ancient egypt artifacts and materials glossary
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Ancient Egypt artifacts and materials - Glossary
Amulet—Predynastic, and onward. Canopic jar—Vessel containing internal body organs removed during mummifiication) Canopic chest—The common chest contained the four Canopic jars. Crook—Symbol of pharaonic power. Symbol of the god Osiris Faience—Glasswork articles, amulets, etc. Flail—Symbol of pharaonic power. Symbol of the god Osiris Flint knife— prestige funerary good, from the Naqada period until the end of the Early
Dynastic Period Funerary cone; (Mesopotamia had clay nails) Headrest—Found in tombs, etc. Typically personal, or a memorial headrest. Menat—menat and counterpoise; required a counterweight on back. (Often shown-
(menat and counterpoise) just being held in the hand of the woman, Goddess, etc.) Microlith—Ancient Egyptian stone flakes. Mummy—body after mummification. Naos—religious shrine; portable shrine for carrying a god. Ostracon—Pottery sherd, limestone Sherd, used as writing material. Cosmetic palette—Slab of stone, sometimes decorated, used for preparing cosmetics.
See: Narmer Palette; and: Category:Archaeological palettes. Papyrus—Material made from papyrus reeds, used as writing and painting material. Pectoral (Ancient Egypt)—many forms. (Up to 13 additional Gardiner-unlisted
determinative hieroglyphs for the "pectoral"; See Gardiner's sign list.) Saqqara Bird—Wooden bird model. Scarab: amulet or seal in the form of an abstract dung beetle Shabti—Figurines placed in the tomb as substitutes for the tomb owner in the next world Sistrum—Musical instrument, a metal rattle. Sphinx
o Statuary—Pharaonic and non-pharaonic. (Range of sizes.)o Amulets—numerous, (and predynastic).
Stele o Boundary Stele—Placed at boundaries.o Memorial Stele—Pharaonic or non-pharaonic.o Monumental Stele—Offered to gods, special individuals, etc.o Votive Stele—private, dedication.o Victory Stele—Pharaonic.
Talatat—limestone wall blocks, at times painted. Ushabti— shabtis from the 21st Dynasty and later.
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Norwegian archeologist Anne Stine Moe Ingstad (1918-1997) discovered the remains of a Norse settlement in Newfoundland and was author of The
Norse Discovery of America (1977). In this photograph distributed by the National Geographic Society, Ingstad "examines a fire pit at the site of what is
believed to be a Norse house dating from about A.D. 1000".
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3rd century BC. Gold hairnet. Source: National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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Lonan Church Crosses, Isle Of Man. The most spectacular of the nine crosses (no 73) is in it’s original position at the south side of the kirk-yard. It
stands at 8 feet high and has a large equal-limbed Celtic wheel-head cross that is almost completely covered in interlacing, knot-work and plait-work
designs. This dates from the 5th century AD.
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P52, a papyrus fragment from a codex (c. 90–160), one of the earliest known New Testament manuscripts.
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End of the Mayan Calendar 12-21-12
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Gold Orphic Prayer Sheet Greek-350-300 BCE Folded in with the ashes of the deceased in a bronze urn, this lamella provides instructions about the
path to be followed in the underworld to ensure salvation. Gold lamellae are quite rare.
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The fragment is said to date from the period of the Jewish King Joash, who ruled the area 2,800 years ago.
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One of Tutankhamun's cartouches from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings
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Pearl dedicated to the moon god. Neo Sumerian, reign of Ibbi-Sin, king of Ur. c.2020 BCE.
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The Meesha Stele (846 BC) Popularly known as the Moabite Stone, it records the revolt of Meesha, King of Moab, against Israel. This incredible stele
mentions Omri, King of Israel, and David of the United Monarchy. It even refers to Yahweh, the unique name of the God of Israel! Together with the
testimony from the Tel Dan Stele, we have a powerful external witness that the Bible records the true history of the kings of Israel and their interactions
with foreign kings.
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Mesopotamian Cylinder Seal, circa 2350-2150 BC
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Illustrating the Pythagorean Theorem and the Square Root of Two (Circa 1,900 BCE – 1,700 BCE): Yale YBC 7289, one of the few cuneiform tables to
consist entirely of a geometrical diagram, shows that Babylonian scribes knew the Pythagorean Theorem and possessed a method of calculating
accurate estimates of square roots. On the obverse, the scribe drew a square and its diagonals.
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Astrolabe quadrant: Canterbury, England Probably AD 1388
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Ancient Gravestone Epitaphs Give Insight into Early Jews and Christians: This Christian tombstone, colorfully decorated with deeply carved, green-
and-red-painted symbols, belonged to Gorgonios, son of Claudius, a 55-year-old subdeacon of Zoora.
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The three surviving fragments of the basalt stele of Sargon II from Ashdod, excavated in 1963 in two separate locations and in secondary contexts on
the acropolis. The stele was erected in 711 BC (or shortly after) when Ashdod was made the centre of an Assyrian province and smashed in 705 BC
(or shortly after) when Ashdod broke free of Assyrian rule after Sargons death. From M. Dothan (ed.), Ashdod II-III: the second and third seasons of
excavations, 1963, 1965, soundings in 1967
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The Talisman of Charlemagne, c. 768-814. Two large cabochon sapphires - one oval, one square - enclose holy relics (what are supposed to be a
remnant of the Holy Cross and a small piece of the Virgin's hair, visible only when looking through the oval sapphire at the front of the medallion.) The
other gemstones are garnets, emeralds, and pearls.
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Grave cone of Ra mesi | | 25th Dynasty, the time of Taharqa, 690-664 BC
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IT’S ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MYSTERIES IN ARCHEOLOGY. It’s the Phaistos Disc. It is a disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace
of Phaistos on the Greek island of Crete, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age. So it’s about four thousand years old. @ Heraklion
Museum of Archeology.
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Egyptian Sheet gold finger and toe coverings, plus sandals, from the tomb of three minor wives of Thutmose III at Wady Gabbanat el-Qurud, circa
1479-1425 B.C.
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2200 BCE Sumer Dedication Nail cuneiform on clay with a building inscription by Gudea, the ruler of Lagash.
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A close view of a dagger from the first century A.D. shows semiprecious turquoise inlaid in the gold hilt. The dagger is part of the fabled "Bactrian
hoard" of gold treasures found in northern Afghanistan in 1978 and believed lost until 2003.
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Bird Statue “Akhem” (fourth century BC) west. Photos © Christian Decamps / Archaeological Mission of the Louvre in Saqqara
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The Pleiades Star Crescent Necklace” dated to 1st century BC – 2nd century AD.
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Akkadian sculpture, Mesopotamia, 2350 to 2000 BCE
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This ivory plaque representing the Easter miracle of Christ's resurrection from the dead probably once served as part of a decorative cover for a
liturgical manuscript. It shows the visit of the three women to the Holy Sepulcher, the burial place of Christ, where they discover an angel guarding the
empty tomb. The soldiers guarding the tomb are sound asleep. Christ's absence is emphasized here as his abandoned shroud hovers in the doorway
of the towered mausoleum at center. Scenes of the women a
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High-resolution images of the famed Amarna letters, the ancient 14th-century B.C.E. diplomatic correspondence between the New Kingdom pharaohs
of Egypt and the kings of various Canannnite city-states, among others, have been placed online by Berlin's Vorderasiatisches Museum, which houses
more than 200 of the total of over 300 tablets that define the ancient corpus.
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Thracian gold horse head
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Thracian gold busts of women
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Thracian gold bracelets
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