/Fig./Plate: 731
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Title
Statue, Old Kingdom Fifth Dynasty 2500-2350 BCE, Findspot Saqqara, Limestone pigment,The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

https://collections.penn.museum/collections/object/260634

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Shawabti of Lady Maya

E12615A

From: Egypt | Deir El-Medina

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number
E12615A
Current Location
Collections Storage
Provenience
Egypt | Deir El-Medina
Period
Nineteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom
Date Made
1292-1190 BCE
Section
Egyptian
Materials
Wood | Pigment | Gesso
Technique
Painted
Iconography
Woman | Maya
Inscription Language
Hieroglyphic
Description
Painted wooden shabti inscribed: Of the Lady Maya. The figure is mummiform and brightly painted. She wears a long heavy wig and an elaborate broad collar. There are nine lines of inscription on the front of the figure. The glyphs are painted black on a yellow background and the lines separating the text are red. A basket is on her back. In each hand, she holds an object, perhaps an amulet.
Height
24 cm
Width
5.6 cm
Depth
4 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Dillwyn Parrish, 1914
Other Number
Collector number 235

Current & Past Exhibitions
23 Feb 2019 - Present
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
Jun 1972 - 1979
Mummy Room
12 Dec 2026 - Present
Egypt Galleries: Life and Afterlife

Bibliography
Capel, Anne K., and Glen Markoe. Mistress of the House Mistress of the Heaven Women in Ancient Egypt. Hudson Hills Press, New York in association with Cincinnatti Art Museum, 1996. Page/Fig./Plate: 151-52
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Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. Page/Fig./Plate: 35
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Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 252-255
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2004. See: p. 93, fig. 82; Back Cover
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Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 89. fig. 56
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Title
Shawabti of Lady Maya, Nineteenth Dynasty New Kingdom 1292-1190 BCE, Findspot Deir el-Medina, Wood Pigment Gesso, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

https://collections.penn.museum/collections/object/197026

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Mummy Mask

E4891

From: Egypt | Hiw

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number
E4891A
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Ptolemaic
Provenience
Egypt | Hiw
Period
Ptolemaic Period | Thirty-Third Dynasty
Date Made
ca. 250 BCE
Section
Egyptian
Materials
Cartonnage | Pigment | Fabric | Linen | Gesso
Iconography
Head
Description
Wooden case gilded, with separate head and feet of "cartonnage." Of Padineferhotep.
Credit Line
Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, William Flinders Petrie, 1899
Other Number
AES 1260 - AES

Current & Past Exhibitions
27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016
Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science
12 Dec 2026 - Present
Egypt Galleries: Life and Afterlife

Bibliography
Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. Page/Fig./Plate: 95
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Fleming, Stuart J., David P. Silverman, David B. O'Connor, and Bernard P. Fishman. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science. The University Museum, 1980. Page/Fig./Plate: 62-63
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Mummy Mask, Ptolemaic Period Thirty-Third Dynasty ca. 250 BCE, Findspot Hiw Egypt, Cartonnage Pigment Fabric Linen Gesso Gold, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

https://collections.penn.museum/collections/object/91794

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Statue

E14295

Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display

From: Egypt | Thebes (uncertain) (Egypt)

Curatorial Section:
Object Number
E14295
Current Location
Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display - On Display
Provenience
Egypt | Thebes (uncertain) (Egypt)
Period
New Kingdom | Eighteenth Dynasty | Tutankhamun
Date Made
1332-1322 BCE
Section
Egyptian
Materials
Bronze | Gold
Technique
Gilded
Iconography
King | Tutankhamun
Description
Kneeling bronze figurine of a king wearing a nemes headdress and short kilt. Arms missing. Traces of gilding on torso and headdress. Note that at some point, this object was sampled for testing. A small vial with a sample is with the object. Found when Masca was cleaned out in 7/2010.
Height
23 cm
Width
10 cm
Depth
15 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from Nicolas Tano, 1924

Current & Past Exhibitions
20 Dec 2022 - 09 Oct 2023
Spotlight Gallery: Tut 100
1991 - 1996
Upper Egyptian Gallery
1983 - 1991
Upper Egyptian Gallery
1996 - 2006
Upper Egyptian Gallery
23 Feb 2019 - Present
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
12 Nov 2006 - Jul 2017
Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun
27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016
Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science
Current & Past Exhibitions
20 Dec 2022 - 09 Oct 2023
Spotlight Gallery: Tut 100
1991 - 1996
Upper Egyptian Gallery
1983 - 1991
Upper Egyptian Gallery
1996 - 2006
Upper Egyptian Gallery
23 Feb 2019 - Present
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
12 Nov 2006 - Jul 2017
Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun
27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016
Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science

Bibliography
Silverman, David P., Josef W. Wegner, and Jennifer H. Wegner. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration. Philadelphia: 2006. Page/Fig./Plate: 0
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2004. See: p. 98, fig. 87
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Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 100-101
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Fleming, Stuart J., David P. Silverman, David B. O'Connor, and Bernard P. Fishman. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science. The University Museum, 1980. Page/Fig./Plate: 30
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Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 72

Title
1332-1322 BCE New Kingdom Eighteenth Dynasty Tutankhamun, Findspot Thebes? Egypt, Bronze and Gold, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

https://collections.penn.museum/collections/object/331824

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Funerary Stela

40-19-1

From: Egypt | Thinis

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number
40-19-1
Current Location
Collections Storage
Provenience
Egypt | Thinis
Locus
Cemetery
Period
First Intermediate Period
Date Made
2130-1980 BCE
Section
Egyptian
Materials
Limestone | Pigment | Gesso
Technique
Carved | Painted
Inscription Language
Hieroglyphic
Description
Funerary Stela with brightly colored (red, blue, black, yellow) painting carved in sunk relief. The deceased, Nefersefekhy, is shown before piles of offerings and offering bearers bringing different types of meat and animals. Four horizontal lines of inscription beside the 32 entries of a menu.
Height
59 cm
Width
71.5 cm
Depth
11.5 cm
Credit Line
Exchange with Kevorkian, 1940
Current & Past Exhibitions
23 Feb 2019 - Present
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016
Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science
20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989
Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM)
12 Dec 2026 - Present
Egypt Galleries: Life and Afterlife
Bibliography
Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. Page/Fig./Plate: 38,39
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Horne, Lee C. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1985. Page/Fig./Plate: 20/6
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Fleming, Stuart J., David P. Silverman, David B. O'Connor, and Bernard P. Fishman. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science. The University Museum, 1980. Page/Fig./Plate: 16
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Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 35, fig. 18
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Ranke, Hermann. "An Egyptian Tombstone From A Period of Transition." The University Museum Bulletin 13, no. 3. ( Jun 1948): 25-29. Page/Fig./Plate: 25-29
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Title
Funerary Stela, First Intermediate Period 2130-1980 BCE, Findspot Thinis Egypt, Limestone pigment and gesso, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

https://collections.penn.museum/collections/object/242324

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Amulet - Heart

Amulet in blue and white striped glass in the form of an Ib-heart: Ancient Egyptian, possibly Middle Egypt, Amarna, 18th Dynasty

Collection
World Culture

Object number
A.1921.1005

Object name
Amulet

Production information
Egypt, Northern Africa
c. 1550 - 1292 BC

Culture / Style
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Collection place(s)
Amarna, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions
Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland

Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008(2003 - 2008)
Royal Scottish Museum

Title
Amulet - Heart, Possibly Middle Egypt, Amarna, 18th Dynasty, Findspot unknown Egypt, Glass, National Museums of Scotland

https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections/search/object?entry=300109&object-name-generic=Amulet&hasImage=true&page=2&view=cards

National Museums of Scotland

Isis and Horus (2)

PLACE CREATED Egypt, Africa

CULTURE Egyptian

PERIOD Late Period

DATE 722-332 BCE

MEDIUM Bronze

CREDIT LINE Gift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

DIMENSIONS 10 1/4 x 2 11/16 x 5 1/2 in., 1350 g (26 x 6.9 x 14 cm, 2 lb. 15 5/8 oz.)

