| Period: | | Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 |
| Dating: | | 1570 BC–1293 BC |
| Origin: | | Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes |
| Material: | | Bronze |
| Physical: | | 10.3cm. (4 in.) - 155 g. (5.5 oz.) |
| Catalog: | | MET.MM.00840 |
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Alabaster unguent jar, Dyn. 18
Alabaster unguent vase, Dyn. 18
Amenhotep III as Amun-Min, Dyn 18
Amulet of Bes, Dyn. 18
Amulet of god Thoth as a Baboon, Dyn. 18
Anthropomorphic mirror handle, Dyn. 18
Basalt shawabti of a king, early Dyn. 18
Blue faience ring, udjat eye, Dyn. 18
Blue faience shawabti, Dyn.18
Bronze Horus sarcophagus, Dyn.18
Bronze insigna-pendant of Atum, Dyn. 18
Bronze of a king as Osiris, Dyn. 18
Bronze of Sakhmet seated, early Dyn. 18
Bronze statuette of Apis, Dyn. 18
Cartonnage of Princess Baket, Dyn. 18
Cartouche ring of Akhenaten, Dyn. 18
Carved face from a sarcophagus, Dyn. 18
Carved face from a sarcophagus, N.K.
Copper inlay for a box, Dyn. 18
Divine scarab, reign of Thutmose IV
Enameled feathers of Amun, Dyn. 18
Extensible bronze bracelet, Dyn. 18
Faience ear ornament, Dyn. 18
Foundation marker from Amenhotep III
Funerary box (panel), Dyn. 18-33
Gilded ib, heart amulet, Dyn.18
Gilded mkrt, snake amulet, Dyn. 18
Gilded ‘tit’ (girdle of Isis) amulet, Dyn. 18
Granite cartouche of Akhenaten, Dyn. 18
Head, realistic portrait in stone, Dyn 18
Horus-the-Child as a ruling king, Dyn. 18
Ibis-headed Thoth with human body, Dyn.18
King Amenhotep II (?) as Amun-Re, Dyn. 18
King Horemheb as a sphinx, Dyn. 18
King Horemheb as Amun-Re, Dyn. 18
King wearing the royal headdress, Dyn. 18
Limestone shawabti, early Dyn. 18
Lotus necklace terminal, Egypt, Dyn. 18
Monumental bronze feather, Dyn. 18
Mummy mask of a young woman, Dyn. 18
Nekhbet, vulture-goddess of Nekheb
New Year’s flask for sacred water, Dyn.18
Osiris, King of the Afterlife, Dyn. 18
Osiris of an unknown king, Dyn. 18 (?)
Osiris-Neper, god of agriculture, Dyn. 18
Pair of udjat eyes of Horus, Dyn. 18
Palm leaf amulet, Dyn. 18-19
Palm leaf amulet, Dyn. 18-19
Pillar capital, Hathor, Dyn. 18
Polychrome glass cup, Dyn 18
Queen as Goddess Mut, Dyn.18
Queen Hatshepsut as Goddess Mut, Dyn. 18
Queen Hatshepsut as Hathor, Dyn. 18
Queen Isis as Isis nursing Thutmose III
Royal wooden sarcophagus lid, Dyn. 18
Sakhmet amulet pendant, Dyn. 18
Sarcophagus of a king, Dyn. 18
Sarcophagus of a queen, Dyn. 18
Scarab “begets the existence of Amun”
Scarab of protection, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab with Amun-Re, solar discs, Dyn. 18
Scarab with ‘Ba’, Dyn. 18
Scarab with “faith in Justice,” Dyn. 18
Scarab with Goddess Hathor
Scarab with Horus of the Horizon, Dyn. 18
Scarab with ‘nsw-bity’, Dyn. 18
Scarab with ‘sa’ singing birds, Dyn. 18
Shawabti of Amen, vizier of Amenhotep III
Shawabti of Queen Mutemwia. Dyn.18
Signet-ring of Tutankhamun, Dyn. 18
Statuette of a privileged man, Dyn. 18
Stone bust of a scribe, Dyn. 18
Stone shawabti of a Nubian viceroy, Dyn. 18
Stone statue of King Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Two cobras from the queen’s crown
Udjat eye amulet-pendant, Dyn. 18
Uninscribed wooden shawabti, Dyn. 18
Uraeus from a royal crown, Dyn. 18
Wood statue of King Smenkhkare, Dyn. 18
Wooden sarcophagus lid, Dyn. 18
Wooden sarcophagus lid, Dyn.18
Wooden sarcophagus lid, Dyn. 18
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This royal bronze situla in the shape of a lotus flower, presents four rows (or registers) of divine scenes. Dynasty 18.
The bottom register displays a large lotus flower. This is more than a mere decorative element, since the lotus flower is recurrent in Egyptian descriptions of the birth of the universe.
The next register displays twice: Khepri, the sun-god creator as a scarab beetle with its wings stretched out, and Nefertum, god of the primeval lotus blossom as a seated figure on a lotus flower, putting a finger in his mouth.
The next register up, the tallest, depicts eight important Egyptian gods: Amun-Min, the ithyphallic god, symbol of sexual procreativity, facing a lotus flower on an offering table; Hathor, symbolic mother of the king, holding the life-sign ankh in her right hand and the scepter in her left hand; Nephtys, protector of the king since the Old Kingdom and with him into the darkness of the underworld, holding the life sign ankh in her right hand and the scepter in her left hand; Seshat, senior goddess of writing, holding the life-sign ankh in her right hand and the scepter in her left hand (“Her emblem emanates from a headband: a seven-pointed star or rosette above which is a bow-like symbol. She wears a long panther-skin robe” (Hart 1986:193)); Nefertum again, holding the life sign ankh in his right hand and the scepter in his left hand; Sakhmet the lioness, daughter of the sun-god Ra, wearing on her head the sun with the uraeus (Dynasty 18) and holding in her right hand the life sign ankh; Isis in cow-horn crown, holding the life sign ankh in her right hand and the scepter in her left hand; and finally Anukis (Anket), daughter of Ra and closely connected to Hathor in Thebes, holding the life sign ankh in her right hand.
Last, the top register displays two pairs of monkeys between two solar boats, referring to the god Thot in the Underworld.
Situla
A situla (from the Latin situla: bucket) is a vessel used to hold holy water. It was used in religious rituals.
Bibliography (for this item)
Hart, George
1986 A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, United Kingdom. (130, 193)
Khalil, Hassan M.
1976 Preliminary Studies on the Sanusret Collection. Manuscript, Musée l’Egypte et le Monde Antique, Monaco-Ville, Monaco. ((I) 223-227)
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