الجزء العلوي من تمثال من الكوارتزيت الأحمر الملون للملك توت عنخ آمون، الذي حكم حوالي 1336-1327 قبل الميلاد خلال الأسرة الثامنة عشرة من الدولة الحديثة.
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Fragment of the case of the sarcophagus of Pairkap
Late Period, 28th-30th Dynasty, ca. 404-343 BC.
Now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Inv. 1070
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Thoth Purifying the Deceased with the "Water of Life (Mw-ꜥnḫ)", c. 975–950 B.C.
Papyrus from Thebes showcasing the deceased (Herwebenkhet?) receiving a libation from Thoth, god of wisdom, magic, and sacred writing, who is closely associated with the moon, healing, and the proper conduct of ritual.
▫ This purification ritual depicted within the Book of the Dead and other funerary art is thought to be a rejuvenation of the soul, washing away the corruption of death, and preparing the deceased to stand before Osiris as one of the “justified.” This purification scene is part of the transition from mortal to immortal existence. Just as a priest washed and clothed a statue before ritual, the deceased is “washed” before entering the divine realm. In the afterlife, such images were believed to make the act happen eternally, Herwebenkhet (?) is forever being purified, and thus forever renewed.
Herwebenkhet, daughter of Pinudjem II, High Priest of Amun at Thebes during the closing years of the 21st Dynasty, though born into the 21st Dynasty, seemingly lived slightly beyond her father’s generation, and her funerary papyri are therefore dated to the early 22nd Dynasty. This fragment (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. 54.10), from the same period and provenance as the Book of the Dead of Herwebenkhet (Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 19323), depicts a woman identical in appearance to Herwebenkhet, though her name is absent from the surviving text, leaving its true attribution tantalisingly uncertain.
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, c. 975–950 B.C.
Now at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. 54.10
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Mask of Kay-neferwy, c. 1292-1189 B.C.
▫️The mask of Kay-neferwy has an extraordinary presence with its combination of glass inlaid eyes, gilt face with shimmering, almost lifelike translucence, and realistic wig. The craftsman who fashioned the wig out of thick resin carefully cut and modelled the plaits of hair in the latest style.
The purplish colouring of her skin is a result of oxidation on the metal surface. It may have been a purposeful design, but likely merely the product of the sulphurous fumes given off by the resinous wig. The band around her head, her eyes, and her nipples are inlaid with glass, surprising because glass was as costly and rare as the turquoise and carnelian for which it was substituted.
The roughened surface of the mask’s lips suggests they were once covered with a heavier gold foil. In each hand, she holds a wooden amulet to signify strength and welfare. A delicate scene carved in relief on her arms shows her successful ascent into the afterlife on the “Boat of the Great God Osiris”.
From Al-Jizah, Giza. Now in the Saint Louis Art Museum. 19:1998
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