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the-cricket-chirps · 5 months
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Egyptian
Cat with kitten
Late Period of ancient Egypt (664 BCE -332 BCE)
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artifacts-archive · 2 months
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Statuette of Sobek
Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, 664–332 BCE
Here the crocodile god Sobek, associated with water and the Nile River, wears an elaborate crown adorned with horns, feathers, and a uraeus (sacred serpent). Egyptian gods were commonly depicted with human bodies and animal heads. The animal referred to the god’s personality or characteristics, not his or her appearance. For example, the crocodile head of Sobek alludes to his fierceness. Statuettes like these were offered to the gods to ask for their help or in thanks for their assistance.
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centuriespast · 1 month
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Gold protective amulet of Sekhmet, c. 664-332 BCE, via the Glencairn Museum
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lionofchaeronea · 1 year
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Ancient Egyptian inscribed block statue (black granite). Artist unknown; ca. 664-332 BCE (Late Period). Now in the Harvard Semitic Museum, Cambridge, MA.
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fromthedust · 2 years
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Scarab - rock crystal - Egypt - Late Period, c 664-332 BCE
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arthistoryanimalia · 1 year
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#WorldFrogDay: in ancient Egypt, frog spawns were timed with the annual flooding of the Nile, making them fitting animal avatars of Heqet, a goddess of fertility, birth & rebirth.
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Collection of eight frog amulets from New Kingdom to Late Period Egypt, c. 1550-332 BCE, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
NK = New Kingdom; LP = Late Period; D = Dynasty
Top row:
NK, D18, c. 1550–1295 BCE, bronze or copper alloy (might be a weight), 1.8x3.4x2.6cm
LP, D26–30, 664–332 BCE, lapis lazuli, 2.5x2.1x2.7cm
LP, D26–29, 664–380 BCE, chlorite, 1.9x3.5cm
LP, D26–29, 664–380 BCE, faience, 1.7x2.2cm
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NK, Ramesside, D 19, c. 1295–1185 BCE, porphyry, 1.2cm
NK, D18–20, c. 1550–1070 BCE, faience, 1.1x1.5x1.1cm
NK, Ramesside, D19–20, c. 1295–1070 BCE, serpentinite, 0.9x1.2cm
LP, D26–29, 664–380 BCE, faience, 0.7x1.1x0.8cm
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charlesreeza · 2 years
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Counterweight for a ritual necklace in the image of the crocodile god Sebek, bronze and gold, Late Period of ancient Egypt 664 - 332 BCE
Louvre Museum, Paris
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barbucomedie · 1 year
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Bronze Statue of Isis and Horus from Egypt dated between 664-332 BCE on display at the World Museum in Liverpool
This statue shows Isis nursing her son Horus and was made during the Late Period (about 664-332 BCE). Legends tell how they fled to the marshes to escape his uncle, the evil god Seth after he murdered Horus's father, Osiris. Tehy remained hidden in the marshes until Horus was old enough to fight Seth and Recover the throne of Egypt.
Photographs taken by myself 2019
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hieronymusarchives · 1 year
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Horus Falcon Wearing Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with Uraeus
Lord of the sky, solar god, and god of kingship -- Horus is among Egypt's oldest deities. The falcon soaring in the sky embodied the god's qualities, and Horus was represented as a falcon or falcon-headed man. As heir to the divine kingship of Egypt, he appears here with the royal uraeus (cobra) and the double crown. The statue illustrates the high standard of bronzeworking and the rising popularity of animal cults in Late Period Egypt (664--332 BCE). The bird's gilt eyes stand out from the dazzling feather coat, bringing to mind the celestial falcon, whose eyes were the sun and the moon. X-radiography has revealed a bird skeleton encased in the bronze. Mummified animals were dedicated by the thousands to the relevant deities. This bronze falcon, then, is not just an image of Horus but the tangible remains of a prayer to the god more than 2,500 years ago.
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andrea-cliffe · 1 year
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History of Egyptian Statues in Divination
How to Seek a Prediction
Seek out a priest, or wait for one to arrive, likely by boat
Equipment
Special statue, possibly with movable head for “nodding”
Personnel
Priest trained in decreeing oracles
Description
Oracles appear relatively late in the long span of Egyptian history
The first representations of a sacred boat containing an oracular statue of the god Amun date to the early New Kingdom (reign of Amenhotep I, around 1525 BCE)
While there are some earlier textual references, neither the Old Kingdom (Pyramid Age, around 2686-2181 BCE), nor the Middle Kingdom (age of great Egyptian literature, around 2055, 1650 BCE), seem to place much reliance on decrees from oracles
It is the New Kingdom, and the following Third Intermediate Period (about 1069-664 BCE) and Late Period (about 664-332 BCE) where we find the most frequent mention of oracular decisions, both royal and “private”
There was no singular god responsible for all oracular decrees
The Egyptians appealed to many forms of the god Amun, Amun-Re, and other deities, state and local; even the defied king Amenhotep I was consulted by many resident of Thebes
Throughout Egyptian history we see an ebb-and-flow in perceptions of the divine nature of the pharaoh
At times the populace relied upon the king and the pharaonic court system, at other times direct appeals to the gods for assistance were far more common
Methods included approaching the statue of the god, borne in his sacred bark upon the shoulders of priests, during festival processions
Or, people could submit “yay or nay” inscriptions to the deity for a definitive decision; the bark or statue would walk forwards (yes) or backwards (no)
Some scholars believe that “nodding” indicated that certain statues had moving parts, manipulated by the priests, making this a potentially very human-influenced divination system
As far as selecting the next pharaoh was concerned, both Thutmose III and Ramesses IV separately recounted how the god Amun perused the hall at Karnak Temple, Thebes, in his bark, before settling in front of the chosen prince before all the courtiers
Oracular decisions came down on matters both large and small
In the case of royalty, the god might bestow his blessings on the legitimacy of pharaoh, or the decision to mount a military campaign or the best route for a trade expedition
For the elites and common people, advice was sought on whether goods and services had been adequately paid for, whether a promotion was likely, or if a neighbor had encroached upon one’s farmland, after the waters of the annual Nile flood had obscured the field boundaries
Since the king was the one responsible for ordering the inscription of oracular decisions on temple walls or papyrus documents, it is extremely unlikely he would ever have recorded a decision that went against him
Perhaps the closest we come to a decision running counter to pharaoh’s preferences is the magical tale of “King Khufu and the Magicians” (Papyrus Westcar), written during the Middle Kingdom
The last part of the text seems to foretell the end of Khufu’s line (Fourth Dynasty, Old Kingdom), and the rise of new kings who would form the Fifth Dynasty
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museum-archives · 26 days
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664-30 BCE OR 664-330 BCE
Egypt, Late period (715-332 BCE), Dynasty 26 or later
Bronze and gold
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The Winged Isis papyrus is a depiction of the goddess Isis, a prominent deity in ancient Egyptian religion, with her wings outstretched. The papyrus is a work of art that was created in ancient Egypt, likely during the Late Period (664-332 BCE) or Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE).
The image of Isis on the papyrus is typically depicted as a woman with the horns of a cow and a solar disk on her head, symbolizing her role as a mother goddess and her connection to the sun. She is shown wearing a long dress and carrying a lotus flower in one hand and a papyrus scepter in the other.
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artifacts-archive · 2 months
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Statuette of a Lion-headed God, probably Horus of Buto
Egyptian, Late Period (664–332 BCE)
Egyptian gods were commonly depicted with human bodies and animal heads. The animal referred to the god’s personality or characteristics, not his or her appearance. For example, this version of Horus, in the guise of the son of the goddess Wedjat, is shown with a lion head, expressive of power. The Greeks and Romans took these mixed forms literally rather than symbolically, and some Classical authors, accustomed to gods in human form, derided the Egyptians for their “ridiculous” gods, dismissing them as “dog-faced Egyptians, dressed up in linen.” Statuettes like these were offered to the gods to ask for their help or in thanks for their assistance.
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centuriespast · 2 years
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'Egyptian faïence amulet depicting the head of Bes, ca. 664-332 BCE'
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goodpark · 3 years
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the Goddess Bastet (aka the Gayer-Anderson Cat). Late Period, ca. 664-332 BCE
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fromthedust · 2 years
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ancient Egyptian cat sculptures:
Head of Bastet - bronze with amber inlaid eyes and gold ornament - 26th dynasty - c.600 BCE
Bastet - bronze with gold earring - 26th Dynasty - 664-525 BCE
bronze with gold earring - Late Period - c.664-332 BCE
Bastet - terra cotta - Roman Period - 30 BCE-642 CE
Bastet - bronze - Saitic or Ptolemaic Period - 664-31 BCE
Bastet (three views) - bronze with gold and silver ornaments - Saqqara - Late Period - c.664–332 BCE
bronze - Ptolemaic Period - 304-30 BCE
bronze with gold earring - Ptolemaic Period - 304-30 BCE
bronze - Ptolemaic Period - 304-30 BCE
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