r/OutoftheTombs

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

Late Period, approximately 664–332 BCE,

The Walters Art Museum.

The youthful sun god (Horus/Harpocrates) seated inside an open lotus blossom, wearing a multi-cobra (uraeus) crown and holding a finger to his mouth, symbolizing childhood and divine renewal.

Cast in bronze with inlaid details, featuring a smaller kneeling figure and an offering table on a rectangular base, likely serving a ritual or votive function in temple processions.

88-51 BC Ptolemaic Period, 1st century BC

A mammisi (mamisi) is an ancient Egyptian small chapel attached to a larger temple (usually in front of the pylons, built from the Late Period, and associated with the nativity of a god.

The word is derived from Coptic – the last phase of the ancient Egyptian language – meaning "birth place".

It dates back to the 30th dynasty Pharaoh Nectanebo I (379/378–361/360 BC), one of the last native rulers of Egypt.

Equipped with a hypostyle by Pharaoh Ptolemy VI Philometor (181–145 BC) and with a peristyle by Ptolemy X Alexander I (110–88 BC), it was dedicated to Harsiese ("Horus son of Isis").

This 30th dynasty project was then repeated, by the Græco-Roman rulers, for some of the major shrines in the country.

The famous Roman mammisi – the less ancient one associated with the Dendera Temple complex – was built by Augustus immediately after his conquest of Egypt (31 BC).

The murals show Augustus' far successor Trajan at the sacrificial ceremony for Hathor and are among the most beautiful in Egypt.

The mammisi was dedicated to Hathor and her child Ihy.

On the abacus above the pillar capitals are representations of Bes as the patron god of birt

This model of a grain store was found in a secret room in the corridor leading to the carved tomb in the rock of the great royal court Makit Ra' al-Ma'khuz, which was named after the word (Makit) or a miniature model, which began its journey during the reign of King Nab Habet Ra' al-Mutawhbat II of the eleventh dynasty, and continued to serve the successive kings until the early years of the twelfth dynasty.

The four corners of this grain store model are still preserved in some parts of southern Egypt to this day, and it is believed that it provides additional protection against thieves and rodents. The interior is divided into two main sections: the grain store itself, where grains are stored, and the accounting area. The supply of grains was of great importance in the agricultural community, and it is worth noting that the number of six men who carried the grain bags here is less than the number of nine men who measured and accounted. Among the four libraries, two use cardboard bags, and two are written on wooden boards. All the rooms available in the Makit Ra' store were looted and plundered during the ancient times; however, in the early years of 1920, Herbert and Wenlock, the museum curator, obtained a detailed plan of the tomb layout for the layout of the tomb of the family of the eleventh dynasty in Tayba, and therefore requested his workers to clean up the accumulated debris. During the cleaning process, the small hidden room was found, filled with twenty-four almost complete preserved models. In the end, half of these models were transferred to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, while the other half was transferred to the Metropolitan Museum as part of the discoveries section.

Period: Middle Kingdom

The Family: The Twelfth Dynasty

The Era: Early First Period

History: ca. 1981–1975 BC

Geographical Location: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Tyba, south of Asasif, Tomb of Meketre, a royal chief steward, who began his career under King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II of Dynasty 11 and continued to serve successive kings into the early years of Dynasty 12.

The four corners of this model granary are peaked in a manner that is sometimes still found in southern Egypt today, presumably to offer additional protection against thieves and rodents. The interior is divided into two main sections: the granary proper, where grain was stored, and an accounting area. Keeping track of grain supplies was crucial in an agricultural society, and it is noteworthy that the six men carrying sacks of grain here are outnumbered by nine men taking care of measuring and accounting. Of the four scribes, two are using papyrus scrolls, two write on wooden writing boards.

All the accessible rooms in the tomb of Meketre had already been robbed and plundered during Antiquity; but early in 1920 the Museum's excavator, Herbert Winlock, wanted to obtain an accurate floor plan of the tomb's layout for his map of the Eleventh Dynasty necropolis at Thebes, and therefore, had his workers clean out the accumulated debris. It was during this cleaning operation that the small hidden chamber was discovered, filled with twenty-four almost perfectly preserved models. Eventually, half of these went to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and the other half came to the Metropolitan Museum in the partition of finds.

Period: Middle Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 12

Reign: early reign of Amenemhat I

Date: ca. 1981–1975 BC.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), serdab, MMA excavations, 1920

Medium: Wood, plaster, paint, linen, grain

Dimensions: L. 74.9 (29 1/2 in); W. 56 cm (22 1/16 in); H. 36.5 (14 3/8 in);

average height of figures: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920

Object Number: 20.3.11/The Met

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

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

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010011105

The Louvre Museum

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-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

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010007168

The Louvre Museum

Just an incredible piece of ancient art. And WE KNOW WHO MADE IT! The Hellenistic artist Sophilos, in about 200 BC.

Berenike II (wife of Ptolemy III) is shown as the personification of Alexandria.

Dr. Joann Fletcher writes: “her ship's prow crown and anchor-shaped brooch emphasised her key role in naval successes during her joint reign with husband Ptolemy III."

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

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The Louvre Museum

Pectoral in the form of a Naos featuring a Scarab

-1539 / -1069 (New Kingdom)

N 2743

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory number Main number: N 2743

CollectionDepartment of Egyptian Antiquities

Description

Object name/Title Denomination: pectoral in naos

Multiple Description/Featurespercement (4, top)

Decor: representation of the sunrise; Khépri (beetle, armed with wings, holding, solar disc, in, boat, flanked by); monkey (2, standing, worshiping); oudjat eye (2); fish (2); frame of alternating rectangles (undecorated back)

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions Height: 12 cm; Width: 11.5 cm

Materials and techniques Material: siliceous earthenware

Color: bright blue with black decor

PLACES AND DATES

Date New Empire (-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
Sully, [AE] Room 319 - Book of the Dead, Showcase 6

Index

How to acquire old fund

Name pectoral in naos

Materials siliceous earthenware

Description/Featuresboat - equipped with wings - solar disk - oudjat eye - adoring - holding - flanked with - in - at the top - representation of sunrise - standing - monkey - 4 - 2 - fish - beetle - Khépri - frame of alternating rectangles - multiple drilling

PeriodNew Empire

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Title:
Pectoral in the form of a Naos featuring a Scarab, -1539 / -1069 (New Kingdom), findspot unknown, Siliceous earthenware, The Louvre Museum

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The Louvre Museum

The smaller figure between them is their son Neferhebef.

Mid-18th Dynasty (about 1400 BCE). Thebes, Egypt. From The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia)

The statue reflects the importance of the family in ancient Egypt.

Itu's skin is painted red, following the artistic tradition for men, while his wife has yellow skin, conventional for women.

Pectoral with Scarab

ca. 1539–1295 B.C.E. or later

Object Label
Living persons wore only one or a few amulets at a time, but mummies usually bear many amulets. The Ma’at amulet (no. 2) and heart scarabs (nos. 1, 3, 11), which occurred in many forms, guaranteed a successful judgment of the dead. The amulets of a hand (no. 8), lungs and a windpipe (no. 12), and wadjet-eyes (i.e., “healthy” eyes; no. 4) protected those parts of the body and also had connotations of resurrection and the unity or integrity of the mummy. The enigmatic aper amulet (no. 13) takes the form of the hieroglyph meaning “to be equipped,” perhaps in reference to the mummy’s preparation. The two crowns (nos. 5, 6) were symbols of power. The Heh insignia (no. 7), like the popular ankh-sign, denoted eternal life. Among the living, the frog (no. 9) and possibly also the hare (no. 10) suggested fertility. The amulets of the Four Sons of Horus (no. 15) perhaps served, as they did with canopic jars, to protect various organs of the body.

Caption
Pectoral with Scarab, ca. 1539–1295 B.C.E. or later. Faience, 4 1/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 3/16 in. (10.3 × 11.5 × 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.159. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery
Not on view

Collection
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Catalogue description
Pectoral in green faience, with a scarab in purplish-blue faience. Form of a naos with projecting cornice. Front, painted solar bark with Nephthys (left) and Isis adoring the scarab. Names of goddesses and borders painted. Back, oval like bottom of scarab, painted with six lines of almost illegible inscription, flanked by two girdle knots. Back of cornice pierced four times at each end, with corresponding holes at the top of the cornice.

Condition
Intact. Surface worn. Chip in base. Large crack in back due to defective firing. Inscription almost illegible.

Provenance
Archaeological provenance not yet documented; before March 16, 1896, purchased in Egypt by Armand de Potter of Belgium and New York, NY; 1905, inherited from Armand de Potter by Aimee S. Beckwith (Mrs. Aimee S. de Potter) of New York and Asheville, NC; 1908, purchased from Aimee S. Beckwith by the Brooklyn Museum.

Title
Pectoral with Scarab

Date
ca. 1539–1295 B.C.E. or later

Dynasty
Dynasty 18

Period
New Kingdom

Geography
Place collected: Egypt

Medium
Faience

Classification
Document

Dimensions
4 1/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 3/16 in. (10.3 × 11.5 × 3 cm)

Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number
08.480.159

Title,
Pectoral with Scarab ca. 1539–1295 B.C.E. or later New Kingdom Dynasty 18, Faience, Egypt, The Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum

Pectoral featuring Hathor

Main number: E 3743

Presentation number: 997

CollectionDepartment of Egyptian Antiquities

Description

Object name/Title Denomination: pectoral

Description/Features with belière (this French word refers to a jewelry bail—the small loop or ring that connects a pendant to a necklace chain)

Decor: Hathor's head (cow, ousekh collar, disc horns, double ostrich feather, flanked by); winged goddess (2, standing, disc horns)

At the top; uraeus frieze (solar disk); uraeus winged solar disc; frame of alternating rectangles

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions Height: 12.9 cm; Width: 13.6 cm

Materials and techniques Material: copper alloy

Secondary material: glass

Technique: inlay, relief cut

Color: dark blue-light blue-red

HISTORY

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee Comte Tyszkiewicz, Michel, Donateur; Collector

Acquisition details donation

Acquisition date date of entry on the inventory: 04/03/1862

Owned by State

Held by Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

LOCATION OF OBJECT

Current location
Not exposed

Index

Donation acquisition method

Name pectoral

Materialscopper alloy - glass

Inlay techniques - cut relief

Description/Features winged solar disk with uraeus - solar disk - flanked by - at the top - standing - double ostrich feather - disc horns - ousekh necklace - cow - 4 - 2 - winged goddess - Hathor's head - uraeus frieze - frame of alternating rectangles - with belière

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Aubert, Jacques-François; Aubert, Liliane, Egyptian Bronzes and Golds, Paris, Cybèle, (Contribution to Egyptology; 11), 2011, p. 103

Koschel, Klaus, "Eine Gruppe seltener bronzener Votiv-Pektorale und ihre Deutung", Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur (SAK), 30, 2002, p. 249-254, p. 251 note 7

Rouit, Charles, "The Tyszkiewisz Collection of the Louvre Museum", in Aksamit, Joanna; Dolińska, Monika; Majewska, Aleksandra; Niwiński, Andrzej; Rzepka, Sławomir; Szafrański, Zbigniew (ed.), Essays in honour of Prof. Dr. Jadwiga Lipińska, Warsaw, National Museum in Warsaw; Pro-Egypt, (Warsaw Egyptological Studies 1), 1997, p. 213-224, p. 220

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Title:
Pectoral featuring Hathor, Not dated, Findspot unknown, Copper alloy and glass,The Louvre Museum

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The Louvre Museum

Pectoral with heart amulet

Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-19
1352–1186 B.C.

MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE
Polychrome faience

DIMENSIONS
Height x length: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)

CREDIT LINE
Walter and Celia Gilbert Acquisition Fund for Ancient Egyptian Art

ACCESSION NUMBER
2014.857.1-2

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS
Jewelry, Africa and Oceania, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East

CLASSIFICATIONS
Jewelry / Adornment – Pectorals

PROVENANCE
Between 1895 and 1898, found at Abydos, Egypt, by Emile Amélineau (b. 1850 – d. 1915), Châteaudun, France; February 8-9, 1904, Amélineau sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 55. 1925, A. Caron; December 9-11, 1925, Caron collection sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 13. Before 1980, Robert Monier, France. 1985, acquired by Charles Bouché (b. 1928 – d. 2010), France; October 24, 2012, posthumous Bouché collection sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 11. By 2013, Rupert Wace Fine Art, London; 2014, sold by Rupert Wace to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014).

Title:
Pectoral with heart amulet, Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-19 1352–1186 B.C., Polychrome faience, Findspot unknown, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/596125/pectoral-with-heart-amulet?ctx=70558991-bfd9-4a1c-a6fc-99f5d92519a2&idx=134

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

From the collection of the Penn Museum