Monday 12 October 2020

Recumbent Anubis 664–30 B.C.

 


Eye inlay - lapis lazuli, limestone and black stone - Syrian, Early Dynastic Mesopotamian - c.2550-2250 BCE Child’s left eye inlay - glass - Late Period, Egypt - c.664-332 BCE A pair of child’s eye inlays - glass .





Court of Amenhotep III Amenhotep III’s great temple of Luxor remains one of the best preserved and most admired temples in Egypt.

Statue of High Priest Ranefer.

 Ranefer, High Priest of Ptah and Seker at Memphis, painted limestone statue, height 178 cm, from Saqqara. The old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, ca. 2494-2345 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Health, Life and Happiness Cartouche Pendant.

 Onyx stone back cartouche with 18k Gold Ancient Egyptian symbols that mean Health, Life and Happiness. The Eye of Horus at the top is a healing symbol, protects the wearer and makes them strong. In the middle are ancient symbols that mean health (dja), life (ankh), and happiness (seneb). The bottom is the lotus flower, symbolizing rebirth. In myth the sun was born from a lotus.

Hand-Made in Cairo, Cartouche Pendant Jewelry.

Statue of the God Bes.

Statuette of the dwarf god Bes (glass paste), protector of households, and in particular, of mothers and children and childbirth. It dates to the Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, ca. 744-656 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.

Statue of a Baboon Figure of a baboon, scared animal of the god Thoth. Possibly 7th Dynasty. First Intermediate Period, ca. 2181-2055 BC. Now in the Louvre.

Statue of a Seated scribe.

 Part of a votive offering to Thoth, the patron god of writing. It dates to the New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1391-1353 BC. Now in the Detroit Institute of Arts.


Slate fragment of God Thoth Thoth, God of learning and patron of scribes, depicted as ibis-headed man. Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 663-525 BC. Now in the Dallas Museum of Art.

 

Statue of god Thoth Gilded wood and bronze statue.

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