Neḥebkamŷ

GRAECIZED FIGURES OF EGYPTIAN GODS

Wooden Figures of Åsår and PTAḤ-SEKER-ÅSÅR

FIGURES OF ANIMALS, BIRDs and Reptiles, SACRED TO THE GODS:

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THE HETEP, or Tablet For Sepulchral OFFERINGS

CENSER, LUSTRATION VASE, LIBATION BUCKET

SEPULCHRAL STELAE AND TABLETS

Models of Objects Used AT THE OPENing of the MOUTH

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THE ROSETTA Stone

PLATE

LIST OF PLATES

· I 1. Dried body of an Egyptian of the Neolithic Period. The pottery found with him belongs to different periods

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2. Earthenware figure of a youth of the Neolithic Period.
This is one of the earliest tomb-figures known. From
Khizam in Upper Egypt

1. Model of an Egyptian House. Predynastic Period
2. Green slate object sculptured with a hunting scene.
Predynastic Period

3. Earthenware vase in the form of a box with figures of
oryxes, wavy lines (water?) and worms(?). Pre-
dynastic Period

III I. A "Spirit house" or model of the house which the
deceased desired to have in the Other World

2. Painted buff-coloured vase with perforated lugs. Pre-
dynastic Period

IV

1. Red granite statue of Betchmes, a royal kinsman.
IIIrd dynasty

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2. Painted limestone seated figure of Neferhi. IIIrd or
IVth dynasty

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3. Painted limestone figures of Katep and his wife Ḥetep-
heres. IVth dynasty

Façade and 'false door" from the tomb of Ptaḥ-
shepses, high priest of Memphis. IVth dynasty

1. Bronze table of offerings, with its vessels complete,
which was made for Ațenȧ, Kher-ḥeb of Abydos.
VIth dynasty

2. Model of a granary, with stairway and figure of the
guardian with his grain measure beside him.
VIth dynasty

VII 1. Head of a colossal statue of Amenemhat III, from his
statue which was usurped by Osorkon II. XIIth
dynasty.

2. Red granite statue of Sekhem-uatch-taui-Rã from the
Island of Arko in the Egyptian Sûdân. XIIIth or
XIVth dynasty

3. Flint agglomerate statue of Khā-em-Uast, eldest son of
Rameses II. XIXth dynasty

VIII 1. Limestone statue of Queen Tetȧ-sheret, an ancestress
of Åāḥmes I, the founder of the XVIIIth dynasty.

2. Granite lion dedicated to the temple of Sulb by Tut-
ankhamen (about B.C. 1400) in memory of "his
father" Amenḥetep III. Found at Jabal Barkal.
XVIIIth dynasty

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1. Cast in bronze of the head of a portrait-statue of to face p. 60 Tutankhamen (about B.C. 1400) in the Egyptian

XVIIIth

2. Seated figures of Khāmuast and his wife. XVIIIt

dynasty

1. Seated figure of Harua, an official of Queen Amen-
årtas, holding figures of Hathor and Tefnut.
XXVIth dynasty

2. Statue of Isis and Osiris dedicated by Shashanq, an
official of the high priestess of Amen. XXVIth
dynasty

1. Portion of the hieratic text of the Story of Khu-en-
Anpu, the "eloquent peasant." XIIth dynasty.

2. Draft of a deed written in the hieratic character,
dated in the reign of Heremḥeb. XVIIIth
dynasty

1. Painted and gilded cartonnage case for the wife of a
Roman official in Egypt. About A.D. 200-300

2. Mummy of Artemidorus, with a Greek inscription.
About A.D. 300

1. Cast of the head of a priestess. XVIIIth dynasty
2. Wooden figure of a handmaiden. XVIIIth dynasty
3. Wooden figure of a temple maiden holding a cat.
(XVIIIth or XIXth dynasty?)

4. Wooden figure of a singing woman playing a six-
stringed harp

1. Mummy label for Bêsis. Inscribed in Demotic
2. Mummy label for Psaïs. Inscribed in Greek
3. Ostrakon with a receipt for dock dues paid by
Harpaesis, in the reign of Trajan. Inscribed in
Greek

4. Coptic letter from Papnoute to Apa Victor

XV Chapters of the Book of the Dead, with Vignettes of
the Islands of the Blest, and the "false door" from

a coffin found at Al-Barshah. XIth or XIIth
dynasty

XVI 1. The Weighing of the Heart. From the Papyrus of
Ani

2. Horus introducing Ani into the presence of Osiris.
XVIIIth dynasty

XVII Chapters from the Book of the Dead with Vignettes in
outline. Written in hieratic between B.C. 100 and

A.D. 100

XVIII 1. Painted limestone shrine of Åni, a gardener of
Åmen. XVIIIth dynasty

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2. Painted wooden sepulchral chest, with figures of the
amulets of Isis and Osiris

1. Wooden case for the head of a mummy. XXIInd-
XXVIth dynasty

2. Porcelain pectoral with a human-headed heart-
scarab inlaid. XXIst dynasty

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1. Ushabti figure of Аāḥmes I, founder of the
XVIIIth dynasty

2. Porcelain coffin and ushabti figure of Amen-
mes-en-Uast. XVIIIth dynasty

3. Ushabti figure of Pa-mer-ȧhau. XVIIIth dynasty
Wooden tablet, inscribed in hieratic with a magical
text referring to ushabtiu figures on behalf of
princess Nesi-Khensu. XXIst dynasty

1. Painted and gilded plaster portrait head-case for
a woman, with models of her feet. IIIrd
century A.D.

2. Stone figure of the Ba, or human soul. From
Nubia. Meroïtic Period.

1. Menȧt of Hathor made for Amenḥetep III.
XVIIIth dynasty

2. Aegis of Shu and Tefnut made for Amenḥetep
III. XVIIIth dynasty

3. Bricks and amulets from the walls of the tomb
of Hent-mehit, a singing woman of Amen-Rā.
XXIst dynasty

Group of Gnostic gems

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1. Figure of Osiris which held the Papyrus of
Anhai. XXIst dynasty

2. Ptaḥ-Seker-Åsår figure. XXVIth dynasty

3. Mummied cat elaborately bandaged. Period
doubtful

4. A set of "Canopic" Jars. XVIIIth or XIXth
dynasty

1. Set of unguent and perfume vessels on stand,
anointing slab, and pillow made for Ațenȧ,
Kher-heb of Abydos. VIth dynasty

2. Group of stone vessels of the Early Dynastic
Period

1. Group of burnished red ware vessels. XVIIIth
dynasty

2. Group of alabaster vessels. XVIIIth dynasty XXVIII Group of terra-cotta figures of Graecized Egyptian gods, etc. Ptolemaïc and Roman Periods

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XXXII

1. The Pyramid of Khufu and the Sphinx. IVth
dynasty

2. The "Step Pyramid" of Tcheser. IIIrd dynasty
1. Coffin of An-Antef. XIth-XIVth dynasty
2. Outer coffin of Hent-meḥit. XXIst dynasty
1. Coffin of Pen-sen-sen-Her. XXVth dynasty
2. Painted coffin from the Oasis of Khârgah.
Roman Period

1. Inner coffin of Her-netch-tef-f, a prophet of
Amen. Ptolemaïc Period

2. Base-board of the sarcophagus of Soter, archon
of Thebes. A.D. IIO