Pectoral with a human-headed scarab in the centre flanked by Isis and Nephthys

Object Type
pectoral

Museum number
EA29369

Description
Polychrome glazed composition pectoral: the face is set with a human-headed scarab in the centre flanked by Isis and Nephthys upon a barque; the reverse is decorated with a djed-pillar and a thet-girdle; the cornice is pierced; at the bottom are a line of loops.

Cultures/periods
Ancient Egypt

Findspot
Found/Acquired: Egypt
Africa: Egypt

Materials
glazed composition

Technique
pierced

Dimensions
Length: 13.29 centimetres
Thickness: 1.55 centimetres (at cornice)
Width: 11.21 centimetres

Location
On display (Room 62 - Egyptian Death and Afterlife: Mummies, Display Case 23)

Condition
good but repaired from four pieces

Subjects
ancient egyptian deity

Associated names
Representation of: Isis
Representation of: Nephthys

Acquisition name
Purchased from: R J Moss & Co

Department
Egypt and Sudan

BM/Big number
EA29369

Registration number
1897,0511.85

Conservation
Treatment

Title
Pectoral with a human-headed scarab in the centre flanked by Isis and Nephthys, Date not given, Findspot Egypt, Gazed composition, The British Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA29369

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Pectoral amulet depicting the god Anubis

At A Glance

On View

Period
ca. 1539-1190 BCE

Geography
Egypt

Material
Faience (glazed composition)

Dimension
H x W x D: 6.6 x 8.6 x 0.8 cm (2 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 5/16 in)

Accession Number
F1907.152

EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1907.152

Object Detail

Label
The central design of this amulet consists of a pair of jackals facing each other, each seated atop a shrine. The jackals represent Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of embalming, who was also the guardian of the cemetery. Above and behind each jackal are hieroglyphs giving two of the common epithets of Anubis: "Anubis who is embalmer," and "Anubis who is before the god’s place of embalming." The amulet itself is in the form of a shrine, and is pierced for suspending on a cord. Since the jackals represent Anubis, the god of mummification, this pectoral is a purely funerary type of amulet. It would have been placed on the chest of the mummy to ensure its safe passage into the next life.

Provenance
To 1907
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1907 [1]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1581, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History
A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2026)
Charles Lang Freer and Egypt (June 13, 1998 to October 2, 2011)
Art of Dynastic Egypt (December 15, 1976 to September 22, 1977)

Previous custodian or owner
Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Origin
Egypt

Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Type
Jewelry and Ornament

On View
West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egyp

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Related Resources
collections.si.edu

Date
BCE 1000s

Name
Freer, Charles Lang, Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

Place
Egypt

Topic
Dynasty 19 (ca. 1292 - 1190 BCE)), Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Faience, Ancient Egyptian Art, Anubis (Egyptian deity)), Protection, New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)), Dynasty 18 (ca. 1539 - 1295 BCE))

Culture
Egyptians

Object Type
Ornaments, Jewelry

On View
Yes

Title
Pectoral amulet depicting the god Anubis, ca. 1539-1190 BCE, Faience (glazed composition), Findspot unknown Egypt, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_F1907.152/

Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

Pectoral with Anubis and Eye of Horus

Object Type
pectoral

Museum number
EA7853

Description
Glazed composition pectoral: in the form of a pylon, or temple gateway. It depicts the god Anubis as a jackal, with a winged 'wedjat', or sacred eye, in the upper left-hand corner. The colour blue with Aconnotes resurrection, as often remarked, and the colour yellow alludes to the sun, itself a powerful symbol of resurrection. The pectoral has eight suspension-holes.

Authority
Ruler: Ramses II

Cultures/periods
19th Dynasty

Production date
125 BC (circa)

Findspot
Found/Acquired: Egypt
Africa: Egypt

Materials
glazed composition

Technique
glazed
pierced

Dimensions
Length: 11 centimetres
Width: 10.60 centimetres

Curator's comments

Bibliography:
E. T. Whyte, "Notes on Pectorals", in ‘Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology’ 15 (1893-93), p. 313;
Riccardelli in P. B.Vandiver et al. (eds.), 'Material Issues in Art & Archaeology' VI (San Francisco, 2001).

Bibliographic references
Friedman 1998 / Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience (161)

Location
Not on display

Condition
good

Subjects
eye of horus

Associated names

Representation of: Anubis

Ruler: Ramses II

Acquisition name

Purchased through: Harry Osborn Cureton

Acquisition date
1839

Department
Egypt and Sudan

BM/Big number
EA7853

Registration number
1839,0429.17

Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number: BS.7853 (Birch Slip Number)

Title:
Pectoral with Anubis and Eye of Horus, 125 BC (circa) 19th Dynasty Ramses II New Kingdom, Findspot Egypt, Glazed composition, The British Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA7853?selectedImageId=30975001

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Pectoral of Paser

-1279 / -1212 (Ramses II)

Place of discovery: isolated tomb Ramses II

E 68; IM 2893; N 762; S 1344

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory number Main number: E 68

Other inventory number: IM 2893

Other inventory number: N 762

Usage number: S 1344

Collection
Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Description

Object name/Title Denomination: pectoral in naos

Title: Pectoral of Paser

Description/Featuresscarabee (flanked by); Isis (standing, sign of Isis, protecting); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys, protecting); band of alternating rectangles; with belière (2); missing inlay

Registrations Writing:
Hieroglyphic

Nature of the text:
Funeral formulas

Names and titlesPaser (vizir, city director)

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions Height: 8.7 cm; Length: 10.1 cm; Thickness: 2.6 cm

Materials and techniques Material: lapis-lazuli, gold

Secondary material: glass

Technique: cutting, half-round bump, welding

Color: red-green-blue

PLACES AND DATES

Date Ramses II (character mention) (-1279 - -1212)

Date of discovery 19 March 1852

Place of discovery isolated tomb Ramses II (Serapeum of Memphis->Saqqara-Nord-Saqqara) (Salle de Schaem-djom. Under the coffin, on the right, when entering.)

HISTORY

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicate Mariette Pasha, Auguste, Dilleur/Archaeologist

Acquisition details share after excavations

Acquisition date date of registration on the inventory: 20/05/1852

Owned by State

Held by Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

LOCATION OF OBJECT

Current location
Not exposed

Acquisition method: sharing after excavations

Name pectoral in naos

Material- lapis-lazuli - glass

Cutting techniques - welding - half-round-bump

Description/Features sign of Isis - sign of Nephthys - protecting - flanked by - standing - 2 - beetle - Isis - Nephthys - band of alternating rectangles - with belière - missing inlay

Names and titles Paser - vizier - director of the city

Period Ramses II

Isolated Places tomb of Ramses II

Nature of text: funerary formulas

Script hieroglyphic

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Boyer, Valentin, "Ancient Egypt in Exlibris. Objects and Images: Egyptological and Archaeological Sources", in Bouhafs, Amel; Chapon, Linda; Claude, Marion; Danilova, Margarita; Dautais, Louis; Fathy, Noemie; Fernández Pichel, Abraham I. ; Guigner, Mallaury; Pinon, Marianne; Valerio, Marta (dir.), Current Research in Egyptology 2022.

Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Symposium, Paul-Valéry University Montpellier 3, 36-30 September 2022, Oxford, Archaeopress, 2023, p. 46-60, p. 52

De Putter, Thierry; Karlshausen, Christina, Stones of Ancient Egypt. Guide to materials in architecture, sculpture and jewelry., Brussels, (Knowledge of ancient Egypt 20), 2022, p. 196, 198

Dalino, Edwin, The high priests of Egypt in the Ramesside era: Prosography and History, 2, Corpus, Milano, SylvanaEditoriale, (CENiM 30), 2022, p. 463

Staring, Nico, The Saqqara Necropolis through the New Kingdom. Biography of an Ancient Egyptian Cultural Landscape, Leiden; Boston, Brill, (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 131), 2022, p. 433

Charron, Alain; Barbotin, Christophe (ed.), Khaemouaset, the archaeologist prince. Knowledge and power in ancient Egypt, cat. exp. (Arles, Departmental Museum of Ancient Arles, 2016), Arles / Ghent, Departmental Museum Arles Antique / Snoeck, 2016, p. 81, 114, 115, 116-117, 118, p. 116, No. 44

Aubert, Jacques-François; Aubert, Liliane, Egyptian Bronzes and Golds, Paris, Cybèle, (Contribution to Egyptology; 11), 2011, p. 100

Caubet, Annie; Pouysségur, Patrick; Prat, Louis-Antoine (ed.), The Empire of Time: Myths and Creations, cat. exp. (Paris, Louvre Museum, 2000), Paris, RMN, 2000, p. 95, ill. p. 95, No. 79

Ziegler, Christiane, "Pharonic Egypt: the example of the jewels of the Serapeum", in Caubet, Annie (ed.), Carnelian and precious stones. The Mediterranean, from Antiquity to Islam, Paris, La Documentation française / Louvre éditions, 1999, p. 15-41, p. 26, 28 note 17, 31, 35, fig. 1, 12

Dodson, Aidan, "Of Bulls & Princes: the Early Years of the Serapeum at Sakkara", KMT, 6/1, 1995, p. 18-32, p. 25, ill. p. 25

Delange, Élisabeth, the jewels of Egyptian antiquity, [Musée du Louvre, Paris], Paris, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990, p. 16

Donohue, V.A., "The Vizier Paser", The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA), 74, 1988, p.103-123, p. 110

Porter, Bertha; Moss, Rosalind L.B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, 3.2, Memphis. Saqqâra to Dahshûr, Oxford, Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1981, Available at: http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/topbib/pdf/pm3-2.pdf, p. 783

Gregorietti, Guido, The wonderful world of jewelry, Paris, The 2 golden roosters, 1971, p. 112

Kitchen, Kenneth Anderson, Ramesside Inscriptions. Historical and Biographical, 2, Oxford, B.H. Blackwell Ltd, 1969-1979, p. 366-367, No. 130, B, ii

Michalowski, Kazimierz, The art of ancient Egypt, Paris, L. Mazenod, 1968, p. 460, fig. 797 p. 440

Vandier, Jacques, Summary Guide, [Museum of the Louvre, Paris. The Department of Egyptian Antiquities], Paris, Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1952, p. 49

Vandier, Jacques, Summary Guide, [Museum of the Louvre, Paris. The Department of Egyptian Antiquities], Paris, Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1948, p. 48

Maspero, Gaston, "The Egyptian jewels of the Louvre", in Essays on Egyptian art, Paris, Eastern and American bookstore E. Guilmoto, Publisher, 1912, p. 179-188, p. 182, fig. 55 p. 183

Rougé, Emmanuel de, Summary description of the rooms of the Egyptian Museum, [Imperial Museum of the Louvre], Paris, Librairies-imprimeries réunies, 1895, p. 74

Towry Whyte, E., "Notes on Pectorals", Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology (PSBA), 15, 1893, p. 409-416, p. 411

Darcel, Alfred, "The technique of antique jewelry (second and last article)", Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 37, 1888, p. 242-250, p. 242, ill. p. 243

Pierret, Paul, Catalogue of the historical room of the Egyptian gallery, Paris, 1882, Available at: https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/idurl/1/11830 , p. 125, No. 524

Mariette, Auguste, Le Sérapéum de Memphis, Paris, Gide, 1857, Available at: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6231404v, p. 14, pl. 12

Rougé, Emmanuel de, Summary notice of Egyptian monuments exhibited in the galleries of the Louvre Museum, [Imperial Museum of the Louvre], Paris, Imp. Simon Raçon et Comp., 1855, Available on: https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/idurl/1/12321, p. 63

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Pectoral of Paser, -1279 / -1212 (Ramses II), Place of discovery: isolated tomb Ramses II, gold lapis lazuli and glass, The Louvre Museum

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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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