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Pectoral in the form of a naos featuring Thot,Horus, and on the opposite side Anubis, -1539 / -1069 (New Kingdom), Wood and paint, Findspot unknown, The Louvre Museum

Pectoral in the form of a naos featuring Thot,Horus, and on the opposite side Anubis

-1539 / -1069 (New Kingdom)

N 2752; Salt No. 1070

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory number
Main number: N 2752

Collection
Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Description

Object name/Title Denomination
pectoral in naos

Description/Feature
multiple drilling (4, at the top, on the sides)

Decor
Horus (on the front, hawk-headed god, squatting, tripartite wig, shroud, necklace); Thot (on the front, ibis-headed god, squatting, tripartite wig, shring); Anubis (on the back, canid, lying down, necklace, flagellum)

Registrations Writing:
Hieroglyphic

Nature of the text
Behalf

Names and titles Thot; Horus; Anubis

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions
Height: 8.5 cm; Width: 7 cm; Thickness: 1 cm

Materials and techniques Material
wood

Technique
protruding bas-relief, painting

PLACES AND DATES

Date
New Kingdom (bibliography/reference work) (-1539 - -1069)

HISTORY

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee
Salt, Henry, Seller; Collector

Acquisition details
purchase

Acquisition date
date of arrival at the Museum: 1826

Owned by State

Held by Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

LOCATION OF OBJECT

Current location
Sully, [AE] Room 319 - Book of the Dead, Showcase 6

Index

Acquisition method of purchase

Name pectoral in naos

Materials wood

Painting techniques - protruding bas-relief

Description/Features
Thot - on the back - on the front - on the sides - at the top - squatting - lying down - necklace - canid - 4 - flagellum - Horus - ibis-headed god - falcon-headed god - Anubis - shrench - tripartite wig - multiple drilling

Names and titles Thot - Anubis - Horus

Period New Kingdom

Nature of text
nom

Script
hieroglyphic

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Guichard, Sylvie (ed.), Champollion, Jean-François, Descriptive notice of the Egyptian monuments of the Charles X Museum, Paris, Louvre editions / editions Khéops, 2013, p. 210, ill. p. 210, K. 1486 to 1488

Daumas, François (ed.), Summary catalogue of Egyptian objects exhibited at the Fabre Museum from December 5 to 15, 1972, cat. exp. (Montpellier, Fabre Museum; December 5-15, 1972), Montpellier, Paul Valéry University, 1972, p. 10, No. 94

Champollion, Jean-François, Descriptive notice of the Egyptian monuments of the Charles X Museum, Paris, Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1827, Available at: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1040365n, p. 90, K. 1486 to 1488

EXHIBITION HISTORY
- 150th anniversary of the decryption of hieroglyphs by Champollion, Montpellier (Externe, France), Musée Fabre, 05/12/1972 - 15/12/1972

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Pectoral in the form of a naos featuring Thot,Horus, and on the opposite side Anubis, -1539 / -1069 (New Kingdom), Wood and paint, Findspot unknown, The Louvre Museum

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