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The term ‘Donation Stelae’ refers to stelae that record a donation of land to a temple. These stelae date from the Third Intermediate Period to Dynasty 26. Although the actual donors of the stelae were often non-royal people, yet the reigning king was u…
This small box was found in the Antechamber. It is constructed from blocks and panels of solid ivory. The back is decorated with a lotus capital column symbolising Upper Egypt and there are two gold knobs, gold hinges and gold feet. The king’s names are…
Concealed under the golden funerary mask, this elaborate diadem encircled the king’s head. The fillet (headband) is of solid gold decorated with red carnelian roundels and blue glass squares. Upon its discovery, the removable vulture and uraeus snake (s…
These elaborate earrings were attached by tubes that passed through the king’s lobes. Both outer ends are closed by round disks of transparent quartz. The front faces show tiny portraits of the king and are decorated with two uraeus snakes. Multi-colour…
This fancy perfume jar in the form of a crowned lion standing on a tall stool was found in the Annex. Howard Carter said it still contained perfumed ointment when found, ‘a dried blackened fatty substance’. The vessel is carved out of Egyptian alabaster…
Parts of this column were found during excavations at Heliopolis (Tell Hisn). It is formed of a high limestone stand, a sandstone base and a red granite shaft and abacus. Inscriptions on the column commemorate King Merenptah’s victory in a war he waged …
This unusual carrying chest with four sliding poles was found in the Antechamber. It was designed to be carried on the shoulders of four or perhaps eight bearers. The box and lid are constructed from red wood panels inside ebony frames. A scene on the f…
Found inside a yellow-painted wooden box in the Antechamber, this elegant box is decorated in different coloured pigments. There are two bouquets of papyrus, mandrake fruits, cornflowers and lotus petals on the lid and rows of blue lotus flower petals a…
This beautiful painted wooden statue was discovered in 1950 during work to reconstruct the entrance to the enclosure of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara. A group of late Dynasty 6 burial shafts were discovered about one hundred metres from the northwest corn…
A painted rectangular limestone stela from Abydos. The stela is framed by a torus moulding surmounted by the Egyptian cavetto cornice. In the top register is an offering prayer for the welfare of Senetites in the afterlife. Below, she is seated on a lio…
This votive bronze statue of goddess Wadjet in her leonine form was discovered in Sais in the western Delta. Wadjet was the patroness of Lower Egypt and was traditionally paired with goddess Nekhbet of the South. She was often depicted as a cobra wearin…
This massive granite sarcophagus was made for Nitocris, the daughter of King Psamtik I of Dynasty 26. Under her father’s reign, Nitocris was installed as a ‘Divine Adoratrice of Amun Re’. Like earlier priestesses who held the same title, she had a funer…
