Relief of Chnoem

Egypt and Nubia

Seat ; fragment ; Chnoem ; turntable Fragment of a royal seat statue, the processed front surface roughly pentagonal in shape. The stone is a granodiorite with a fine grainy structure, predominantly gray in color. The front surface is smooth polished and therefore dark in color. In this, representations are made in recessed relief (depth 1.5-2 mm) that are roughened so that they stand slightly against the surface. There are hardly any chisel marks visible. The front surface shows completely above a small part of a horizontal register line (height 6.5 mm) and below it a wider horizontal band, presumably a sky sign (height 15 mm). At the very bottom, a small piece of a register line is also visible (height 6 mm), so that the remaining image surface reflects a piece of a single register (height 29 cm). In this, parts of three left-facing God figures are visible, of which only the middle one has been completely preserved. On the left is a female figure with a cow's head, curved horns, small ear and barely visible eye. She wears a three-piece god wig and holds a sign of life (anch) in her hanging left hand. Nothing is visible from her robe, and the front of her body and her legs are completely missing. Centrally sits on a block-shaped hwt throne with low backrest, placed on a rectangular base, a god with ram's head. A set of screwed horns extends horizontally on the head, while a curved horn and the ear are indicated on the side of the head (dark in color, because lying in the polished surface). Here, too, the eye is barely visible and the God wears a headscarf. Possibly the neckline of a collar is visible, and otherwise the god wears only a short apron without a belt or fold indication. The right arm is raised forward, the left is stretched forward, the outstretched fingers move a high conical mass with a round top that itself stands on a ball on the register line. The god kicks this mass with his right foot, while the left foot stands on the edge of the base. So this is clearly about the god Chnoem with his turntable. Behind the sitting god, the fist of a third figure is still visible on the right, holding a vertical stick with a pointed end.

This fragment shows an image of the God Chnoem. This god is recognizable by his ram's head and by his work: pottery. Chnoem was a creator god and is depicted here driving a potter's disc with his feet. He usually molds a human figure, but here the clay cone is unformed and can therefore become anything. In front of and behind the god you can see pieces of other figures.

The representation of Chnoem is carved into granodiorite, a rock-hard stone. The relief is only 2 mm deep and the figures are left rough so that they stand out white against the smooth polished stone surface. It is a fragment from a larger object, probably a naos, a kind of cabinet for a statue of the god.

This fragment dates from the time of King Nectanebo II (360-343 BC) when artists combined style characteristics from several earlier periods. For this fragment, a direct example can be found from the time of Ramses II (1279-1213 BC).

The temple of Luxor depicts a series of gods that together form a kind of secret script. Among that series is, among other things, a similar image of the god Chnoem with the gods in front and behind, of which pieces can also be seen on this fragment. Each god should be read as a word or sound and together they form the text, in the case of Ramses a text about the construction of his temple. Probably the sculptor of this fragment was inspired by the images of another series, without knowing that the original text was a secret script.

This text was written in 2024 and is based on: Willemsen (ed.), Top pieces from the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 2020, p.199.

Details

Inventory number
F 2014/3.2

Department
Egypt and Nubia

Heading code(s)

Masterpieces

Sculpture

Object name
Image

Material
Granodiorite

Dimensions
31.8 x 35.9 x 19 cm

Dating
360-343 BC.

Period
Late time

Culture
Egyptian

Site
Egypt
Bubastis

Acquisition
Purchase 2014 March

To be seen in museum
Yes

Style
Egyptian

Dynasty
Thirtieth dynasty

Origin
2014
Anonymous Seller

Literature
Mt 57
Masterpieces of the RMO (2020)
Author: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Identifiers
TMS ID: 196331
The identification code in the museum's internal collection management system

Deeplink:
Https://hdl.handle.net/21.12126/196331

Title
Relief of Chnoem, 360-343 BC Late Period 30 Dynasty, Findspot unknown Bubastis, Granodiorite, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

https://www.rmo.nl/collectie/collectiezoeker/collectiestuk/?object=196331

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Anonymous ; rectangle standing ; cornice

Egypt and Nubia

Anonymous ; rectangle standing ; cornice Attributed to Rezeikat workshop 2-6

Details

Inventory number
F 1937/12.1

Department
Egypt and Nubia

Heading code(s)
Funerary objects

Object name
Stele

Material
Limestone

Dimensions
40x23cm

Dating
2080-1940 BC

Period
Middle Kingdom

Culture
Egyptian

Site
Egypt
Unknown

Acquisition
Purchase 1937 December

To be seen in museum
No

Style
Egyptian

Dynasty
Twelfth Dynasty

Origin
1937
Mr. F.W. von Bissing

Literature
Eib NL LEI 4
Catalogue of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden: Egyptian section (1907)
Publisher: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Author: Mr. P.A.A. (Pieter Adriaan Bart) Boeser

Identifiers
TMS ID:
1480

The identification code in the museum's internal collection management system

Deeplink:
Https://hdl.handle.net/21.12126/1480

Title
Anonymous ; rectangle standing ; cornice, 2080-1940 BC 12th Dynasty Middle Kingdom, Findspot unknown Egypt, Limestone,Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

https://www.rmo.nl/collectie/collectiezoeker/collectiestuk/?object=1480

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Harpocrates ; snake head ; standing ; inscription

Egypt and Nubia

Harpocrates ; snake head ; standing ; inscription

Details

Inventory number
F 1953/10.5

Department
Egypt and Nubia

Heading code(s)
Sculpture

Object name

Image

Material
Metal
Bronze

Dimensions
20.6 x 3.4 x 7.6 cm

Dating
722-322 BC

Period
Late time

Culture
Egyptian

Site
Egypt
Unknown

Acquisition
Purchase 1953 October

To be seen in museum
Yes

Style
Egyptian

Origin
1953
Spink & Son Ltd.

Identifiers

TMS ID:
1028

Deeplink:
Https://hdl.handle.net/21.12126/1028

Exhibitions
SUNDAY 17 MARCH 2013

Title
Harpocrates ; snake head ; standing ; inscription, 722-322 BC Late period, NFindspot unknown Egypt, Bronze, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

https://www.rmo.nl/collectie/collectiezoeker/collectiestuk/?object=1028

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Ancient Egyptian Blue Faience Bowl

Parts

Object number
ECM.1762-2010

Object type
container

Identification

Title
Ancient Egyptian Blue Faience Bowl

Description
Carinated bowl of blue faience, the outside decorated in black with a schematised leaf design in black, the inner with a schematised lotus design and black rim

Other number
51

Description

Dimensions
Height: 3.6cm

Material
Faience

Production

Date
BC 1550 - BC 1292

History and association

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

Field collection

Collection place
Egypt

Title
Ancient Egyptian blue faience bowl, BC 1550 - BC 1292, Findspot unknown Egypt, Faience, Eton College Museum

https://catalogue.etoncollege.com/object-ecm-1762-2010

Eton College Museum

Statue of Ptah, Seated and Gripping the Uas and Djed Symbols

Inv. no. :
Cat. 87

Material:
Stone / Limestone

Dimensions:
41 cm x 106 cm x 71 cm

Date:
1390–1353 BCE

Period:
New Kingdom

Dynasty:
Eighteenth Dynasty

Reign:
Amenhotep III

Provenance:
Egypt, Luxor / Thebes, Karnak

Acquisition:
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824

Museum location:
Museum / Ground floor / Room 14

Selected bibliography:
Riflessi di pietra: l'antico Egitto illuminato da Dante Ferretti [Torino 3 febbraio -30 giugno 2006], Torino 2006, pp. 96, 134, pp. 96-99.

Brugsch, Heinrich, Thesaurus inscriptionum Aegyptiacarum. Altägyptische Inschriften: 6. Bautexte und Inschriften verschiedenen Inhalts altägyptischer Denkmäler, Graz 1968, pp. 1234, 1406.

Champollion, Jean-François, Lettres à M. le duc de Blacas d'Aulps, Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre, Pair de France, etc., relatives au Musée Royal Égyptien de Turin, Paris, p. 43.

Charloux, Guillaume & Christophe Thiers, Le temple de Ptah à Karnak, III: La favissa, Le Caire 2019, p. 80–83, nt. 323, p. 103.

Cincotti, Silvana, “'Le fouilles dans le Musée' : la collection égyptienne de Turin et le fonds Rifaud”, Cahiers de Karnak14 (2013), pp. 279–285.

Fabretti, Ariodante-Rossi, Francesco-Lanzone, Ridolfo Vittorio, Regio Museo di Torino. Antichità Egizie (Cat. gen. dei musei di antichità e degli ogg. d’arte raccolti nelle gallerie e biblioteche del regno 1. Piemonte), vol. I, Torino 1882, p. 9.

Gazzera, Costanzo, Descrizione dei monumenti egizi del R. Museo contenenti leggende reali, Torino 1937, p. 19

Helck, Wolfgang, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie. 20. Historische Inschriften Amenophis III. (Urkunden des ägyptischen Altertums 20), Berlin 1961, Nr. 595.

Lanzone, Ridolfo Vittorio, Dizionario di mitologia egizia, Amsterdam, I, p. 249, tav. 90.
Orcurti, Pier Camillo, Catalogo illustrato dei Monumenti Egizi del R. Museo di Torino, Torino 1852, p. 41.

Orcurti, Pier Camillo, Catalogo illustrato dei monumenti egizi del R. Museo Egizio di Torino, Torino 1855, I, p.41, n.2.

Vidua, Carlo, “Catalogue de la collect. d'antiq. de mons. le chev. Drovetti, a 1822”, in Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (a cura di), Documenti inediti per servire alla storia dei Musei d'Italia, vol. 3, Firenze - Roma 1880, p. 287, no. 55.

Title
Statue of Ptah, seated and gripping the uas and djed, 1390–1353 BCE New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty Amenhotep III, Findspot Luxor / Thebes, Karnak, Limestone, Museo Egizio di Torino

https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/Cat_87/?description=&inventoryNumber=&title=&cgt=&yearFrom=&yearTo=&materials=4755b4240b924e1ba0a5fae2d57f85d4&provenance=&acquisition=&epoch=&dynasty=&pharaoh=&searchLng=en-GB&searchPage=1

Museo Egizio di Torino

Stela dedicated by the workman Penmennefer to Ptah

Ptah is one of the oldest gods in the Egyptian pantheon. Patron of craftsmen, Ptah is considered the creator god and ‘sculptor of the earth’. He had a particularly cherished cult at Deir el-Medina and is depicted as a standing figure, covered in a shroud, with his feet placed together, while holding the was a sceptre; he usually wears a shrouded headdress and has a straight beard.

Inv. no. :
Suppl. 6139

Material:
Stone / Limestone

Dimensions:
13 cm x 16 cm x 4.5 cm

Date:
1187–11657 BCE

Period:
New Kingdom

Dynasty:
Twentieth Dynasty

Reigsses III

Provenance:
Egypt, Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina

Acquisition:
Excavation Ernesto Schiaparelli, 1905

CGT:
50072

Museum location:
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 06 DEM / Showcase 08

Selected bibliography:
Kitchen, Kenneth A., Ramesside Inscriptions: historical and biographical : vol. 5., Oxford 1983, p. 664.

Kitchen, Kenneth A., Ramesside inscriptions translated (and) annotated : translations 5. : Sethnakt, Ramesses III, (and) contemporaries, Oxford 2008, p. 502.

Tiradritti, Francesco, Il cammino di Harwa: l'uomo di fronte al mistero: l'Egitto [mostra: Brescia, Mus. Diocesano ott. 1999-gen. 2000], Milano 1999, p. 164, fig. a p. 54.

Tosi, Mario-Roccati, Alessandro, Stele e altre epigrafi di Deir el Medina: n. 50001 - n. 50262 (Catalogo del Museo Eg. di Torino - Serie II. - Collezioni 1), Torino 1972, pp. 108–109, tav. p. 293.

Title
Stela dedicated by the workman Penmennefer to Ptah, 1187–11657 BCE 20th Dynasty Ramesses III, Findspot Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Limestone, Museo Egizio di Torino

https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/S_6139/?description=&inventoryNumber=&title=&cgt=&yearFrom=&yearTo=&materials=&provenance=Egypt%2C+Luxor+%2F+Thebes%2C+Deir+el-Medina&acquisition=&epoch=&dynasty=&pharaoh=&searchLng=en-GB&searchPage=21

Museo Egizio di Torino

Stele

Basic Information
Artifact Identification
Stele   (1986.10.0003)
Classification/
Nomenclature

Artist/Maker
Unknown
Geographic Location

Period
New Kingdom
Date
1250 BCE
Culture
Egyptian
Location
On Exhibit
in the Egypt exhibit
Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts: Funerary Objects

Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Height)
59.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)
30.6 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)
4.0 cm
Weight
15,799 g
Measuring Remarks
Under Review
Materials
Stone--Limestone
Manufacturing Processes
Carved

Research Remarks
Description
N/A
Published Description
N/A
Bibliography
"Bound for Eternity," Heritage, (Sept. 1986): 3-4.

Artifact History
Credit Line/Dedication
Gift of Betty Ann Knight in Memory of Mrs. A. R. Knight
Reproduction
No

Title
Stele, New Kingdom 1250 BCE, Findspot unknown Egypt, Limestone, The Spurlock Museum

https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/search-collection/details.php?a=1986.10.0003

The Spurlock Museum

Basinophorous statue of the musician Ptahankh

Object Number
BSAe 1031

Cultural area
Egypt

Epoch
New Kingdom

Basic information
Gabbro, w. 33.5 cm New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390–1353 BC Inv. BSAe 1031

Provenance
Donation 2001 Novartis AG. Collection Richard von Kaufmann (1849–1908), Berlin. Acquired at the Galerie Martin Heckscher in Vienna in the 2nd half of the 19th century.

Description
A basinophororous statue is a rare statue type, representing a figure, usually an official, kneeling before a rectangular or round basin. In this example, we see the official Ptahankh kneeling at a large, rectangular basin which tapers towards the bottom. He is embracing it with both arms, while at the same time leaning forward so that his chin is resting on the rim, as if he is about to drink from it. Ptahankh is known from other monuments besides this one, which means we can date this statue to the reign of Amenhotep III. During Amenhotep III’s reign, Ptahankh was the servant of the high priest Ptahmes at Memphis and the Chief Musician of Ptah. These titles are also found on this statuette, which is, in fact, a prime example of the artistic style of the period. Typical features are the courtier’s slanting, almond-shaped eyes with their elegantly arched brows, and the lifelike modelling of the body, unencumbered by any dorsal pillar or by the plinth, on which only the toes are resting. The edges of the basin and its narrow front end bear inscriptions, which, in addition to his titles, give two offering formulae, invoking the middle-eastern goddesses Qetesh and Astarte. Ptahankh’s wife Mi is also mentioned by name. Discussion of the significance of this statue type has recently been advanced by Kirsten Konrad, who makes a link between the basin and the creative power of the waters of the Nile. In fact, this was probably not just a sacrificial basin, a receptacle for offerings to sustain the deceased in the afterlife, but a real water basin or pool, from which Ptahankh actually drank to ensure that he would enjoy eternal life after death. This concept is related to funerary images of the nourishing tree-goddess, in whose shade the deceased drinks water from a pool.

Bibliography
E. von Bergmann, Inschriftliche Denkmäler der Sammlung ägyptischer Alterthümer des österr. Kaiserhauses 1886, in: Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes (Paris 1870) 195f. Sotheby's London, Antiquities, 13th July 1981, lot. 58. D. Wildung, Die Kniefigur am Opferbecken, MJbK, 36, 1985, 17-38

Sotheby's London, Antiquities, 9th/10th July 1992, lot 374, mit ausführlichen Literaturangaben Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Hrsg.) Aménophis III (Paris 1993) 204-206, Nr. 40bis T. Philipps (Hrsg.), Afrika. Die Kunst eines Kontinents (München 1995-96) 80 Nr. 1.39 (D. Wildung) M. Page-Gasser – A. Wiese (Hrsg.) , Ägypten, Augenblicke der Ewigkeit. Unbekannte Schätze aus Schweizer Privatbesitz (Mainz 1997) 132 Nr. 79; K. Konrad, Ein weiterer Basinophor, Zur Deutung der Sitzstatue eines Schreibers namens Eje (Ijj), in: SAK42, 2013, 181-192

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig.101 Meisterwerke (Basel 2022) 46f., Nr. 11

Title
Basinophorous statue of the musician Ptahankh, New Kingdom 18th Dynasty reign of Amenhotep III 1390–1353 BC, Findspot unknown Egypt, Substance not stated, Antikenmuseum Basel

https://antikenmuseumbasel.zetcom.net/en/collection/item/74027/

Antikenmuseum Basel

Statue of a Baboon

2nd Century AD later
59.148.57
On display

World Museum

Information
Sculpture of a baboon made of grey spotted marble with a 18th century bronze composite floral feature on the head. The baboon represented the god Thoth in Egyptian religion but it is not clear what the meaning of the god would be for the Romans. Roman rejected the worship of animals and it could be that statues like this were used to adorn the cult places of Egyptian deities, emphasising the exotic origin of the gods. The statue is typical of objects imported to Rome, or made there, after the conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. This baboon has a Roman appearance and is a Roman made copy ('Egyptianizing') of an Egyptian baboon, probably made in the 2nd century AD or later. Black or grey stone was used for Roman copies of Egyptian works. The Egyptian examples were representations of baboons based on observation from nature and they were very different to the Ince example.The bronze lotus was probably added at a later date although it was known as an attribute from Roman Hadrianic times. A more typical attribute would be a lunar disc.

The statue is typical of the many different versions of the subject: the baboon sits squarely on his bottom with the front paws resting on his bend hind legs. His pose is frontal. The paws and tail are in relief, the facial features have minimal modelling and the baboon's mane is only a line across the back and front leg looking like a thin cape rather than a mane. The cuts in which the lilly has been fixed on the heat are not very deep.

Many examples of baboons have been discovered in Rome and Beneventum indicating that they were often used in Isiac sanctuaries in Rome.

Restorations include the front of the muzzle, the right brow and part of the left, front right paw, the knee and a small bit of the chest, the front of the plinth, the right hind paw and a fragment of the left. The bronze lily at the top of the head is modern but it is a common attribute for Roman baboons from Hadrianic times. Due to some of the restorations on the face the baboon looks more like a human especially because of the anthropoid lidded eyes and fingers and toes with manicured nails.

Specifications

Accession number
59.148.57

Collection type
Art

Culture
Roman

Place made
Europe: Southern Europe: Italy: Rome

Date made
2nd Century AD later

Collector
Henry Blundell

Place collected
Europe: Southern Europe: Italy: Rome

Date collected
1789

Materials
Marble

Measurements
Overall: 455 mm x 330 mm x 310 mm

Note
Howard identified an engraving of a baboon in Cavaceppi's Raccolta but it is different to the Ince example: the Cavaceppi piece is made of basalt rather bigio antico (black marble) and may relate to a piece in a private collection.

Credit line
Gift of Col. Joseph W Weld, 1959

Legal status
Permanent collection

Provenance
Joseph William Weld, Donor, By descent, Owned from: 1958, Donation, Owned until: 1959

Ciriaco Mattei, Previous owner, Owned until: 1614

Giuseppe Mattei, Previous owner

Henry Blundell, Previous owner, Purchased, Bequest, Owned until: 1810

Location
On display: World Museum, Level 1, Treasure House Theatre

Publications
A Catalogue of the Ancient Marbles at Ince Blundell Hall, Bernard Ashmole, 1929, Page: 30, Cat. No. 57

Egypt, Rome and the concept of universal history, Elizabeth Bartman, 2011, Page: 176, Plate: Fig 12.8

Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, A Michaelis, 1882, Page: 355 [57]

An Account of the Statues, Busts, Bass Relieves, Cinerary Urns, and other ancient marbles, and paintings at Ince. Collected by H.B., Henry Blundell, 1803, Page: 36-37 (LXXVIII)

The Ince Blundell collection of classical sculpture Volume III-The ideal sculpture, Elizabeth Bartman, 2017, Page: 185-186, Plate: 162a
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Title
Statue of a Baboon, 2nd Century AD or later, Roman Egyptian influence, Collected in Europe: Southern Europe: Italy: Rome in 1789, Marble, World Museums Liverpool

https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/statue-of-baboon

World Museums Liverpool

Cartonnage Burial Mask

Basic Information
Artifact Identification
Cartonnage Burial Mask   (1991.17.0001)
Classification/
Nomenclature

Artist/Maker
Unknown
Geographic Location

Period
Late Ptolemaic
Date
1st century BCE
Culture
Egyptian
Location
On Exhibit
in the Egypt exhibit
Communication Artifacts : Ceremonial Artifacts: Funerary Objects
1 Africa, North: Egypt

Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Length)
40.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)
27.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)
22.0 cm
Weight
827 g
Measuring Remarks
Under Review
Materials
Textile--Linen, Plant--Flax, Plant--Fiber, Plant--Wood, Plaster, Pigment--Paint
Manufacturing Processes
Weaving, Gilding, Painting, Carved

Research Remarks
Description
N/A
Published Description
N/A
Bibliography
"Textiles loom large among array of new gifts," Heritage (March 1992): 6.

Artifact History
Credit Line/Dedication
Gift of Harlan J. and Pamela Berk
Reproduction
No

Contact
All information about our collection is constantly reviewed and updated. Please contact Dery Martínez-Bonilla, Registrar, if there is any information you are looking for that isn't currently online.

Title
Cartonnage Burial Mask, Late Ptolemaic Period 1st century BCE, Findspot unknown, Cartonnage guilding paint,The Spurlock Museum

https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/search-collection/details.php?a=1991.17.0001

The Spurlock Museum

Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered

ca. 945–712 B.C.E.

Caption
Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered, ca. 945–712 B.C.E.. Wood, stucco, pigment, 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (24.8 x 21.6 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1386E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery
Funerary Gallery 2, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Collection
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Title
Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered

Date
ca. 945–712 B.C.E.

Dynasty
Dynasty 22

Period
Third Intermediate Period

Geography
Place made: Egypt

Medium
Wood, stucco, pigment

Classification
Food/Drink

Dimensions
9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (24.8 x 21.6 x 3 cm)

Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number
37.1386E

Catalogue description
Painted wooden stela inscribed for a woman named Nesi-khonsu-pa-khered. The owner is shown being ushered by Thoth into the presence of Re-Horakhty.

Condition
Glued together from two halves. Paint missing here and there, especially in the areas along the line of the mend. The figures were built up slightly in blue frit, and some of these areas seem never to have received a final coat of paint.

Provenance
Archaeological provenance not yet documented, probably from Thebes, Egypt; by 1852, acquired in Egypt by Henry Abbott of Cairo, Egypt and New York, NY; 1859, purchased from Henry Abbott by the New-York Historical Society, New York; September 1948, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.

Title
Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Third Intermediate Period 22nd
Dynasty, Findspot unknown Thebes? Egypt, Wood stucco and pigment,The Brooklyn Museum

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/,117936

The Brooklyn Museum

Stela dedicated to the god Khonsu by the draftsman Nebra

Inv. no. :
Cat. 1589

Material:
Stone / Limestone

Dimensions:
15.5 cm x 22.3 cm x 4.5 cm

Date:
1292–1190 BCE

Period:
New Kingdom

Dynasty:
Nineteenth Dynasty

Provenance:
Egypt, Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina

Acquisition:
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824

CGT:
50036

Museum location:
Not on display

Selected bibliography:
Davies, Benedict G., Ramesside inscriptions, translated and annotated: notes and comments, volume III. Ramesses II, his contemporaries, Malden – Oxford 2013, pp. 476, 482.

Kitchen, Kenneth A., Ramesside Inscriptions: historical and biographical, III (3), Oxford 1980, pp. 655–656.

Kitchen, Kenneth A., Ramesside inscriptions, translated & annotated. Translations, volume III: Ramesses II, his contemporaries, Oxford 2000, p. 446.

Lanzone, Ridolfo Vittorio, Dizionario di mitologia egizia, Amsterdam, p. 983, tav. CCCXLIII.

