Funerary box (panel), Dyn. 18-33
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Links to other views:⇒ Larger View⇒ Top left (detail) ⇒ Top center (detail) ⇒ Top right (detail) ⇒ Bottom left (detail) ⇒ Bottom center (detail) ⇒ Bottom right (detail) if scripting is off, click the ⇒ instead. Links to others from Dynasty 18Alabaster unguent jar, Dyn. 18Alabaster 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 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 situla, sacred water vessel, Dyn.18 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 |
This is a panel from the wooden funerary box. The box originally contained four sons of Horus canopic jars filled with the embalmed entrails of the deceased. (Whole panel photo) The illustrations on this panel are laid out in three columns over two rows. The hieroglyphic inscriptions run vertically on either side of the central column. (Top center detail) In the top row, the central image depicts Osiris as the Djed tree, topped with Osiris’ atef crown, holding the flail and the crook. (Top left detail) On the left of Osiris, the artist painted Goddess Isis, wife of Osiris, as one of the four guardians of the canopic jars, spreading her arms in protection. (Top right detail) On the right of Osiris appears Goddess Nephtis (Nephtis of the Bed of Life, protector of the monarch) as another of the four guardians of the canopic jars, symmetrically spreading her arms in protection. Each column of hieroglyphs read respectively : “Words by Isis, you are the protection of Osiris Menna, true of voice, the master of veneration” “Words by Nephtis, you are the protection of Osiris Men, son of Menna, true of voice.” (Bottom center) On the bottom row, the central image represents Goddess Hathor as lady of the headland of Manu and protector of the Thebes necropolis. “Her protection extends to practical help for the deceased in the underworld” (Hart 1986:79). (Bottom left detail) On the left of Hathor stand both Imsety (the human-headed son of Horus, protector of the defunct’s liver, and guardian of the South) and Duamutef (the jackal-headed son of Horus, protector of the defunct’s stomach, and guardian of the East). (Bottom right detail) On the right of Hathor stand both Hapy (the baboon-headed son of Horus, protector of the defunct’s lungs, and guardian of the North) and Kebsenuef (the falcon-headed son of Horus, protector of the defunct’s intestines, and guardian of the West). The columns of hieroglyphs respectively read: “Words by Imsety as protection of Osiris.” - “Words by Duamutef as protection of Osiris.” “Words by Hapy as protection of Osiris.” - “Words by Kebsenuef as protection of Osiris.” Such funerary boxes were made from Dynasty 18 through the Ptolemaic Dynasty 33. Inscribed with “Menna,” without any further precision, could this funerary box have been made for the illustrious Menna of Dynasty 18 ? He was the scribe of the fields of the Master of the Two Lands under the reign of Thutmose IV, and subsequently became minister of agriculture during the first years of Amenhotep III’s reign. His tomb—praised as one of the best—was found in the necropolis of the nobles at Gurna, on the west bank of Thebes. Bibliography (for this item)Armour, Robert A.2001 Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt. 2nd edition. American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, Egypt. (163,164,166,168,169,174,175) Bunson, Margaret 1999 The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Gramercy, New York, NY. (41, 46, 58, 65-66, 84, 91,127,143,162) Champdor, Albert 1963 Le livre des morts. Albin Michel, Paris, France. (46,124,131 120) Hart, George 1986 A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, United Kingdom. (76-82 79) Khalil, Hassan M. 1976 Preliminary Studies on the Sanusret Collection. Manuscript, Musée l’Egypte et le Monde Antique, Monaco-Ville, Monaco. ( [IV] 3-8) Michalowski, Kazimierz 1968 L’art de l’ancienne Egypte. Editions d’art Lucien Mazenod, Paris, France. (220, 265, 395, 533. plates # : 96, 111, 421, 4221, 422 , 424,425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432) Posener, Georges, Serge Sauneron, and Jean Yoyotte 1970 Dictionnaire de la civilisation Egyptienne. 2nd edition. Fernand Hazan, Paris, France. (70,90,170-171 216 (plate), 226 (plate), 262 (plate) ) |
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