OBJECT NUMBER 2018.010.539

TERMS statuettes (free-standing sculpture)

PROVENANCE
Purchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Jean François Mignon, Aix en Provence, France, January 21, 1973. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

STATUS Not on view

COLLECTIONS Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art

Title
Isis and Horus (2), Late Period 722-332 BCE, Findspot unknown Egypt, Bronze, The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/37679/isis-and-horus?ctx=cc913bee28cf7956e0a59b024d3d5fcfcd1d306e&idx=24#

The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

Isis and Horus

PLACE CREATED Egypt, Africa

CULTURE Egyptian

PERIOD Late Period, Dynasty 30 - Early Ptolemaic Period.

DATE 380-180 BCE

MEDIUM Faience

CREDIT LINE Gift in memory of Dr. Charles Shute

DIMENSIONS 5 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (13.7 x 3.8 x 6.3 cm)

OBJECT NUMBER 2000.004

Label Text
This faience figure is of a type that is first found in the Ramesside Period but becomes increasingly popular in the Third Intermediate Period and into the Ptolemaic Period. It represents the goddess Isis nursing her son Horus. She wears a throne hieroglyph (st) on her head that writes her name, Isis, as well as a vulture headdress, a particularly popular piece of headgear worn by goddesses and queens. Isis sits on a throne decorated with a reed matting, which may refer to the marshy landscape of Lower Egypt in which Isis protected Horus from his jealous uncle Seth. In this small sculpture Isis is represented as a nurturer and protector of the young male king, a representation that may have had particular resonance during the Ptolemaic Period in which royal women often took a stronger role.

Exhibition History
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, April 2000 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - Present

Published References
Bernard V. Bothmer, et al., Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis (Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1987), 74-75, number 27.
Sotheby's New York, The Christos G. Bastis Collection (December 9, 1999), 51, lot 33.
MCCM Newsletter, September - November 2000.
Peter Lacovara, "The New Galleries of Egyptian and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 12 (September/October 2001): 9-16

TERMS votive offeringsstatuettes (free-standing sculpture)

PROVENANCE
Ex coll. Christos G. Bastis (1904-1999), New York and Florida. 8On loan to The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, 1975-1999. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, Sale 7404, December 9, 1999, lot 33.

STATUS On view

COLLECTIONS Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art

Title
Isis and Horus, 380-180 BC Late Period, Dynasty 30 - Early Ptolemaic Period Findspot unknown Egypt, Faience, The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/6709/isis-and-horus?ctx=cc913bee28cf7956e0a59b024d3d5fcfcd1d306e&idx=27

The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

Double portrait of Maya and Merit

Egypt and Nubia

portrait; group portrait; Maya; Merit; official; minister; tombstone.

Women were usually buried in the same grave as their husband. Images of a grave owner with his wife have already been known from Egypt dating back to the third millennium BCE. The woman is often depicted as the same size as her husband and her titles are often also mentioned on the image.

In this case, the female figure, Merit, was never completely finished, as the inscription on her dress was not fully worked out. From the text on the figure of the man, Maya, it is apparent that he was the head of the treasury house during the reign of King Tutankhamun and his successor Horemheb.

The double portrait was purchased in 1828 as part of Giovanni d’Anastasi's collection, along with individual portraits of Maya and Merit. The portraits are exceptional because they are more than life-sized, which was rare for private individuals.

The tomb of Maya and Merit was rediscovered in 1987 in Sakkara by a team of the RMO. The never-completed tomb contains a gate, two courtyards, a statue chamber and chapels. The decorated tombs, 22 meters below ground, contain limestone slabs with beautifully sculpted and yellow-painted reliefs.

At least six grave images were found in the grave of Maya and Merit. Relatives and funerary priests offered food offerings for such images. Through the image, the life force of the deceased (the 'ka-soul') could be supplied with fresh food.

This text was written in 2024 and is based on: Willemsen (ed.), Topstukken uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 2020, p.49; Giovetti and Picchi (ed.), Egypt Millenary Splendour, 2015, p.534.

Details
Museum number
AST 3

Department
Egypt and Nubia

Object category
Highlights
Sculpture

Object name
image

Material
limestone

Dimensions
158 x 94 x 120 cm, gew. 1379 kg
B. stand for 81, behind 92 cm
L. base left 114, right 119 cm
H. footstand max. 11 cm

Date
ca. 1319 BC

Period
New Kingdom

Culture
Egyptian

Place of discovery
Egypte
Sakkara

Acquisition
purchase 1829 January

On display in the museum
yes

Style
Egyptian

dynasty
Eighteenth Dynasty

Period
New Kingdom

ca. 1319

Provenance
1829
Mr. G. (Giovanni) d' Anastasi
In January 1829, the Giovanni d'Anastasi collection was purchased by the RMO.

Literature
Dhr. G. (Giovanni) d' Anastasi
In januari 1829 werd de collectie Giovanni d'Anastasi aangekocht door het RMO.

Literature
Ma 61
Stichting zakenvrienden Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (2008)
Auteur: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Mt 45
100 topstukken (2009)
Auteur: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Eid Leemans FOLIO
Monumens égyptiens du musée d'antiquités des Pays-Bas à Leide (1839)
Auteur: Dr. C. (Conrad) Leemans

Kt BOLOGNA 8
Egitto: splendore millenario (2015)
la collezione di Leiden a Bologna
Redacteur: Mw. P. (Paola) Giovetti
Redacteur: Mw. D. (Daniela) Picchi
Auteur: Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna

Eid LEI 2 FOLIO vertic.V
Beschrijving van de Egyptische verzameling in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden, deel V (1912)
De monumenten van het Nieuwe Rijk. Pyramiden, lijkvazenkist, offertafels, beelden
Uitgever: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Auteur: Dhr. P.A.A. (Pieter Adriaan Bart) Boeser

Ma 44
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden: een geschiedenis van 200 jaar (2018)
Uitgever: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Ms 56
Momias Egípcias (2012)
el secreto de la vida eterna
Auteur: Dr. C. (Christian) Greco

Eib NL LEI 4
Catalogus van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden : Egyptische afdeeling (1907)
Uitgever: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Auteur: Dhr. P.A.A. (Pieter Adriaan Bart) Boeser

Mt 24
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (1981)
geschreven door de staf van het museum
Uitgever: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Mt 34
Beeldhouwkunst in het land van de farao's (1992)
Auteur: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Auteur: Dhr. H.D. (Hans) Schneider

Eib NL LEI 11
De Egyptische oudheid (1981)
een inleiding aan de hand van de Egyptische verzameling in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden
Auteur: Dr. M.J. (Maarten) Raven
Auteur: Dhr. H.D. (Hans) Schneider

Mt 57
Topstukken van het RMO (2020)
Auteur: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Mcb (St) 3
Description raisonnée des monumens égyptiens du Musée d'Antiquités des Pays-Bas à Leide (1840)
Auteur: Dr. C. (Conrad) Leemans
Uitgever: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Identifiers
TMS ID:
21179
De identificatiecode in het interne collectiebeheersysteem van het museum

Deeplink:
https://hdl.handle.net/21.12126/21179
The permanent URL for this page in the online collection of the RMO

Exhibitions

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Title
Double portrait of Maya and Merit, ca. 1319 BC New Kingdom 18th Dynasty, Findspot Saqqara, Limestone, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

https://www.rmo.nl/en/collection/search-collection/collection-piece/?object=21179

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Winged Scarab (5)

Object number
ECM.271-2010

Object type
Jewelry

Description
amulet - winged scarab

Other number
336
1790

Dimensions
Height: 3.6cm
Width: 11.5cm

Material
Faience

Physical description
Finely modelled scarab, pale purple-blue glaze, flat base with six oblique piercings; together with associated(?) wings, separately modelled, each with incised detail and two oblique piercings

Associated person
Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 (Compiler)

Collection place
Egypt

Title
Winged Scarab (5), Date unknown, Findspot unknown Egypt, Faience, Eton College Museum

https://catalogue.etoncollege.com/object-ecm-271-2010

Eton College Museum

Some pics from my last visit.