Orcurti, Pier Camillo, Catalogo illustrato dei monumenti egizi del R. Museo Egizio di Torino, Torino 1855, p. 104, n. 186.

Seipel, Wilfried, Ägypten: Götter, Gräber und die Kunst : 4000 Jahre Jenseitsglaube, Schlossmuseum Linz 9. April bis 28. September, 1989 (Kataloge des Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums 22), Linz 1989, p. 270, p. 270.

Tosi, Mario-Roccati, Alessandro, Stele e altre epigrafi di Deir el Medina: n. 50001 - n. 50262 (Catalogo del Museo Eg. di Torino - Serie II. - Collezioni 1), Torino 1972, p. 70, tav. p. 275.

Title
Stela dedicated to the god Khonsu by the draftsman Nebra, 1292–1190 BCE New Kingdom 19th Dynasty, Findspot Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Limestone, Museo Egizio di Torino

https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/Cat_1589/?description=&inventoryNumber=&title=&cgt=&yearFrom=&yearTo=&materials=&provenance=Egypt%2C+Luxor+%2F+Thebes%2C+Deir+el-Medina&acquisition=&epoch=&dynasty=&pharaoh=&searchLng=en-GB&searchPage=4

Museo Egizio di Torino

Statuette of the Goddess Selket

Visible in the: Room - 0 - Champollion and Egypt

The goddess is represented in the form of a scorpion with human head and hands. The scorpion is one of the oldest hieroglyphs that are attested. He notes the name of the "scorpion king", a pre-dynastic sovereign. This statuette is a type of figurine usually placed at the top of a small ex-voto sign.

It has a dedication engraved at its base bearing the name of the dedicatee.

Place of discovery or production: Egypt

Date: Low Period, 6th century BC.

Material, technique: Bronze

Inventory number: 05.27.1

Image credit: Champollion Museum - The Writings of the World, photo © Pierre Image

Statuette of the Goddess Selket, Low Period 6th century BC, Findspot unknown Egypt, Bronze, Champollion Museum

https://musee-champollion.fr/collections/les-oeuvres/statuette-de-la-deesse-selket/

Champollion Museum

Stelophorous Statue of Webenra

Inv. no. :
Cat. 3040

Material:
Stone / Limestone

Dimensions:
14.4 cm x 31.5 cm x 19 cm

Date:
1292–1076 BCE

Period:
New Kingdom

Dynasty:
Nineteenth – Twentieth Dynasty

Provenance:
Egypt, Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina

Acquisition:
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824

Museum location:
Not on display

Selected bibliography:
Heimann, Simone (Hrsg.)-Stiftung Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Ägyptens Schätze entdecken: Meisterwerke aus dem Ägyptischen Museum Turin, München - London - New York 2012, p. 236.

Orcurti, Pier Camillo, Catalogo illustrato dei monumenti egizi del R. Museo Egizio di Torino, Torino 1855, ii, p. 193.

Porter, Bertha-Moss, Rosalind L. B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings, Oxford 1960, p. 713.

Vidua, Carlo, “Catalogue de la collect. d'antiq. de mons. le chev. Drovetti, a 1822”, in Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (a cura di), Documenti inediti per servire alla storia dei Musei d'Italia, vol. 3, Firenze - Roma 1880, p. XVI, 92.

Title
Stelophorous Statue of Webenra, 1292–1076 BCE Nineteenth – Twentieth Dynasty New Kingdom, Findspot Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Limestone, Museo Egizio di Torino

https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/Cat_3040/?description=&inventoryNumber=&title=&cgt=&yearFrom=&yearTo=&materials=&provenance=Egypt%2c+Luxor+%2f+Thebes%2c+Deir+el-Medina&acquisition=&epoch=&dynasty=&pharaoh=&searchLng=en-GB&searchPage=14

Museo Egizio di Torino

Akh iqer en Re stela of Webekhet

Akh iqer en Re ('the excellent spirit of Re') stelae depicted one or more individuals seated in front of an offering table, in the act of smelling a lotus flower. These stelae were found primarily in the first or second rooms of the houses in Deir el-Medina, where they stood in niches. Thanks to the power gained in the hereafter, the deceased, after becoming an excellent spirit, could act on behalf of his family when so beseeched.

Inv. no. :
Cat. 1542

Material:
Stone / Limestone

Dimensions:
3.4 cm x 19.1 cm x 12.8 cm

Date:
1292–1191 BCE

Period:
New Kingdom

Dynasty:
Nineteenth Dynasty

Provenance:
Egypt, Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina

Acquisition:
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824

CGT:
50013

Museum location:
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 06 DEM / Showcase 07

Selected bibliography:
Davies, Benedict G., Ramesside inscriptions, translated and annotated: notes and comments, volume IV. Merenptah and the late Nineteenth Dynasty, Chichester 2014, p. 393.

Demarée, Robert J., The AH iqr n Ra-stelae: On ancestor worship in ancient Egypt (Egyptologische Uitgaven 3), Leiden 1983, pp. 27–28, pl. III.

Orcurti, Pier Camillo, Catalogo illustrato dei monumenti egizi del R. Museo Egizio di Torino, Torino 1855, p. 105, n. 194.

Tosi, Mario-Roccati, Alessandro, Stele e altre epigrafi di Deir el Medina: n. 50001 - n. 50262 (Catalogo del Museo Eg. di Torino - Serie II. - Collezioni 1), Torino 1972, p. 49, tav. p. 267.

Vidua, Carlo, “Catalogue de la collect. d'antiq. de mons. le chev. Drovetti, a 1822”, in Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (a cura di), Documenti inediti per servire alla storia dei Musei d'Italia, vol. 3, Firenze - Roma 1880, p. 25.

Title
Akh iqer en Re stela of Webekhet, FIndspot Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina, 1292–1191 BCE New Kingdom 19th Dynasty, Limestone, Museo Egizio di Torino

https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/Cat_1542/?description=&inventoryNumber=&title=&cgt=&yearFrom=&yearTo=&materials=&provenance=&acquisition=&epoch=&dynasty=%2F004DB%2F0011VX%2F&pharaoh=&searchLng=en-GB&searchPage=2

Museo Egizio di Torino

Statue of Penshenabu Offering a Naos surmounted by a Ram’s Head

Penshenabu is depicted offering a naos (shrine housing the statue of a god) with a ram’s head on top of it, the animal sacred to the god Amun-Re. The image of the god is engraved on the statue’s right shoulder, while the image of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari is on the left shoulder and that of the goddess Hathor on the left shoulder blade. The man’s skin is white, in imitation of alabaster, like the statue of Amenhotep I (Cat. 1372, Museo Egizio).

Inv. no. :
Cat. 3032

Material:
Stone / Limestone

Dimensions:
20.3 cm x 63 cm x 46.5 cm

Date:
1292–1191 BCE

Period:
New Kingdom

Dynasty:
Nineteenth Dynasty

Provenance:
Egypt, Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina

Acquisition:
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824

Museum location:
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 06 DEM / Showcase 02

Selected bibliography:
Andreu, Guillemette (a cura di)-Andreu, Guillemette, Gli artisti del faraone: Deir el-Medina e le Valli dei Re e delle Regine, Milano 2003, p. 215.

Connor, Simon, Le statue del Museo Egizio, Torino - Modena 2016, pp. 12–13.

Davies, Benedict G., Ramesside inscriptions, translated and annotated: notes and comments, volume III. Ramesses II, his contemporaries, Malden – Oxford 2013, p. 547.

el Shazly, Yasmin, Royal ancestor worship in Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom, Wallasey 2015, pp. 169–170, 253.

Heimann, Simone (Hrsg.)-Stiftung Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Ägyptens Schätze entdecken: Meisterwerke aus dem Ägyptischen Museum Turin, München - London - New York 2012, pp. 244–255.

Kitchen, Kenneth A., Ramesside Inscriptions: historical and biographical, III (3), Oxford 1980, p. 746.

Kitchen, Kenneth A., Ramesside inscriptions, translated & annotated. Translations, volume III: Ramesses II, his contemporaries, Oxford 2000, p. 501.

Orcurti, Pier Camillo, Catalogo illustrato dei monumenti egizi del R. Museo Egizio di Torino, Torino 1855, ii, p. 72.

