The female figure wears a vulture headdress over a striated wig; broad collar; and a sheath reaching to the ankles.
Condition: Right arm broken off just above elbow; greenish brown patina; several hair line fractures in the surface.
Bust of a male statue preserved to middle of upper chest and arms. Echeloned wig. Deep back pillar ending just below base of neck and wig, inscribed in four columns with offering formula for a Great One of Tekhet, whose name is lost.
Yellow limestone male bust preserved down to middle of upper arms and chest. Man wears wide, deep, valanced wig with stylized echeloned curls. Plastic eyebrows and cosmetic lines, fine nose, small mouth, short beard. Deep back pillar ends just below base of neck and wig, bears four cols. of inscr. with offering formula for a wr n T;hh.t whose name is lost. Sculpture slightly out of alignment.
Condition: Broken and mended at front of lower chest; nose and beard chipped.
Fragment of gypsum plaster relief, two horses attached to forepart of chariot. Ostrich plumes (red and black) on heads of horses. Background yellow, bodies of horses red. Spirited, rather than fine, workmanship.
Condition: Broken at edges and very fragile. Lower portion of legs and upper sections of ostrich feathers lost.
Brown sandstone slab with head and arms of one woman and one arm of second figure in sunk relief. Woman has both arms raised, wears ointment cone on hair and flower blossoms on forehead. Cone, arms and face painted red.
Condition: Surface incrusted. Bottom and right edges ragged, top and left edges chipped.
This cast bronze acrobat is missing his left hand, right hand and right forearm but was balanced on his hands with his legs and feet pressed together above him. A life-size marble version of this figure at the British Museum shows the acrobat poised in a handstand over a crocodile.For the latest information about this object, figurines, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
Grey schist seated statue of the First King’s Son of Amun, the Pacifier of the Koptite Nome, the Overseer of the Priests of Min of Koptos Ahmose called Ruru. Striated wig, plain beard, long plain cloak enveloping body and clasped in right hand, left hand open flat on breast. Single column of inscription down front center, six columns on each side of seat and two on back pillar. All cartouches of Hatshepsut obliterated and replaced by those of Thutmose I. Matt finish.
Condition: Front of inscribed base lost. Left rear corner of seat chipped as is rear base.
Fragment of limestone showing the king worshipping the Aton disc. At the extreme left are two registers of hieroglyphs; the workmanship is good but the piece is so extremely fragmentary as so badly mutilated that it is of little value excepting as a study piece. This portion was found in two fragments which are now joined together. The fragment in the right hand is little more than a rough piece of stone. Condition very badly mutilated, large chips.
Large limestone block with sunk relief of the king (Akhenaten) as a sphinx resting in an architectural framework. Above the figure are hieroglyphs. Instead of forelegs the sphinx has hands which are upraised and which may have held symbols of some sort. The face of the king appears to have been anciently mutilated.
Condition: The entire surface is considerably chipped and weathered. There are also many incrustations on the piece.
Head, torso and upper right arm from a composite (?) statuette of Alexander the Great in alabaster. Head twisted to left and originally furnished with metal diadem (drill holes in head) terminating in single strand on right shoulder. Preserved portion probably made as separate unit. Perhaps based on original by Lysippus.
Condition: Diadem lost. A few minute chips.
Standing limestone statuette of a king, probably Akhenaten, wearing the Blue Crown.
Hands at side. Uraeus, necklace and kilt overlaid with gold leaf. Flesh painted red; no inscription.
Condition: Head broken off at neck and replaced. Figure restored in Oxford from ankles down. Paint chipped. Otherwise good.
Small green translucent glass figure, modeled in the round, of a nude female seated upon a small plinth. She sits with her legs drawn up and outwards with her hands resting between them. There are the partial remains of an eyelet on the top of her head.
Condition: Light incrustation in hollows.
Amulet of opaque white glass in the form of a nude woman. The woman is squatting with her legs drawn up at her sides and her hands placed on the sides of her stomach. Her breasts are large. The piece is indistinctly modeled; it was perhaps made from two pieces – a front half and a rear half – because there is a seam which runs around the entire figure. There is an eyelet on her back.
Condition: Eyelet only partially preserved small scratches; otherwise good.
Translucent pale green glass figure of a seated woman with large breasts. The woman’s legs are drawn up, and her hands are folded in her lap. She is seated on a base with rounded bottom (plant or basket?) There are the partial remains of an eyelet on her head.
Condition: Eyelet broken.
BC number 11147; Babylonian Collection; date: 00.00.00.00; genre: canonical; lines: r. 5; primary publication: W. Farber, FsKantor 96f (T), plt12 e-f (P); original catalog number NBC 08151 8151; EXH.000123
BC number 38028; Babylonian Collection; lines: 2; primary publication: Manassa 2013 Echoes of Egypt p. 74; original catalog number YBC 02464 2464; accn=YPM.12692; associatedwith=EXH.000184
This carved figurine of Amun is seated in a low-backed chair. There is a stele behing the figure. He wears a cap with a hole at the center. His right hand is on his knee, holding the symbol of life; his left hand is open on his knee. He wears a false beard, a gilt collar, arm-bands, bracelets, and the symbol of life.For the latest information about this object, figurines; statuettes, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 18th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
Amun stands with his left foot advanced; his right hand once held a scepter, while his left hand, clenched to his chest, held another attribute. The eyes and eyebrows were inlaid, and the figure may have been gilded.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style: