Museum of Art History - Kunsthistorisches - Ancient Egyptian Antiquities - Pictures Images photos { 377 images } Created 27 Nov 2021
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna ( Museum of Art History Vienna ) Ancient Egyptian antiquities art and artefact photos images and pictures.
Galleries 1 to 9 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum cover ancient Egypt from around 4,000 BC to the early Christian era. The collection includes mummies, sarcophagi, scarabs, coffins and those canopic jars where the internal organs were stored for the afterlife. The giant sarcophagus of Pa-di-pep from the late-period 26th dynasty leaves a particularly strong impression. Among other highlights are the richly decorated Offering Chapel of Ka-ni-nisut from the Old Kingdom, numerous sarcophagi and coffins, animal mummies, examples of the Book of the Dead, grave stelae, divine figures, objects of daily life such as clothing and cosmetic articles, masterpieces of sculpture such as the Reserve Head from Giza,
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Galleries 1 to 9 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum cover ancient Egypt from around 4,000 BC to the early Christian era. The collection includes mummies, sarcophagi, scarabs, coffins and those canopic jars where the internal organs were stored for the afterlife. The giant sarcophagus of Pa-di-pep from the late-period 26th dynasty leaves a particularly strong impression. Among other highlights are the richly decorated Offering Chapel of Ka-ni-nisut from the Old Kingdom, numerous sarcophagi and coffins, animal mummies, examples of the Book of the Dead, grave stelae, divine figures, objects of daily life such as clothing and cosmetic articles, masterpieces of sculpture such as the Reserve Head from Giza,
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![Ancient Egyptian cube block statue of Horemtabat, 660 BC, 25th Dynasty. Kunsthistorisches Muesum Vienna inv AS 9639. Granire height 32 cm width 15.8 cm. <br />
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The statue type of the cubic stool figure - also called cube stool - offers the advantage that the entire surface can be covered with inscriptions. This is also the case with the statue of the priest Anch-takelot. The front of the statue is divided into two parts by a relief Osiris figure. The inscriptions include a hymn to Osiris and the invocation of the priests of the Amun Temple to say prayers for the statue owner and to offer food and drink offerings. The statue of Anch-takelot was not placed in his tomb, but in a temple. The deceased hoped to be able to participate in the sacrifices made to the gods.<br />
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This block statue is one of the most recent acquisitions in the Egyptian collection, as well as the most valuable purchase for a long time. Its high quality and perfect preservation place this statue among the most important examples of sculpture from the first millennium BC. Characteristic for the Late Period are the bag-shaped headcovering and, in the outline of the body, the indication of the back, waist, and thighs of the cubic squatting figure. The style of the piece is typical for the period because it strikes a classical balance between realism and idealisation, and because of the smooth polish of its surface. The inscriptions on the front, on the sides of the pedestal, and on the back pillar are indicative of their date in both orthography and content, despite their use of old, sometimes ancient phraseology. The person represented is a "divine father", a high priestly rank, called Har-kheb, whose father was the prophet of Amun in Karnak Hor, and whose mother was the temple musician of Amun Isis-reshuti [Esershôt]. The name Har-kheb is a more or less phonetic rendering of Hor-em-akhbit, "Horus is in Khemmis". On the front of the statue is a version of the traditional "appeal to passers-by", but revised](https://photographer.paulewilliams.com/img-get2/I0000otYPQA_oyBY/fit=188x188/fill=/g=G0000q8l_.XFq.5Q/I0000otYPQA_oyBY.jpg)
![Ptolemaic Egyptian stone sarcophagus coffin of Pa-nehem-isis, 2nc Cent BC. Kunsthistorisches Muesum Vienna inv AS 4. Basalt, Height 47.5 cm : Width 66.05 cm<br />
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Coffins in the shape of a mummy are known in wood from as early as the Middle Kingdom; in the New Kingdom they are made of stone. The numerous such coffins dating from the Late Period are particularly impressive, especially since their faces, being the optically most conspicuous element of the coffin, have often been carved in the realistic style of contemporary portrait sculpture. The sarcophagus of Pa-nehem-isis [Pnehmêse] is a remarkable example from the Ptolemaic Period, with its large face and its profusion of inscriptions and images, covering the whole surface. The figures have been carved in the hard stone with great precision. The deceased is wearing the tripartite wig and a broad collar. No other part of the mummy's body has been indicated. The rear part of the wig merges into a broad back pillar.<br />
Only the most important elements from the figurative decoration can be mentioned here. On the forehead is a scarab as a symbol of resurrection, flanked by two goddesses. Divided over the two sides are the rare, and for sarcophagi rather unique, depictions of the four winds or cardinal points. Below the broad collar is a pectoral with a winged scarab, flanked by Isis and Nephthys. Below this is a cartouche with the name of Osiris as Wen-nefer, flanked by two seated figures of Osiris. Below this in the first long register is a solar disk with rays flanked by Isis and Nephthys in adoration. Behind each goddess stand four worshipping baboons](https://photographer.paulewilliams.com/img-get2/I00008LWZAGVzpRU/fit=188x188/fill=/g=G0000q8l_.XFq.5Q/I00008LWZAGVzpRU.jpg)
![Ptolemaic Egyptian stone sarcophagus coffin of Pa-nehem-isis, 2nc Cent BC. Kunsthistorisches Muesum Vienna inv AS 4. Basalt, Height 47.5 cm : Width 66.05 cm<br />
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Coffins in the shape of a mummy are known in wood from as early as the Middle Kingdom; in the New Kingdom they are made of stone. The numerous such coffins dating from the Late Period are particularly impressive, especially since their faces, being the optically most conspicuous element of the coffin, have often been carved in the realistic style of contemporary portrait sculpture. The sarcophagus of Pa-nehem-isis [Pnehmêse] is a remarkable example from the Ptolemaic Period, with its large face and its profusion of inscriptions and images, covering the whole surface. The figures have been carved in the hard stone with great precision. The deceased is wearing the tripartite wig and a broad collar. No other part of the mummy's body has been indicated. The rear part of the wig merges into a broad back pillar.<br />
Only the most important elements from the figurative decoration can be mentioned here. On the forehead is a scarab as a symbol of resurrection, flanked by two goddesses. Divided over the two sides are the rare, and for sarcophagi rather unique, depictions of the four winds or cardinal points. Below the broad collar is a pectoral with a winged scarab, flanked by Isis and Nephthys. Below this is a cartouche with the name of Osiris as Wen-nefer, flanked by two seated figures of Osiris. Below this in the first long register is a solar disk with rays flanked by Isis and Nephthys in adoration. Behind each goddess stand four worshipping baboons](https://photographer.paulewilliams.com/img-get2/I0000z9HK_stNxzM/fit=188x188/fill=/g=G0000q8l_.XFq.5Q/I0000z9HK_stNxzM.jpg)
![Ptolemaic Egyptian stone sarcophagus coffin of Pa-nehem-isis, 2nc Cent BC. Kunsthistorisches Muesum Vienna inv AS 4. Basalt, Height 47.5 cm : Width 66.05 cm<br />
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Coffins in the shape of a mummy are known in wood from as early as the Middle Kingdom; in the New Kingdom they are made of stone. The numerous such coffins dating from the Late Period are particularly impressive, especially since their faces, being the optically most conspicuous element of the coffin, have often been carved in the realistic style of contemporary portrait sculpture. The sarcophagus of Pa-nehem-isis [Pnehmêse] is a remarkable example from the Ptolemaic Period, with its large face and its profusion of inscriptions and images, covering the whole surface. The figures have been carved in the hard stone with great precision. The deceased is wearing the tripartite wig and a broad collar. No other part of the mummy's body has been indicated. The rear part of the wig merges into a broad back pillar.<br />
Only the most important elements from the figurative decoration can be mentioned here. On the forehead is a scarab as a symbol of resurrection, flanked by two goddesses. Divided over the two sides are the rare, and for sarcophagi rather unique, depictions of the four winds or cardinal points. Below the broad collar is a pectoral with a winged scarab, flanked by Isis and Nephthys. Below this is a cartouche with the name of Osiris as Wen-nefer, flanked by two seated figures of Osiris. Below this in the first long register is a solar disk with rays flanked by Isis and Nephthys in adoration. Behind each goddess stand four worshipping baboons](https://photographer.paulewilliams.com/img-get2/I0000UJtyC9QsySM/fit=188x188/fill=/g=G0000q8l_.XFq.5Q/I0000UJtyC9QsySM.jpg)
