Grand Egyptian Museum Gallery 3 – Details of each artifacts with 4K Video & Stock Photos

Grand Egyptian Museum Gallery 3 – Details of each artifacts with 4K Video & Stock Photos.

the beginning of the Egyptian dynasties, the Old Kingdom, the First Intermediate Period…

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Grand Egyptian Museum Gallery 3

 

198 dynasty 9-10 | wood, plaster, pigment | herakleoplis magna “ihnasya el-edina”

Offerings were painted inside Khety coffin to be with him forever.

These offerings included jars of oil at his head, a headrest, mirrors, jewellery, vessels, weapons, bags of natron salt and a pair and sandals.

 

199 dynasty 5 | limestone, pigment | abuser

Statues were found in the hidden room “serdab” of the tomb complex of Princess Sheretnebty at abuser.

The represent the princess, her husband and other relatives who carried out priestly duties in pyramid temples at abuser and new sun temples at abu ghurab.

 

200 dynasty 5 | papyrus, pigment | abuser

The temple was managed by 5 group of priests called phyle’s.

This papyrus records the members of 2 phyle’s receiving food and drinks, including daily rations of different types of meat.

 

201 dynasty 5 | papyrus, pigment | abuser

Ritual objects inventories…

Objects and tools used during religious ceremonies in King Raneferef Temple needed to be counted and inspected regularly.

If some items were found damaged, they were repaired or replaced.

 

202 dynasty 5 | papyrus, pigment | abuser

this papyrus mentions personal and work-related issues of Temple Employees.

It also records the monthly distribution of clothes and emmer wheat to priests and s donation of food from the Medium Pyramid of King Sneferu.

 

203 dynasty 5 | papyrus, pigment | abuser

List of donated products…

In 17 days, king Raneferef temple received thousands of food, beer, bread, birds and bulls from the Main Temple of Path at Memphis and also from one of Raneferef funerary properties.

 

204 dynasty 5 | papyrus, pigment | abuser

The largest fragment tells of the arrival of 24 rolls of cloth from a royal residence.

Some fragments mention storerooms for ointments, leather and products from the marshes.

Another fragment shows the Cartouche of King Neferikare.

 

205 dynasty 5 | papyrus, pigment | abuser

List of Ritual Objects…

The first 2 items on this list of 206 cult objects are wooden statues of a heron-bird and hippopotamus used in rebirth rituals.

These are followed by 151 storage chests and other ritual tools.

206 dynasty 5 | papyrus, pigment | abuser

Beer and bread were distributed every other day to temple employees.

These included a palace inspector, a craftsman, a bleacher, a potter, a cook, a gardener, a cloth-keeper, a gatekeeper, a boatman and the palace physician.

 

207 dynasty 5 | papyrus, pigment | abuser

King djedkare decrees…

King djedkare’s royal house name is followed by a command about priests who were allowed access to offerings brought to king Raneferef Pyramids complex.

These documents show that the distribution of offerings was controlled by the central administration.

 

208 dynasty 6 | limestone | Saqqara

Offering table of Seni.

This large offering table with 8 sets of basins for liquids and bread was made for priest senedjem the younger “seni “, and 3 generations of his family including his mother, grand-parents and great-grand-parents.

 

209 dynasty 6 | limestone | Saqqara

Western obelisk of Queen Inenek Inti.

Queen Inenek Inti received 2 of Obelisks from her husband King Pepy I.

 

210 dynasty 6 | limestone | Saqqara

Queen Ankhesenpep II with goddesses…

Under the protection of falcons, Queen Ankhesenpep II offers ritual to the lion Bastet God.

Musical instruments in the shape of a crescent moon, along with Ankh amulets, a large necklace, and a basket.

Behind the goddess Bastet, the Goddess Hathor appears with cow horns surmounted by the sun disk, facing the queen Ankhesenpep II.

 

211 dynasty 3 – first intermediate period | Egyptian alabaster, diorite | giza, abuser, beit khallaf, dara

Stone vessels carved out of stone and their contents were luxury items reserved for the elite.

Some stone jars contained Sacred Oils needed for Burial Rituals.

 

212 first intermediate period | pottery

Offering trays made from simple clay, offering trays were placed on top of the tomb shafts of poor burials to allow visitors to leave their offering.

Most showed tiny of bread and meat, and some shaped like walled courtyards and houses or shrines.

 

213 dynasty 9-10 |limestone | herakleoplis magna

False door stela of Priest Khety.

The jars at the top of this stela contained 7 sacred oils needed to funerary rituals.

214 first intermediate period | Limtone | Dendera

Stela of Priest Bebi followed by his wife and son, receiving a cow leg.

 

215 dynasty 3 – first intermediate period | limestone

Stela of Priestess Meret.

Royal ornament and priestess of Hathor meret is shown receiving offerings, including a copper mirror and pottery jars.

 

216 dynasty 6 – first intermediate period | limestone, Egyptian alabaster | Saqqara, dara

Meat and poultry models

In addition to real meat and duck, the royal family and high officials were sometimes buried with imperishable stone models.

They were carved and often painted to imitate actual food.

 

217 dynasty 4-6 | limestone | giza

Box of stone models of food jars, bread loaves, cuts of meat and trussed ducks.

 

218 dynasty 6 | copper | giza

Hundreds of copper models and objects were found next to a priest’s coffin.

 

219 first intermediate period | limestone | Saqqara

Tomb chapel

A decorated lintel above the false door of the tomb of Overseer Khonsu at Saqqara.

Jobs: Overseer of officials, second only to the king.

The offering table included two basins and compartments for the seven sacred oils.

 

220 dynasty 4 | limestone | Saqqara

Prince Rahotep “kings’ son of his body” and Nofret

Jobs: chief priest at the most important cult Centre at the great temple of Ra God at Heliopolis.

A relief depicts Prince Rahotep and his wife, in smaller stature, receiving offerings of cattle and other animals.

A scene shows six men carrying food offerings; the names of the servants are inscribed to ensure their continued service in the afterlife.

A scene depicts a group of men and women arriving from the villages, carrying bread on their heads.

Descendants show Prince Rahotep holding a staff and scepter, while his wife, in smaller stature, receives fish and birds from boats.

 

221 first intermediate period | limestone | Saqqara

Priest Sheduai’s offering table and false door stela were displayed inside an elaborate doorway decorated with figures of him and his family.

He was a priest who worked in the pyramid complex of king pepy II.

 

222 dynasty 6 | wood | akhmim

Wadjet eyes at Priest Nerfertjentet coffin.

 

223 dynasty 5 | limestone | giza

Sarcophagus of Priest Fefi.

Jobs: overseer of ka priests “revered before the god and the people”.

The sarcophagus’s decorations are inspired by the architecture of the royal palace.

The inscription on the sarcophagus reads: “The God Anubis offered a good burial and many sacrifices to the priest Fefi, ‘the king’s servant.'”

 

224 old kingdom + first intermediate period | limestone, wood, diorite, faience, Egyptian alabaster | Saqqara, giza, Luxor, elephantine, gegelein

Headrest designed to support the neck during sleep.

Headrests were an essential part of burial equipment.

Some bear the names and titles of the deceased, like those of King’s Son Tetiankh and Priestess Meret.

 

225 dynasty 4-5 | limestone, plaster | giza

Reserve heads

Some people were buried with heads carved with individual facial features.

Scholars call them reserve heads, because they might be magical replacement heads for the deceased dangerous journey through the underworld.

 

226 dynasty 6 | linen fabric | Saqqara

Priest Mehi  funeral mask is made of linen.

 

227 dynasty 6 | Egyptian alabaster, limestone | Saqqara

Funerary furniture of the Minister Kagemni.

Headrest, offering table, 4 Canopic Jars containing internal organs (liver, lungs, stomach, intestines).

 

228 dynasty 5 | limestone | abuser

Carved out of a single block, this shrine “naos” contains the standing figure of an unnamed tomb owner.

It was placed in the courtyard of the family tomb to receive offerings.

 

229 dynasty 6 + first intermediate period | limestone | Saqqara

The burial chamber of the Mayor Iaryt, was found at the bottom of a deep shaft.

It contained two false doors, wall decorations for food and drink, and a granary with Lotus-Shaped columns.

Positions: Seal-Bearer, King’s Confidant.

 

230 dynasty 6 + first intermediate period | limestone | Saqqara

The burial chamber of Mayor Henu.

It contained two false doors, wall decorations, a granary, funerary furniture, jewelry, food, and drink.

Positions: Seal-Bearer, Overseer of the Palace, Overseer of the Garden.

 

231 old kingdoms | limestone | Saqqara

False door to the tomb of the Priest Ipi.

Positions: Seal-Bearer, Chanting Priest, Overseer of the Great House.

 

232 dynasty 6 | limestone | Dendera

False door to the tomb of the Supervisor Meni.

Functions: Supervisor of the sections allocated to the pyramid groups, supervisor of the farms in the Egyptian desert.

 

 

233 dynasty 6 | plaster, mud | dahshur

Men offering bearers are brings jars of sacred oils used in funerary rituals.

7 sacred oils “mint oil, pine oil, cedar oil, olive oil, cedar oil”.

 

234 dynasty 4-6 | limestone, Egyptian alabaster |abu sir, zawyet el-amwat, Saqqara, giza

Funeral tools “oils, tools, palettes” were used in funerary rituals to magically revive the dead in the afterlife by opening their mouth to let them breathe again.

 

235 dynasty 5-6 | limestone, wood | Saqqara, luxor

Wooden small figure of a woman is raising her hand in Prayer.

Supervisor Iykau is shown in a niche inscribed with offerings including sacred oils

Job: overseer of scribes.

 

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