This wall fragment is carved in very shallow relief and depicts three female figures, dancing to the left with their hands over their heads. They wear short kilts, necklaces and collars, and anklets. There is a border at the top.For the latest information about this object, reliefs; fragments; walls, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 5th-6th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
This wall fragment is carved in sunk relief and depicts a head facing left. There is a frieze above the head.For the latest information about this object, reliefs; walls; fragments, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Eighteenth DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
This wall fragment is carved in sunk relief. It shows the head of a man in profile to the left.For the latest information about this object, reliefs; fragments; walls, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
This wall fragment is carved in low relief and depicts a man to the left with offerings on each hand. This piece is said to be from Luxor but is probably from the Tomb of Nespeqashuty, 312, at Deir el-Bahri, and the same tomb as Walters 22.331.For the latest information about this object, reliefs; walls; fragments, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 26th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
The woman in this fragmentary painting from a tomb wall has a wig of long, full hair, held in place by a flowered headband and topped with an ointment cone, a perfumed substance placed on wigs that gave off a fragrant aroma as it melted. A lotus blossom adorns the front of the headband. She holds a rattle called a sistrum, which women often played during temple ceremonies. What remains of the inscription suggests that she may have served with the temple staff of the god Amen.For the latest information about this object, wall paintings, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 19th DynastyInscriptions: [Inscription] In black paint on yellow: remains of 4 vertical lines of inscription; [Translation] ...(his) sister...the lady...of AmunReign: Ramesses II-MerenptahStyle: Ramesside
This fragmentary inscription includes the lower half of a cartouche naming king Psamtik, with additional hieroglyphs indicating "in the horizon."For the latest information about this object, reliefs, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 26th DynastyInscriptions: [Fragment of an Inscription] [Psam]tik ...Reign: Style:
This weight, in the shape of a truncated bicone, is incised with three parallel lines on one face.For the latest information about this object, weights, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
The face of the bull is naturalizing and the body appears to be well modeled although musculature is not indicated. The hooves of the animal are indicated. The figure is resting on its proper left side, tail curved over the back. The spine shows a gentle, natural curve.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 18th-19th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
The goddess Isis stands with her arms outstretched in a protective gesture; wings are attached to her arms. She wears the crown of Upper Egypt and there is a vulture engraved on her back.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
This faience winged scarab has a flat underside without a bottom design or drill-holes. The design on the scarab's back is very simple. It has a rough and uneven surface, balanced proportions, no evidence of extremities or partition lines, and rough workmanship. The piece is poorly made.
The scarab functioned as a funerary amulet, and would have been attached to mummy bandages. Winged scarabs should assure the renewal of the deceased by meeting the sun god in the afterlife.
Winged scarabs were the central part of the amulet set of a mummy.For the latest information about this object, scarabs; amulets, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
The ancient Egyptians believed that the dung beetle, the Scarabaeus sacer, was one of the manifestations of the sun god. Representations of these beetles were used as amulets, and for ritual or administrative purposes.
Winged scarabs were part of the amulet set of a mummy. This example has a flat, undecorated bottom, and is executed in one piece. The beetle is glazed dark blue, and the wings light green. The back of the scarab is flat, the highest points are pronotum (dorsal plate of the prothorax) and elytron (wing cases). There are no separation lines between the different parts of the back. The head section consists of the semicircular head, trapezoidal side plates, and a large trapezoidal clypeus (front plate). The slightly raised extremities are modeled. Four small drill-holes flank the body, two at each side. The wings are somewhat asymmetrically, and the right one is smaller than the left. They display a tripartite surface structure. The inner part shows facet design, the middle and outer part a feather pattern. A large drill-hole exists at each tip of the wings.
Such winged scarabs are funerary amulets, and were originally attached to mummy wrappings. The amulet should assure the renewal of the deceased in the afterlife by the sun god. Winged scarabs consist mostly of several pieces, the scarab and two attached wings (e.g. Walters Art Museum, 42.1430, 42.1448), one-piece examples are more rare.For the latest information about this object, scarabs; plaques (flat objects); amulets, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: early Ptolemaic DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
Nefru was the only woman to bear the title "Great Royal Wife" to King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II. This delicate relief fragment comes from the chapel of her tomb. It shows the head, shoulders, and hand of a woman attending Queen Nefru. The staff that crosses her body supported a sunshade, part of which appears in back of her head. The sunshade bearer was part of a line of at least ten women and one man. The large ear and elongated eye are characteristic of the work of the sculptors who decorated the tomb.For the latest information about this object, reliefs; sculpture; paintings, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 11th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II (2055-2004 BC)Style: