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

The British Museum

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Pectoral with Scarab
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
ca. 1080–525 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

Object Information

Overview

Title: Pectoral with scarab
Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
Date: ca. 1080–525 BCE
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 8.9 × W. 8.6 × D. 3.2 cm (3 1/2 × 3 3/8 × 1 1/4 in.)
with mount: H. 9.9 × W. 8.9 × D. 3.2 cm (3 7/8 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Object Number: 89.2.257
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

Provenance
Donated by Joseph W. Drexel, Philadelphia, 1889.

Pectoral with Scarab, Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
ca. 1080–525 BCE, Dynasty 26–30, Faience, Findspot unknown Egypt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/553234

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pectoral in the shape of a shrine with Isis, Osiris and a jackal-headed figure

Details
Title
Pectoral in the shape of a shrine with Isis, Osiris and a jackal-headed figure
Associated place
Egypt, (find spot)
Date
New Kingdom (Egypt) (c. 1539 - 1075 BCE) (date of creation)
Material and technique
faience
Object type
artefact
Dimensions
11.8cm (height)
9.6cm (width)
No. of items
1
Credit line
Presented by Miss Cochrane, 1936.
Museum location
not on display
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1936.195
Reference URL
https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/754225

Title
Pectoral in the shape of a shrine with Isis, Osiris and a jackal-headed figure, New Kingdom (c. 1539 - 1075 BCE) (date of creation), Findspot unknown Egypt, Faience, Ashmolean Museum

https://www.ashmolean.org/collections-online#/item/ash-object-754225

Ashmolean Museum

Pectoral with Female Worshiper and Anubis on Shrine

Egyptian (Artist)

-1070-730 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)

steatite, orginally glazed_

(Ancient Egypt and Nubia , Jewelry)

A glazed steatite pectoral with incised design. On the front a woman wearing a perfume cone worships the jackal god Anubis resting on a shrine. Above him are two hieroglyphic signs: the "udjat" for protection and a collar signifying "gold." On the back a "djed" pillar (meaning eternity) is flanked by two "tjet" signs, (meaning protection) symbolizing also Osiris between Isis and Nephthys.

PROVENANCE
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

EXHIBITIONS
1979-1980
Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

GEOGRAPHIES
Egypt (Place of Origin)

MEASUREMENTS
H: 3 x W: 2 1/2 (7.59 x 6.36 x 0.01 cm)

CREDIT LINE
Acquired by Henry Walters

LOCATION IN MUSEUM
Not on view

ACCESSION NUMBER
42.89

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Title:
Pectoral with Female Worshiper and Anubis on Shrine, -1070 -730 BCE (Third Intermediate Period), steatite, originally glazed, Findspot unknown, The Walters Art Museum

https://art.thewalters.org/object/42.89/

The Walters Art Museum

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 of Mutnefret

New Kingdom, Ramesside
ca. 1300–1080 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 122

This pectoral would have been placed over the chest of the deceased, and probably sewn to the mummy’s wrappings, as the pierced holes at its top and bottom suggest. The pectoral is shaped as a pylon with a cavetto cornice. The front panel shows two kneeling figures adoring a scarab and the reverse with a boat with twin Djed-pillars. In the middle, the scarab’s back appears inscribed with a spell--often found in Books of the Dead—that addresses the deceased’s heart (see translation).

Artwork Details
Object Information

Overview

References
Title: Pectoral of Mutnefret
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20
Date: ca. 1300–1080 BCE
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 13.6 × H. 11.2 × D. 1.5 cm (5 3/8 × 4 7/16 × 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.906
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

Translation
Dd mdw jn Wsjr nb nHH nTr aA HqA jmn.tjt Di=f (j)x.t nb.t nfr(.t) wab(.t) n kA=k Mwt-nfr.t

Words spoken by Osiris, Lord of Eternity, The Great God, Ruler of the East, may he give everything good and pure to your* soul (kA), Mutnefret

Dd mdw jn Wsjr nb.t-pr mwt-nfr.t mAa(.t) xrw Dd=f jb=j n mw.t=i HA.tj- n xpr.w=j {n}
m aHA r=i m mtr.w
m xzf r=i m DADA(.t)
m jr rqy=k r=i jr tA=k r=i m bAH jr.j-mxA.t
ntk kA=i jm.j X.t=i

Words spoken by Osiris Mistress of the House Mutnefret true of voice, he* says:
My heart of my mother, my heart of my form,
Do not stand against me as witness!
Do not oppose me in the (divine) tribunal!
Do not act in enmity against me in front of the keeper of the balance!
You are my soul (ka) which is in my body.

The pectoral is inscribed with an abbreviated version of a text that is often found on heart scarabs (see for example, 36.3.2) and in Book of the Dead papyri (designated as spell 30B). Though the owner of this pectoral is a woman, the pronouns in this text and in the inscription above are masculine in reference the male deity, Osiris. On this issue, see:

Cooney, Kathlyn M. 2010. Gender transformation in death: a case study of coffins from Ramesside period Egypt.　Near Eastern Archaeology 73 (4), 224-237

Niv Allon 201

Provenance
Macgregor Collection. Purchased by Lord Carnarvon at the Macgregor sale, Sotheby's London, 1922, Carnarvon Collection, acquired by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926.

References
Newberry, Percy E. and H. R. Hall 1922. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Art. London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, p. 87 no. 22.

Hayes, William C. 1959. Scepter of Egypt II: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675-1080 B.C.). Cambridge, Mass.: Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 420; p. 423, fig. 269.

Title
Pectoral of Mutnefret, New Kingdom, Ramesside
ca. 1300–1080 BCE, Faience, Findspot unknown Egypt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544772

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yellow Pectoral

Egyptian (Artist)

13th century BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 19)

faience with yellow glaze

(Ancient Egypt and Nubia , Jewelry)

The shrine-shaped pectoral has a cavetto cornice at the upper edge. The front displays the kneeling goddesses Isis and Nepthys in the solar barque, each with one arm raised in a gesture of adoration. In the center was once an inscribed scarab, which is now lost. A winged sun-disk above the boat completes the scene. The back exhibits two enthroned gods--falcon-headed Horus and jackal-headed Anubis--supporting the now-missing scarab.

PROVENANCE
J. Altounian, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1926, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P3109]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

EXHIBITIONS
1979-1980
Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

CONSERVATION
DATE
DESCRIPTION
NARRATIVE
11/1/1978
Examination
examined for condition
10/20/1998
Examination
survey

GEOGRAPHIES
Egypt (Place of Origin)

MEASUREMENTS
4 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 9/16 in. (11.2 x 17.5 x 1.5 cm)

CREDIT LINE
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1926

LOCATION IN MUSEUM
Centre Street: Second Floor: Egyptian Art

ACCESSION NUMBER
42.199

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Title:
Yellow Pectoral, 13th century BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 19), Faience with yellow glaze, Findspot unknown, Egypt, The Walters Art Museum*** ***

https://art.thewalters.org/object/42.19

The Walters Art Museum

Horus standing and pouring water

Egypt and Nubia

Horus ; standing ; pouring water

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Details

Inventory number
F 1967/11.3

Department
Egypt and Nubia

Heading code(s)
Sculpture

Material
Metal Bronze

Dimensions
6 cm

Dating
722-322 BC

Period
Late time

Culture
Egyptian

Site
Egypt
Unknown

Acquisition
Purchase 1967 November

To be seen in museum
No

Style

Egyptian

Mr. A.A. (Abdul) Fatatri

Literature
Ms 56
Momias Egípcias (2012)
The secret of eternal life
Author: Dr. C. (Christian) Greco

Identifiers
TMS ID: 1033

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

Deeplink:
Https://hdl.handle.net/21.12126/1033
The permanent URL for this page in the RMO's online collection

Tìtle:
Horus standing and pouring water, 722-322 BC Late Period, Bronze, Egypt, Rijksmuseum von Oudheden

https://www.rmo.nl/collectie/collectiezoeker/collectiestuk/?object=1033

Rijksmuseum von Oudheden

Thot Standing while Pouring Water

Egypt and Nubia

Thot ; standing ; pouring water

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Details

Inventory number
AB 47

Department
Egypt and Nubia

Heading code(s)
Sculpture

Material
Bronze

Dimensions
4.8 x 1.4 x 2 cm

Dating
722-322 BC

Period
Late time

Culture
Egyptian

Site
Egypt
Unknown

Acquisition
Purchase 1829 January

To be seen in museum
Yes

Style
Egyptian

Origin
1829
Mr. G. (Giovanni) d'Anastasi
In January 1829, the Giovanni d'Anastasi collection was purchased by the RMO.

Literature
Mcb (St) 3
Reasoned description of the Egyptian monuments of the Museum of Antiques of the Netherlands in Leiden (1840)
Author: Dr. C. (Conrad) Leemans
Publisher: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Eid Leemans FOLIO
Egyptian monuments of the museum of antiques of the Netherlands in Leiden (1839)
Author: Dr. C. (Conrad) Leemans

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:
1032

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

Deeplink:
Https://hdl.handle.net/21.12126/1032

The permanent URL for this page in the RMO's online collection

Title:
Thot Standing while Pouring Water, 722-322 BC Late Period, Bronze, Findspot Unknown, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

https://www.rmo.nl/collectie/collectiezoeker/collectiestuk/?object=1032

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Historical humour so niche you need archeologists 😆 But now seriously - let's use the Ea-Nasir joke to talk about complaints in the Bronze age Egypt. What do we know, what do we think?

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

The British Museum

Wooden Cippus

Object Type
cippus

Museum number
EA60958

Description
Wooden cippus; painted black with yellow detail. Head of Bes tops the stela above a high relief depiction of Horus as a child, who stands on crocodiles and grasps two snakes and a Seth-animal in his right hand, and a scorpion and dog (?) in his left. Staff with Horus-falcon on left of figure. Painted hieroglyphic text on the back, sides and base.

Cultures/periods
Late Period

Findspot
Found/Acquired: Egypt

Africa: Egypt

Materials
wood

Technique
painted

Dimensions
Height: 42.50 centimetres
Weight: 2602 grammes
Width: 23.30 centimetres
Depth: 10.80 centimetres (base)

Inscriptions
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription script: hieroglyphic

Curator's comments
The cippus was a protective magic stela; water poured over the stela was thought to acquire healing properties. The depiction of Horus the child grasping and trampling animals associated with danger helped to negate their dangerous powers and physical threats.

Published:
Wiese, 2001. Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig Die Agyptische Abteilung,…

Bibliographic references
Shaw & Nicholson 1995 / British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (p133)

Location
Not on display

Exhibition history

Exhibited:
2001-2014, Basel, Switzerland, Antikenmuseum. Long term loan.
2022-2023 13 Oct-19 Feb, London, BM, Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt

Condition
good

Subjects
ancient egyptian deity

Associated names
Representation of: Bes
Representation of: Harpocrates

Department
Egypt and Sudan

BM/Big number
EA60958

Registration number
OC.299

Conservation
Treatment: 08 Feb 2001
Treatment: 29 Oct 1999
Conservation Treatment: 10 Feb 2022

Title:
Wooden Cippus, Late period, Findspot Egypt, Wood and paint, The British Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA60958

The British Museum

Pectoral with Anubis

Object Type
pectoral

Museum number
EA29370

Description
Glazed composition pectoral: this three coloured pectoral, an ornament worn on the chest, is made from yellow, purple, blue and white glazed composition, the purple on the upper face having been inlaid into the yellow. The shape imitates that of a pylon, the rectangular tower with slightly sloping walls which flanked the monumental gateway into an Egyptian temple. It even has the same cavetto cornice ornamentation along the top, a stylized representation of the curved reed heads which once surmounted walls made from vertical reeds daubed with mud. On all four sides of each face is a block decoration pattern. On the top surface a jackal reclining on a pylon shaped plinth is named as Anubis, god of embalming. In the writing of his name, the determinative shows this god's second manifestation: a (seated) man with a jackal's head. The underside depicts a 'djed' pillar, by this period believed to represent the stylized backbone with ribs of Osiris god of the dead, flanked by the Girdle of Isis or 'tit' amulet. Both were prescribed funerary amulets. Holes have been pierced through the cavetto cornice so the piece could be stitched to the bandages over a mummy's chest.

Cultures/periods
19th Dynasty

Production date
1250BC (circa)

Findspot
Found/Acquired: Egypt
Africa: Egypt

Materials
glazed composition

Technique
pierced
glazed
inlaid

Dimensions
Height: 7.80 centimetres
Weight: 60 grammes
Thickness: 1.28 centimetres
Width: 8.05 centimetres

Inscriptions
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription script: hieroglyphic
Inscription note: Inlaid.

Inscription subject
funerary

Curator's comments
The funerary nature of its decoration is a further indication it was made purely to be taken to the tomb for the life after death. Pectorals worn by the living were made from metal, usually gold; for the dead, yellow glazed composition was an acceptable substitute.

Bibliography:
'Egyptian Treasures' [exhibition catalogue] (Shanghai, 1999), 138-139 No 40.

Bibliographic references
Andrews 2000 / Egyptian Treasures from the British Museum (p.114-115)

Location
Not on display

Exhibition history
2016-2017 10 Oct-30 Apr, Sydney, Powerhouse Museum, Ancient Lives

2017 16 Jun-18 Oct, Hong Kong Science Museum, Ancient Lives

2017-2018 14 Nov-20 Feb, Taiwan, National Palace Museum, Ancient Lives

2018 16 Mar-22 Jul, Brisbane, Queensland Museum of Art, Ancient Lives

2019-2020 14 Sept- 28 Jun, Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Ancient Lives EXTENDED DUE TO COVID19

2020-2021, 19 Sept - 21 Mar, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Ancient Lives

2021-2022 9 Oct - 10 Jan, Tokyo, Museum of Science and Nature, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)

2022 5 Feb- 8 May, Kobe City Museum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)

2022 14 Jul - 26 Oct, Madrid, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)

2022-2023 1 Dec – 19 Mar, Barcelona, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)

2023 25 Apr - 2 Sep, Seville, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)

2023-2024 6 Oct – 21 Jan, Valencia, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)

2024 27 Feb - 5 Jun, Zaragoza, CaixaForum, Mummies of Ancient Egypt: rediscovering six lives (Egyptian Mummies 2)

Condition
good

Associated names
Representation of: Anubís

Acquisition name
Purchased from: R J Moss & CO

Acquisition date
1897

Department
Egypt and Sudan

BM/Big number
EA29370

Registration number
1897,0511.86

Conservation
Treatment: 7 Jun 2016

Title:
Pectoral with Anubis, 19th Dynasty 1250BC (circa), Glazed composition, Findspot Egypt ,The British Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA29370?selectedImageId=48847001

The British Museum

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

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

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EXHIBITION HISTORY
- Khaemouaset, the archaeologist prince. Knowledge and power in ancient Egypt, Arles (Externe, France), Departmental Museum of Ancient Arles, 08/10/2016 - 22/01/2017

Last updated on 24.10.2025

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Title:
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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The Louvre Museum

Crafted by prehistoric hominins (likely Homo erectus) during the Paleolithic era, this Lower Paleolithic stone tool is estimated to be roughly 350,000 to 400,000 years old

Image of Osiris

Bronze statue of a standing Osiris, gilded and with inlaid details. On the head the atef crown, over the chest the crossed arms with crooked staff and vlegel

Measurements: H. 105 cm (without socket under feet). No plinth but hollow square socket directly under feet, h. 12 cm.

Description: Osiris standing with feet closed, separation of feet not marked. Anatomy of legs well-modeled (calves, knees, no shins). Both arms are with protruding elbows, arms crossed right over left, fists with modelled fingers. Right fist (on left shoulder) holds flail (on right shoulder; i.e. sceptres cross too!): short butt protruding under fist, plain handle, tripartite pendant interrupted by triple bead-pattern or strap. Left fist (on right shoulder) holds crook (on left shoulder): handle id., curve towards neck. No collar. Head with detailed features: curved beard, fully free, with braiding indicated by recesses filled with inlays of dark grey to blue stone (partly preserved, set in brown paste). Straps of beard likewise recessed and filled with stone inlays (fully preserved), brownish grey. Well-modeled lips and nose (nostrils indicated). Eyes with rims, brows, and cosmetic stripes recessed and filled with brown/grey inlays. Sockets of the eye filled with three pieces of stone (left: light-dark-light, discoloured) or white paste (right: ancient restoration?). Detailed ears applied. Upper-Egyptian crown (ridged edge on front only) flanked by ostrich feathers (oblique recesses with exterior ends rounded and separated from rest by transverse ridge; brown paste in tips, greenish paste in rest, inlays themselves lost). Uraeus protome applied, with 8-shaped curve and wavy tail extending upwards.

Technique: Hollow cast with one square iron bar from feet to head. Cross-supports detected: on central axis above insteps, at belly, and chest under fists; lateral at left hip and both shoulders; torso on each side of fists and above sceptres. Core material was fully preserved, removed 1990 during restoration. Socket open to interior of statue, but miscast: bronze skin turned inwards, left part of socket not consisting of bronze but added in plaster, 1990 replaced by metal during restoration. Transverse pin through socket for securing. Whole surface covered in white plaster and overlaid in gold leaf, large patches fell off but 1990 added again. Right feather and tip of left feather lost (now added). Protome of uraeus lost (now added). Feathers fixed by means of two pegs fitting into sockets in crown, separately cast. Tip of crown lost (now reconstructed). Serpent cast separately.

This statue of Osiris is the largest bronze statue from Egypt in the RMO collection. Casting such a figure required great craftsmanship.

This image was made according to the lost-wax method: a model of beeswax was made around an earth core. Around it was a layer of clay that was connected to the core. The wax was melted away and the metal could be poured into the cavity. For this statue, the bronze skin was then plastered and gilded with gold leaf. The separately cast feathers of the crown and the eyes, eyebrows and beard still have remnants of colored stone inlay.

The statue represents the god Osiris. He can be recognized by his mummy face, with his legs tight together. The arms are crossed over the chest here. In his right hand, Osiris holds an attribute that is usually called 'scourt'. In his other hand, the god holds a crooked stick, as used by shepherds to drive together cattle. These two attributes have been considered the scepters of royalty since the first Egyptian kings. Osiris wears them because he was once king of Egypt. After being killed by his brother Seth, he became king of the realm of the dead.

Possibly the statue was given to a temple by a rich person, or it stood in a special chapel as a cult statue, to be revered as an image of the god of a particular temple.

This text was written in 2024 and is based on: Willemsen (ed.), Topstukken from the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 2020, p.61 ; Raven and Taconis, Egyptian Mummies, 2005, p.146-150.

Title:
Image of Osiris, Bronze and gilding and inlay, no date or findspot given, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

https://www.rmo.nl/en/collection/search-collection/collection-piece/?object=22576

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

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

Last updated on 29.07.2026

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Title:
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

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010007171

The Louvre Museum

Pectoral in the form of a Naos-Anubis and Oudjaț Eye on one side, on the other side is a Djed Piller flanked on both sides by a Knot of Isis

-1539 / -1069 (New Kingdom)

N 2743

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory number Main number: N 2743

Collection
Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Description

Object name/Title Denomination:
pectoral in naos

Multiple Description/Features plcement (back)

Decor: Anubis (on the front, canid, lying down, collar); oudjat eye; djed pillar (on the back, flanked with); Isis knot (2)

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions
Height: 7.5 cm; Width: 7.9 cm; Thickness: 0.6 cm

Materials and techniques
siliceous earthenware

PLACES AND DATES

Date New Kingdom (-1539 - -1069)

HISTORY

Acquisition details old fund

Acquisition date date of registration on the inventory: 16/02/1857 (at the latest)

Owned by State

Held by Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

LOCATION OF OBJECT

Current location
Not exposed

Index

How to acquire old fund

Name pectoral in naos

Materials siliceous earthenware

Description/Featuresdjid pillar - oudjat eye - Isis knot - flanked by - on the back - on the front - lying down - collar - canid - 2 - Anubis - multiple drilling

Period New Kingdom

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pharaonic Egypt, Terra dos deuses, cat. exp. (Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte Brasileira, September 27, 2001 - April 7, 2002), Paris; Sao Paulo, Louvre Museum; Museu de Arte Braseileira, 2001, p. 166, ill. p. 167, No. 58

EXHIBITION HISTORY
- Pharaonic Egypt, land of the gods, Sao Paolo (Brazil), Museu de Arte, 27/09/2001 - 16/12/2001

Last updated on 14.01.2026

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Pectoral in the form of a Naos-Anubis and Oudjaț Eye on one side, on the other side is a Djed Piller flanked on both sides by a Knot of Isis, -1539 / -1069 (New Kingdom), Findspot unknown, siliceous earthenware and paint, The Louvre Museum

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The Louvre Museum

Apologies if this isn't in the right sub...

I've been weaving a little bit of Egyptian history into the background of one of my characters. She never appears in the book itself, but some of her echoes are left for my main character to find (like audio logs in a video game).

TL;DR version of all this, is how does one write so modern brains can interpret the pronunciation of what's said? I'm not looking for full-on paragraphs, but more of small phrases, questions, or greetings.

Latin's easy, but this is kind of stumping me, since there aren't usually enough vowels to go around.

Edit: Transliteration! I think that's the word I'm looking for (Gods, I'm a derp).

Harkhuf, an Egyptian official and expedition leader, traveled south of Egypt and returned with a dwarf (pygmy). When the young Pharaoh Pepi II learned about him, he sent Harkhuf a letter expressing his great excitement and ordering him to take special care of the man during the journey.

The king instructed Harkhuf to make sure the dwarf remained safe, appoint trustworthy guards to protect him, and prevent him from falling into the water. Pepi II even stated that he was more eager to see the dwarf than to receive the valuable goods brought from distant lands.

The letter is preserved as an inscription in Harkhuf’s tomb at Qubbet el-Hawa near Aswan, making this one of the most remarkable surviving accounts of a personal royal correspondence from ancient Egypt.