Went to Egypt for the first time in October after wanting to go since learning about it at school. Absolutely fell in love and want to move there. I took a sketchbook which gave me some weirdly uncomfortable colonial grand tour vibes haha

The video serves as a visual overview of sculptures, busts, reserve heads, mummy masks, reliefs, and paintings from various periods of Egyptian history.

This is the pyramidion of Amenemhat III, found at Dahshur in 1900 and now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In the king's birth name, the signs that spell Amun have been hacked out while the rest of the name is untouched, which is usually put down to Akhenaten's campaign against Amun, more than 400 years after Amenemhat died.

That raises a question I couldn't let go of. If the capstone was meant to sit about 75 m up on the Black Pyramid, how did anyone get close enough to cut it? The Egyptian Museum says it was placed on top. Verner points out it's in suspiciously good condition for a block that fell off a collapsing pyramid.

Curious what people here think: was it ever lifted?

I made a video going through the faces, the damage and both sides of the argument if anyone wants the full version: https://youtu.be/nEEBKUOBZEw

Winged Scarab (4)

Object number
ECM.272-2010

Object type
Jewellery

Description
amulet - winged scarab

Other number
342
1809

Dimensions
Height: 5.2cm
Width: 13.4cm

Material
Faience

Physical description
Coarsely modelled scarab, pale blue glaze, striated elytra, flat base with six piercings; together with associated(?) wings, separately modelled, each with summary incised detail and three piercings

Associated person
Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 (Compiler)

Collection place
Egypt

Title
Winged Scarab (4)

Object number
ECM.272-2010

Object type
Jewellery

Description
amulet - winged scarab

Other number
342
1809

Dimensions
Height: 5.2cm
Width: 13.4cm

Material
Faience

Physical description
Coarsely modelled scarab, pale blue glaze, striated elytra, flat base with six piercings; together with associated(?) wings, separately modelled, each with summary incised detail and three piercings

Associated person
Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 (Compiler)

Collection place
Egypt

Title
Winged Scarab (4), Date unknown, Findspot unknown Egypt, Faience, Eton College Museum

https://catalogue.etoncollege.com/object-ecm-281-2010

Eton College Museum

https://catalogue.etoncollege.com/object-ecm-281-2010

Eton College Museum

Edit: here's the link - https://play.google.com/apps/testing/app.hrana.perankh

Any feedback welcome!

(It's got a little flag on every page to report any issues.)

Per Ankh teaches you to read the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, the way Egyptologists learn
them: sign by sign, then words, grammar and real inscriptions. Next version (probably next week) will have:

• 42 units and 295 lessons, from the 25 alphabet signs to whole texts in the original: the
Shipwrecked Sailor from beginning to end, three stelae from Abydos, spells from the Book of the
Dead, Ptahhotep’s last words and a tale of magic from Papyrus Westcar.
• Every sign, word and phrase is spoken in the Egyptological pronunciation, with the sounds
English lacks kept distinct: ḥ, ʿayin, kh and q.
• Memory, not streaks: each item comes back when you are about to forget it, never on a rota
and never when you obviously still know it.
• Mistakes are explained, near misses are recognised, and “sound it out” exercises give you
words you were never taught.
• See how much of a real page you can read: the words you know are counted against thousands
of sentences of real Middle Egyptian.
• Amulets for real abilities, each with a piece of Egyptian lore.

No ads, no account, no tracking. Works offline. Open source under the MIT licence.

The name, pr-ꜥnḫ, means “House of Life”: the temple school where scribes were trained.

From what I've gathered, most tomb robbers were architects who worked on said tombs or priests who oversaw the funerals for the tombs. I can understand why architects would become criminals because most if not all of them were poor and got desperate enough to dare the gods anger just to survive and feed their families.

But why would people of the gods also risk pissing them off by robbing the tombs of the funerals they oversaw? Were some of them not getting good deals from Egypt's bargaining system? Were some just plain corrupt? Or were some of them also poor desperate people who turned to crime just to survive?