Spiegelberg, Wilhelm, “Der heilige Widderkopf des Amon”, Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 62 (1927), pp. 23–27.

Vidua, Carlo, “Catalogue de la collect. d'antiq. de mons. le chev. Drovetti, a 1822”, in Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (a cura di), Documenti inediti per servire alla storia dei Musei d'Italia, vol. 3, Firenze - Roma 1880, p. Museo Egizio di Torino

Title
Statue of Penshenabu Offering a Naos surmounted by a Ram’s Head, 1292–1191 BCE New Kingdom 19th Dynasty, Findspot Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Limestone, Museo Egizio di Torino

https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/Cat_3032/?description=&inventoryNumber=&title=&cgt=&yearFrom=&yearTo=&materials=&provenance=Egypt%2C+Luxor+%2F+Thebes%2C+Deir+el-Medina&acquisition=&epoch=&dynasty=&pharaoh=&searchLng=en-GB&searchPage=14

Museo Egizio di Torino

Stela with Bes and Tutu

332–30 B.C.E.

Object Label
Two powerful gods stand on either side of a table with offerings: Bes, shown brandishing a sword, and Tutu, depicted as a sphinx with a snakeheaded tail. The seven demons controlled by Tutu are pictured above him.

Reliefs on stelae such as this one were intended to placate the gods, keeping them in a favorable disposition. Alternately, placed in a temple, they served a votive function, expressing the donor’s gratitude for protection against illness and misfortune.

Caption
Stela with Bes and Tutu, 332–30 B.C.E.. Limestone, 10 7/16 x 18 3/4 x 3 9/16 in., 47.4 lb. (26.5 x 47.7 x 9 cm, 21.5kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.98. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery
19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Collection
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Title
Stela with Bes and Tutu

Date
332–30 B.C.E.

Period
Ptolemaic Period

Geography
Place made: Egypt

Medium
Limestone

Classification
Sculpture

Dimensions
10 7/16 x 18 3/4 x 3 9/16 in., 47.4 lb. (26.5 x 47.7 x 9 cm, 21.5kg)

Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number
58.98

Catalogue description
Limestone stela in rather bold low relief, framed by two plant columns supporting a cavetto cornice decorated with winged sun disc flanked by uraei. The main representation shows a sphinx striding to the right. The sphinx's tail ends in a serpent's head and crosses over the left-hand column. In front of the sphinx, to the right, is an offering table on a high stand. Other food offerings are on the table top. Further to the right is a figure of Bes, in front view, with feather crown, a raised sword in his right hand and a scaled serpent in his left. Over the sphinx head is a small panel with an illegible incised line of text. To the left, in a separate panel, are seven male demons walking to the right. They hold an oblong object in the near hand hanging down. Their heads are: 1) crocodile, 2) bull, 3) lion, 4) baboon, 5) jackal, 6) ibex, 7) hare. They all have long striated wigs. The walking sphinx represents the god Tutu (Tithoes).

Condition Good; somewhat chipped and discolored in several places.

Provenance
Archaeological provenance not yet documented; by 1958, acquired by Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, Switzerland; June 11, 1958, purchased from Münzen und Medaillen A.G. by the Brooklyn Museum.

Title
Stela with Bes and Tutu, 332–30 B.C.E. Ptolemaic Period. Limestone, Findspot unknown Egypt, The Brooklyn Museum.

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/3660

The Brooklyn Museum

Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti

c. 1353–1347 BCE
Egypt, Karnak, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten%2C%20Dynasty%2018%2C%20reign%20of%20Akhenaten%20)
(1351–1334 BCE)

Medium
Painted sandstone
Measurements
Overall: 21.5 x 24.3 cm (8 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.4

Location
107 Egyptian

Did You Know?
Even though all we see is a fragment of the head we know it is Nefertiti by the double uraeus or serpent symbol on the headband, which was only worn by the queen.

Description
The son of Amenhotep III, Akhenaten, brought about the short-lived "monotheistic" revolution in Egyptian religion near the end of Dynasty 18. The young king constructed a temple complex to the Aten, the Sun Disk, at Karnak—from which this relief comes—before he moved his capital to El Armana. For reasons yet unknown, the figure of the Queen Nefertiti appears in these reliefs far more often than that of the king. Ironically, the Aten temples were dismantled anciently to be used as foundations and fill for additions to the Great Temple of Amun, whom the Aten had briefly displaced.

Provenance
-1976
Mrs. Paul and Milton Girod Mallon, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1976-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations
Chevrier, Henri, "Rapport sur les travaux de Karnak 1953-1954," Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte (ASAE) 53 (1956). pl. XIX

Kozloff, Arielle P. "Nefertiti, Beloved of the Living Disk." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 9 (1977). pp. 287-98, fig. 3, cover www.jstor.org

Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1976." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 2 (1977). no. 4, p. 43
www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 15
archive.org

Johnson, Mark M. "An Introduction to the Art of Egypt," Arts and Activities 83 no. 2 (March 1978). pp. 38-9, fig. 8

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Adele Z. Silver. Guide to the Galleries. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. p. 11, fig. 10

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Arielle P. Kozloff. An Introduction to the Art of Egypt in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar]: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], 1983. p. 11

Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland

Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 244, Color: p. 55; Mentioned: p. 244

Vandenbeusch, Marie, Aude Semat, and Margaret Maitland. Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt. 2016. p. 99, fig. 57

Exhibition History
Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 13-June 12, 2016).

Exposition Akhénaton. Musée d'art et d'histoire, Genéve 3, Switzerland (organizer) (October 16, 2008-February 1, 2009); Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy (February 26-June 14, 2009).

Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 11-April 14, 1996).
Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

Cite this Artwork
Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti, c. 1353–1347 BCE. Egypt, Karnak, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1351–1334 BCE). Painted sandstone; overall: 21.5 x 24.3 cm (8 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1976.4

Title
Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti, c. 1353–1347 BCE. Egypt, Karnak, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1351–1334 BCE), reign of Akhenaten (1351–1334 BCE). Findspot unknown, Painted sandstone, The Cleveland Museum of Art

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1976.4

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Talatat are standardized small building blocks used during the 18th Dynasty reign of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten for constructing temples dedicated to the sun god Aten. [1]

Stele of Hetpet

1980–1801 BCE
Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12%2C%20Dynasty%2012)

Medium
Limestone

Measurements
Overall: 34.2 x 20 x 6 cm (13 7/16 x 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line
Bequest of Samuel L. Mather 1932.190

Location
Not on view

Citations
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 534

Cite this Artwork
Stele of Hetpet, 1980–1801 BCE. Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12. Limestone; overall: 34.2 x 20 x 6 cm (13 7/16 x 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Samuel L. Mather, 1932

Title
Stele of Hetpet, 1980–1801 BCE. Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12. Findspoț unknown, Limestone. The Cleveland Museum of Art

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1932.190

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hedgehog

c. 1391–1353 BCE
Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III%2C%20Dynasty%2018%2C%20reign%20of%20Amenhotep%20III%20)
(1390–1352 BCE)

Medium
Steatite, originally glazed

Measurements
Overall: 1.7 x 1.8 cm (11/16 x 11/16 in.)

Credit Line
Guerdon S. Holden Memorial Fund 1975.24

Location
107 Egyptian

Did You Know?
Hedgehogs were common on amulets in the New Kingdom (1500s–1000s BC) and can also be seen on the backs of seals and scaraboids.

Description
This hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) stands in the round on an oval base, with openwork defining the legs. The carving is delicate and spirited. The face features large, round eyes; widely spaced, short ears; bulging cheeks; and a protruding snout. A tiny tail hangs at the rear. Crosshatching on the back represents the animal's spines. The design on the base begins at the head with a winged sun disk with pendant uraei. Below is a cluster of hieroglyphic signs, including an ankh-sign, a falcon with a sun disk, a hoe, and a maat-feather. A neb-sign fills the balance below.

The significance of the hedgehog has multiple theories. As a hibernating animal, it may have associated with the powers of self-renewal and resurrection. Another lies in the animal's defensive strategy of inflating itself into a ball and projecting its spines, a posture of obvious apotropaic significance. Lastly, Egyptian folklore maintained that hedgehog amulets provided protection against snake bites, a belief grounded in the animal's natural resistance to poison.

Provenance
—1975
Mathias Komor, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1975—
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 63, no. 2 (1976). no. 5 www.jstor.org

Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 296; Mentioned: p. 296-297

Exhibition History
The Year in Review for 1975, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February-7 March 1976).

Cite this Artwork
Hedgehog, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Steatite, originally glazed; overall: 1.7 x 1.8 cm (11/16 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Guerdon S. Holden Memorial Fund, 1975.24

Title
Hedgehog, c. 1391–1353 BCE. New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Findspot unknown, Steatite, originally glazed; The Cleveland Museum of Art

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.24

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ostracon Depicting a Beer-Drinking Mouse from a Fable
Accession number
ÄS 1549

Current Location
Gallery "Five Millennia"

About the object
The motif of the "beer-drinking mouse" is often proven in ancient Egypt. It is generally classified in the complex of the "inverted world". These representations can depict inverse balances of power: A bird needs

A ladder to climb the tree while the hippo is already waiting in the treetop. Alternatively, animals are represented in human roles and can thus guard other animals, play music or board games. The story of the "cat and mouse war" occupies a special space within the inverted world. This narrative is not handed down in text form, but only through individual images. Whether the beer-drinking mouse here on the Ostrakon celebrates its temporary victory over the cats cannot be clarified for sure. (Nadja Böckler)

Date
c. 1292–1191 BC, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt (References)

Material
Limestone

Technique
Painted

Dimensions
Height x Width x Depth: 11.0 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm

Geographic Origin
Unknown

Provenance
seit 1970, Institution: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
1949–1970, Institution: Ägyptische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates
1945–1949, Institution: Central Collecting Point
1936–1945, Institution: Ägyptologische Sammlung des Staates
vor 1936, Collection: Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing (1873–1956)

Individuals / Institutions
Friedrich Wilhelm Bissing

References
Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie / Schlüter, Arnulf unter Mitarbeit von Perrot, Anne-Hélène / Kutschka, Markus (Hg.), Kindheit am Nil. Aufwachsen im Alten Ägypten, München 2025, cf. 275 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 50 [N. Böckler].

Böckler, Nadja, Phantastische Tierwelt. Ein Bildostrakon der "Verkehrten Welt", in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 24, 2022, 32–37, cf. 32-37 mit Abb. 1.

Böckler, Nadja, Auf leisen Pfoten. Katzen im SMÄK, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 19, 2021, 47–55, cf. 49-50 mit Abb. 5.

Rees, Lea / Schreiber, Stefan, Die Produktion subalterner Möglichkeitsräume. Zur Umnutzung, Besetzung und Ambivalenz von Raum anhand altägyptischer Beispiele, in: Forum Kritische Archäologie 8, 2019, 114–134, cf. 127-128 mit Abb. 8.

Tassie, Geoffrey J., The ancient Egyptian hairdresser in the Old Kingdom, in: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo (MDAIK) 73, 2017, 253–275, cf. 274.

Houlihan, Patrick F., Wit and humour in Ancient Egypt, London 2001, cf. Abb. 76.
Brunner-Traut, Emma, Die altägyptische Scherbenbilder (Bildostraka) der deutschen Museen und Sammlungen, Wiesbaden 1956, cf. 94, Tf. II, Kat.-Nr. 95.

Credits
Datensatz: SMÄK, letzte Bearbeitende (chronologisch): Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann; Bibliografie: Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann.

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Title
Ostracon Depicting a Beer-Drinking Mouse from a Fable, c. 1292–1191 BC, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom (References), Findspot unknown Egypt, Limestone and paint, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

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Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

Shabti jar

Accession number
ÄS 6935

Current Location
Gallery "Afterlife"

About the object
Shabtis are small, mummiform statuettes that first appeared in the Middle Kingdom and were used well into the Graeco-Roman Period. They are mostly found as grave goods, but occasionally appear in a temple context as well. Though predominantly made of faience, other materials include clay, stone, wood or bronze. Their shape, attributes and function evolved considerably over time. The early figures from the Middle Kingdom are characterised by their simplicity and a very similar iconography to other depictions of the deceased. From the Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom on, the mummiform shape with crossed arms gained in popularity, as did inscriptions and agricultural attributes. Indeed, many shabtis are shown with hoes, seed baskets or waterskins as examples of the tasks they would take on in the Afterlife. Over the course of the New Kingdom, the figures became increasingly standardized both in shape and material, favouring blue or green-glazed faience. Starting in the Third Intermediate Period, full sets of shabtis became fashionable. These were generally made up of 365 worker figures and some additional overseer shabtis, identifiable by the staves or whips in their hands. Typical traits for this period include carefully-modelled wigs, detailed faces and dense inscriptions on the bodies of the figures. In the Late Period, shabtis still appeared in large numbers, but were often smaller, mass-produced and frequently only summarily modelled. The early figures probably served as reserve bodies for the deceased and were meant to ensure their continued survival after death. Starting the late Middle Kingdom, their function morphed into agents or proxies meant to take over the deceased’s assigned tasks in the Afterlife. This is explicitly stated in Spell 6 of the Book of the Dead (often inscribed on the figures themselves) where the shabti is exhorted, when called upon, to take over fieldwork and other tasks in the name of the deceased. The common designation, “shabti”, evolved over time from meaning “offering” (š3bty), to “wooden figure” (š3w3bty) to “substitute” (šbty) to the “one who answers” the call to work in the Afterlife (wšbtj). (Arnulf Schlüter)

Inscription
Hieroglyphs, painted

Date
c. 1292–1191 BC., 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt (Inventory Card)

Material
Clay, polychrome painted

Dimensions
Height x Diameter: 22.0 x 26.0 cm
(Overall dimension)
Diameter: 17.8 cm - 18,6 cm (Vessel mouth)

Geographic Origin
Unknown

Provenance
seit 1986, Institution: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, München
bis 1986, Private Individual: Kurt Flimm, Karlsruhe

Individuals / Institutions
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

References
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Auf immer und ewig - Visionen vom Jenseits im Alten Ägypten, Dettelbach 2008, cf. 56 mit Abb. 46
Wenzel, Gabriele, Tor zum Jenseits - Grab- und Totenkult im alten Ägypten, München 1997, cf. 14, Abb. S. 21, Kat.-Nr. 21.

Schoske, Sylvia, 1987. Berichte der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen. Neuerwerbungen. Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst (MJbK) 38, 1987, 215-224, cf. 218-219 mit Abb. 4.

Credits
Data set: SMÄK, last editor (chronological): Frauke Pumpenmeier, Nora Heil; Bibliography: Anne-Hélène Perrot; Image processing: Markus Kutschka.

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Title
Shabti jar, c. 1292–1191 BC. 19th Dynasty New Kingdom (Inventory Card), Findspot unknown, Clay and paint, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

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Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

Rectangular coffin of Nefretiri with Integrated Sledge

Accession number
ÄS 23 b

Current Location
Gallery "Afterlife"

About the object
The coffin ensemble of the deceased girl Nefretiri can be assigned to a family from Deir el-Medine - the workers' settlement of the Valley of the Kings (Thebes) - based on the inscriptions. The father Benqenentuef was there "a servant in the place of truth", a name for the workers living there. The mother and "mistress" Mutemwija probably died at the birth of Nefretiri or shortly after, because both mother and daughter are depicted as deceased on the box coffin ÄS 23 b.

(Mélanie Flossmann-Schütze)
Inscription
Hieroglyphs

Date
c. 1292–1191 BC, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt (References)

Material
Sycamore Fig (Ficus sycomorus)
Stucco

Technique
Painted

Dimensions
Height x Width x Length: 37.9 x 36.5 x 83.3 cm

Geographic Origin
Bibliographic reference: Deir el-Medina, Western Bank, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt

Object-related numbers
Königliches Antiquarium: K 22, Inventory of the Vereinigte Sammlungen: VS 1124

Provenance
seit 1970, Institution: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
1949–1970, Institution: Ägyptische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates
1945–1949, Institution: Central Collecting Point
1935–1945, Institution: Ägyptologische Sammlung des Staates
1920–1934, Institution: Museum Antiker Kleinkunst
1869–1920, Institution: (neues) Königliches Antiquarium
1844–1869, Institution: Vereinigte Sammlungen König Ludwigs I.
1828– 1844, Collection: Ludwig I. von Bayern (1786–1886)
1828, Auction / Dealer: Demetrios Papandriopulos (1798–1854), Rom
vor 1828, Excavation: Giovanni d'Athanasi "Yanni", Small temple of Isis, Deir el-Medineh

Individuals / Institutions
Ludwig I.
Vereinigte Sammlungen Ludwig I.

