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From 19th Century BC To 14th Century BC

  • Yoel Davis

Yoel Davis

•5 min read
Egyptian Art / The Met

    One of two funerary boats bearing the name of Ukhhotep, this vessel carries a mummy on a canopied bier with a leopard skin spread on its roof.
    The deceased is accompanied by two female mourners, probably his relatives, in the guise of the goddesses Isis and Nephthys.
    There are two attendant priests, each dressed in a leopard-skin garment that indicates their office; one holds an open scroll inscribed with a formulaic funerary offering requesting bread, beer, and cool water for Ukhhotep.

Mummy of Prince Amenemhat

Egyptian Art / The Met

    Prince Amenemhat died prematurely, as a young child, and is believed to have lived during the first part of Dynasty 18.
    His original burial was robbed in ancient times and his mummy was reburied in a simple child's coffin from a later era.

Statue of the Steward Au

Egyptian Art / The Met

    This statue is shaped according to the same royal prototype that was followed in another statue from the same site, see 33.1.2a - c.
    The style of the carving in the Au statue is somewhat more angular than in the other - only partly preserved - piece.
    We are, however, certainly seeing two sculptures created by the same workshop.

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