Egyptian (ancient)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to the styles and culture that developed in antiquity in the Nile Valley in the area of modern-day Egypt and southwards.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Book of the Dead, Egyptian papyrus leaf
Item — Box 1, Folder: 3, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
A leaf from "The Book of the Dead" written on Egyptian papyrus. Eighteenth to Twentieth Dynasty. This fragment was burned sometime in its recent history, and therefore was mounted on paper in order to preserve it. The ink was made of plain lamp-black or charcoal mixed with water and an adhesive added.
Dates:
2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE
Egyptian Scarab
Item — Box 1, Folder: 4, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
Egyptian Scarab, ca. 1000 BCE with hieroglyphics. The piece of clay shows the hieroglyphs of the bottom of this Scarab. These were used as the signatures of ancient Egyptians.
Dates:
2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE