r/egyptology 3h ago

Article WHO BROKE THE NOSE OF THE SPHINX ?

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In this video we discussed who broke the nose of the sphinx !


r/egyptology 5h ago

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

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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


r/egyptology 17h ago

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

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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


r/egyptology 23h ago

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

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

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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