Slightly concave-convex. Inscription on concave face giving date, year 23 Amenemhat III and the number 70. “Ded” sign in black ink; on reverse “Nefer” sign.
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat III ca. 1860-1814 BC.
Wood (Cilician fir, Abies cilicica). From Uronarti Island, Halfa Province, Sudan. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 1924. Now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 24.732
A painter’s palette🎨 from Ancient Egypt Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390–1353 B.C. New Kingdom Dynasty 18
This painter’s palette was carved from a single piece of ivory. Six oval wells contain cakes of pigments including blue, green, brown , yellow red and black. The oval cartouche at one end encircles the throne name of Amenhotep III, Nebmaatre, and the epithet “beloved of Re”.
The throne of Tutankhamun is made of wood, covered with gold and silver, and ornamented with semi-precious stones and colored glass. Two projecting lions’ heads protect the seat of the throne while the arms take the form of winged serpents wearing the double crown of Egypt and guarding the names of the king.
It was discovered in the Antechamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) beneath the Hippopotamus funerary bed. The throne is called (“Ist”) in ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs after the name of the mother goddess Isis, who was usually depicted bearing a throne on her head as her characteristic emblem. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 62028
The black jackal Anubis reclines on a shrine, a sash tied around his neck and a golden flail supported by his hind leg, detail of a wall carving in the joint Ramesses V and Ramesses VI
(KV9). New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, ca. 1189-1070 BC. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.
A grand expression of royal power, Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple rises against a desert bluff at Deir el-Bahari. Reliefs in the porticoes record the greatest triumphs of her 21-year reign. via (NatGeo Magazine).
An ancient Egyptian medical papyrus of herbal knowledge combining herbal remedies with magic spells. Among the oldest and most important medical papyri of ancient Egypt.
The Ebers Papyrus is written in hieratic Egyptian writing and represents the most extensive and best-preserved record of ancient Egyptian medicine known. It dates to the New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, around 1550 BC. Now in the University Library, Leipzig.