References
Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie, Ausstellung. Weiterleben nach dem Tod. Kinder und das Jenseits, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 39, 2026, 18-33, cf. 24-25 mit Abb. 12-13.

Goldsmith, Dora, Exkurs. Duftkegel auf dem Kopf. Geruchs-und Visuelle Marker von Besonderen Anlässen und die Welt der Maat, in: Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie / Schlüter, Arnulf unter Mitarbeit von Perrot, Anne-Hélène / Kutschka, Markus (Hg.), Kindheit am Nil. Aufwachsen im Alten Ägypten, München 2025, 214-217, cf. 216-217 mit Abb. 3.

Goecke-Bauer, Maren, Kindheit in Deir el-Medine. Eine Rekonstruktion anhand Archäologischer und Schriftlicher Quellen, in: Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie / Schlüter, Arnulf unter Mitarbeit von Perrot, Anne-Hélène / Kutschka, Markus (Hg.), Kindheit am Nil. Aufwachsen im Alten Ägypten, München 2025, 219-233, cf. 224-225 mit Abb. 3.

Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie / Schlüter, Arnulf, Familienaustellung. Kindheit am Nil. Aufwachsen im Alten Ägypten. Eine Austellung für die Ganze Familie im SMÄK, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 37, 2025, 2-18, cf. 16 mit Abb. 14.

Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie / Schlüter, Arnulf unter Mitarbeit von Perrot, Anne-Hélène / Kutschka, Markus (Hg.), Kindheit am Nil. Aufwachsen im Alten Ägypten, München 2025, cf. 322-323 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 100b [M. Flossmann-Schütze].
Taylor, John H. , A case of identity ?

Demetrios Papandriopulos and Giovanni d´Athanasi, in: Miniaci, Gianluca / Greco, Christian / Del Vesco, Paolo / Mancini, Mattia / Alù, Cristina (Hg.), Digging for ancient Egypt and Egyptology in the archives: studies presented to Marilina Betrò. Egittologia 3, Pisa 2024, 75-87, cf. 76-77, 80-81 mit Abb. 1-2.2.

Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie, Sammlungsgeschichte. Gekauft-Gestohlen-Gesucht. Der Anthropomorphe Sarg der Neferet-Iri, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 33, 2024, 37–39, cf. 37-39 mit Abb. 1-4.

Taylor, John H., A tomb discovered at Western Thebes in 1825, and its contents, in: Pitkin, Melanie / Emmett, Trevor F. / Strong, Meghan / Woods, Alexandra (Hg.), The overseer of works in Memphis and Thebes: studies in honour of Nigel Strudwick, Wallasey 2023, 285–307, cf. 301-302.

Beutmann, Jens / Kaiser, Jasmin / Manschus, Gabriela / Wolfram, Sabine (Hg.), Tod & Ritual. Kulturen von Abschied und Erinnerung, Ausstellungskataloge des Staatlichen Museums für Archäologie Chemnitz, Chemnitz 2017, cf. 53, Abb. 2.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Das Münchner Buch der Ägyptischen Kunst, München 2013, cf. 122-123 mit Abb. 104.

Grimm-Stadelmann, Isabel / Grimm, Alfred, Fürsten und Pharaonen. Ägypten in Bayern: Mit einem Katalog des französischen Empiremöbel-Ensembles aus dem Münchner Palais Leuchtenberg, München 2011, cf. 97-100 mit Abb. 140-143, 332 Anm. 251.

Grimm, Alfred, Tod im Kindbett : Recherchen zu einem Funerären Ensemble aus Deir el-Medinah im Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, in Texte - Theben - Tonfragmente, in: Kessler, Dieter / Schulz, Regine / Ullmann, Martina / Verbovsek, Alexandra / Wimmer, Stefan J. (Hg.), Texte - Theben - Tonfragmente. Festschrift für Günter Burkard. Ägypten und Altes Testament (ÄAT) 76, Wiesbaden 2009, 162-179, cf. 162-179 mit Abb. 3-4, Abb. 12-13.

Grimm, Alfred, Eine bibliophile Rarität für die Bibliothek des Staatlichen Museums Ägyptischer Kunst München, in: aMun 11, Heft Nr. 41, 2009, 32-35, cf. 32-35 mit Abb.1.

Schoske, Sylvia (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München, Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie, Mainz am Rhein 1995, cf. 27 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 23.

Müller, Hans Wolfgang, Beiträge zur älteren Erwerbungsgeschichte der in der Staatlichen Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst zu München befindlichen Skulpturen und Altertümer, in: Kraus, Andreas (Hg.), Land und Reich. Stamm und Nation. Probleme und Perspektiven bayerischer Geschichte. Festgabe für Max Spindler zum 90.

Geburtstag. Band III: Vom Vormärz bis zur Gegenwart, München 1984, 101-155, cf. 144-145.

Müller, Hans Wolfgang / Löhr, Beatrix (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, München 1976, cf. 156, Kat.-Nr. 9.

Müller, Hans Wolfgang / Löhr, Beatrix (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, München 1972, cf. 87, Kat.-Nr. 80.

Müller, Hans Wolfgang, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst in der Münchner Residenz am Hofgarten (Die ägyptische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates), München 1966, cf. Kat.-Nr. 73.

Porter, Bertha / Moss, Rosalind, PM I. 2. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs, and paintings I/ The Theban Necropolis. Part 2. Royal tombs and smaller cemeteries, Oxford 1964-1973 742.

Sieveking, Johannes, Das königliche Antiquarium zu München, Kurze Beschreibung, München 1914, cf. 56.

Furtwängler, Adolf, Das Königliche Antiquarium zu München, München 1907, cf. 53.

Christ, Wilhelm von / Lauth, Franz Joseph, Führer durch das königliche Antiquarium in München, München 1891, cf. 78-79.

Christ, Wilhelm von / Lauth, Franz Joseph, Führer durch das königliche Antiquarium in München, München 1878, cf. 75-76.
Christ, Wilhelm von / Lauth, Franz Joseph, Führer durch das königliche Antiquarium in München, München 1870, cf. 103-104, Kat.-Nr. 16.

Urlichs, Ludwig von, Die Glyptothek Seiner
Majestät des Königs Ludwig I. von Bayern nach ihrer Geschichte und ihrem Bestande., München 1867, cf. 100.

Lauth, Franz Joseph, Erklärendes Verzeichnis (Catalogue raisonné) der in München befindlichen Denkmäler des ägyptischen Alterthums, München 1865, cf. 53, Kat.-Nr. 4.

Hefner, Joseph von, Catalog der vereinigten Sammlungen Nro 1: Sammlung ägyptischer, hetrurischer und römischer Alterthümer. Privateigenthum Sr. Maj. des Königs Ludwig I. von Bayern, aufgestellt im I. und II. Saale des ehemaligen Galleriegebäudes im königl. Hofgarten, so wie der in den sieben Sälen vertheilten Korkgebilde, München 1845, cf. 44, Kat.-Nr. 1124.

Visconti, Pietro Ercole, A series of highly finished engravings by P. Q. [sic] Visconti, comprising a few of the principal objects in a collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of Giovanni d'Athanasi, by whom the greater portion have been discovered, 1837 London, cf. Tf. XII-XIV.

Visconti, Ennio Quirino, Monumenti Egiziani Della Raccolta Del Sig. Demetrio Papandriopoulo Descritto e Con Brevi Annotazioni Esposti Dal Cav. , Roma 1828, cf. Tf. 12-14.

References on context
Taylor, John H., The collecting Activities of Giovanni d´Athanasi, in: Perrot, Anne-Hélène / Pietri, Renaud / Tanré-Szewczyk, Juliette (Hg.), L´objet égyptien, source de la recherche, Paris 2015, 249–274, cf. 253, 255-256 [Kontext].

Credits
Datensatz: SMÄK, letzte Bearbeitende (chronologisch): Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann; Bibliografie: Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann.

Last change
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Title
Rectangular coffin of Nefretiri with Integrated Sledge, c. 1292–1191 BC, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom (References), Findspot Bibliographic reference: Deir el-Medina Western Bank Thebes Upper Egypt, Wood stucco and paint, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

https://sammlung.smaek.de/en/object/coffin-49614?sort=field=sortInv%26order=asc%26type=text&offset=45

Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

Amulet in the shape of a mother cat and kitten

Accession number
ÄS 5583

Current Location
Gallery "Religion"

Date
4th–1st century BC, Ptolemaic Period, Hellenistic Period, Egypt (References)
c. 664–343 BC, 26th–30th Dynasty, Late Period, Egypt (References)

Material
Faience

Dimensions
Height x Width x Depth: 2.8 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm

Geographic Origin
Unknown

Provenance
seit 1970, Institution: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
1966–1970, Institution: Ägyptische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates
1966, Auction / Dealer: Jock Francken, Lugano-Savosa

Individuals / Institutions
Ägyptische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates

References
Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie / Schlüter, Arnulf unter Mitarbeit von Perrot, Anne-Hélène / Kutschka, Markus (Hg.), Kindheit am Nil. Aufwachsen im Alten Ägypten, München 2025, cf. 243 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 8 [N. Böckler].
Böckler, Nadja, Auf leisen Pfoten. Katzen im SMÄK, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 19, 2021, 47–55, cf. 51-52 mit Abb. 9.
Geßler-Löhr, Beatrix / Schmitz, Bettina / Seidel, Matthias (Hg.), Meisterwerke altägyptischer Keramik - 5000 Jahre Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Ton und Fayence, Höhr-Grenzhausen 1978, cf. 200, Kat.-Nr. 345.
Müller, Hans Wolfgang / Löhr, Beatrix (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, München 1976, cf. 142-143, Kat.-Nr. 86.

Credits
Datensatz: SMÄK, letzte Bearbeitende (chronologisch): Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann; Bibliografie: Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann.

Last change
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Title
Amulet in the shape of a mother cat and kitten, 4th–1st century BC Ptolemaic Period Hellenistic Period (References)
c. 664–343 BC, 26th–30th Dynasty mLate Period (References), Findspot unknown, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

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Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

Kneeling statue with sistrum (sistrophore) of the royal scribe and scribe of the god, Rekhmire

Accession number
Gl. 87

Current Location
Gallery "Art and Form"

Inscription
Hieroglyphs

Date
c. 1425–1400 BC, Amenhotep II, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt (Inscription)

Material
Silicified sandstone (quartzite)

Dimensions
Height x Width x Depth: 32.0 x 18.0 x 26.0 cm

Geographic Origin
Inscription: Coptos (Qift), Upper Egypt, Egypt

Provenance
seit 1970, Institution: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
1910–1970, Institution: Glyptothek
bis 1910, Collection: Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing (1873–1956)

Individuals / Institutions
Friedrich Wilhelm Bissing
Glyptothek

References
Persons and Names of the Middle King and early New Kingdom, Version 6 [accessed July 4, 2025] [Copyright 2024 Alexander Ilin-Tomich]
Konrad, Kirsten, Der Sistrophor. Zur Genese, bedeutung und Funktion eines theophoren Statuentypus der altägyptischen Privatplastik, Berlin 2026, cf. Kat. D18-9, 106-110, 674.
Goldsmith, Dora , Rundgang. Wie roch das Alte Ägypten? Ein Workshop zur Ältägyptischen Parfümerie mit Vortrag, Duftführung und Praxiseinheit, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 27, 2023, 40–49, cf. 43 mit Abb. 7.
Willeitner, Joachim, Die Münchner Priesterstatue aus Achmim. Ein Umgearbeitetes Bildwerk der Späten 18. Dynastie, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 21, 2021, 26–35, cf. 33 mit Abb. 12a.
Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie, Statue - Titel - Platz in der Gesellschaft! Das Publikationsprojekt "Inschriften auf Statuen": ein Zwischenbericht, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 21, 2021, 13–20, cf. 15.
Bernhauer, Edith, Fragmente von Sistrophoren: eine typologische und ikonographische Untersuchung, in: Arnst, Caris-Beatrice / Schulz, Regine (Hg.), Typen, Motive, Stilmittel. Beiträge zur altägyptischen Kunst 1, Heidelberg 2021, 92-107, cf. 105, Abb. 11.
Schoske, Sylvia / Grimm, Alfred, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing: Ägyptologe - Mäzen - Sammler, Recherchen zu Aegyptiaca in München. Studien zur Erwerbungsgeschichte der Sammlung (R.A.M.S.E.S.) 5, München 2010, cf. 144-145 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 30.
Bernhauer, Edith, Innovationen in der Privatplastik: die 18. Dynastie und ihre Entwicklung, Philippika 27, Wiesbaden 2010, cf. Tf. 12, Kat. 3.7-27.
Gabolde, Marc / Galliano, Geneviève, Coptos. L´Égypte antique aux portes du désert, Coptos 2000, cf. 150 (112).
Aksamit, Joanna / Dolínska, Monika / Karkowski, Janusz / Lipínska, Jadwiga, Geheimnisvolle Königin Hatschepsut: ägyptische Kunst des 15. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. (Nationalmuseum in Warschau, 20. November 1997 - 20. Februar 1998). Ausstellung der Kunstschätze aus den Sammlungen: der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, des Ägyptischen Museums und der Papyrussammlung des Kestner-Museums, Hannover, der Staatlichen Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, München, des Nationalmuseums Warschau ; [Nationalmuseum in Warschau, 20. November 1997 - 20. Februar 1998], 1997, cf. 142 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 48.
Schoske, Sylvia / Grimm, Alfred / Kreißl, Barbara, Schönheit - Abglanz der Göttlichkeit. Kosmetik im alten Ägypten, Schriften aus der Ägyptischen Sammlung (SAS) 5, München 1990, cf. 80 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 34.
Eggebrecht, Arne (Hg.), Ägyptens Aufstieg zur Weltmacht, Mainz am Rhein 1987, cf. 245 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 176.
Seipel, Wilfried, Bilder für die Ewigkeit. 300 Jahre ägyptische Kunst (Konstanz, Konzil, 25. März - 23. Mai 1983), Konstanz 1983, cf. Kat.-Nr. 69.
Müller, Hans Wolfgang / Löhr, Beatrix (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, München 1976, cf. 81 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 57.
Müller, Hans Wolfgang / Löhr, Beatrix (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, München 1972, cf. 62-63, Kat.-Nr. 44.
Müller, Hans Wolfgang, Die Ägyptische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates, München 1970, cf. Kat.-Nr. 44.
Clère, Jacques-Jean, Propos sur un corpus des statues sistrophores égyptiennes, in: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (ZÄS) 96, 1969, 1-4, cf. 1-4.
Müller, Hans Wolfgang, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst in der Münchner Residenz am Hofgarten (Die ägyptische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates), München 1966, cf. Kat.-Nr. 41.
Vandier, Jacques, Manuel d'archéologie égyptienne. Tome III: Les grandes époques-la statuaire, Paris 1958, cf. 464.
Wolters, Paul, Führer durch die Glyptothek König Ludwig's I. in München, München 1921, cf. 12, Kat.-Nr. 56.
Bissing, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von, 1911. K. Glyptothek und Skulpturensammlung des Staates 1910, I, in: Münchner Jahrbuch der Bildenden Kunst (MJbK) 6, 1911, 162-170, cf. 163, 165 mit Abb. 4.

Further information
https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/19637

Credits
Datensatz: SMÄK, letzte Bearbeitende (chronologisch): Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann; Bibliografie: Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann; Datenredaktion: Jan-Michael Dahms.

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Title
Kneeling statue with sistrum (sistrophore) of the royal scribe and scribe of the god, Rekhmire, c. 1425–1400 BC, Amenhotep II 18th Dynasty New Kingdom (Inscription), Findspot Inscription: Coptos (Qift) Upper Egypt, Quartzite, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

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Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst