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37 Cards in this Set
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-King Djoser, c. 2600 BC, step pyramid at Saqqara -ceremonial beard & headdress mark of divinity -enthroned, frontal, blocky thrown, closed composition -from the serdab -painted limestone -III Dynasty, Old Kingdom |
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-Rosetta Stone -Discovered in 1799 -Significant bc of multiple languages (greek, hieroglyphs, demotic) -Decree which established divine right of the new king, Ptolemy V & established a cult in his honor |
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-King Djoser running in Heb-sed festival -2610 BC -tomb relief -sign of virility & energy -shepherd's crook: look after sheep -not portrait, idealized -running between territorial markersfrom faience-lined chamber under the pyramidshen, ankh |
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-Seated statue of Khafre/Khafre Enthroned -c. 2500 BC -from his Valley Temple at Giza -4th dynasty -diorite -lotus and papyrus plants on base -Horus (falcon) protects head of king -23 statues |
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-Menkaure & Khamerenebty, c. 2490- 2472 BC -Valley Temple, Giza -wife many be related -not individualized -not a relief, free standing -not naked -Dynasty IV -Graywacke |
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-Menkaure, Hathor and personificationOf Nome -2460 BC -Valley Temple Giza -3 figure groupings important -M: pharaoh, H: mother goddess, fertility, cows horns (milk, breeding), N: region |
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-Front of Palette of Narmer -c. 2990 BC -ceremonial palette -pharaoh striking enemy person -white crown of upper egypt -serekh on top with name, catfish + chisel -Predynastic Period -Commemoration of historical event, yet “functional” object |
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-Back of Palette of Narmer -c. 2990 BC -depression to grind pigments -red crown of lower egypt -bottom bull is king -serekh again catfish + chisel -Predynastic Period -Blurred lines between historical & supernatural events |
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-bust of Vizier Ankh-haf, from his tomb -Giza, c. 2500 BC -if important then had tomb by pharaoh's tomb -sandstone painted tan -puffy eyes, receding hair line, protruding lip, aged, not perfect-is it a portrait? yes? |
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-Priest Ka-Aper -c. 2450 BC -Saqqara -wood imported=$$$ |
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-Portrait of a scribe, c. 2400 BC/ 2450 BC -upper level bureaucrat -limestone & inlaid eyes -both seated crossed legged on ground, papyrus scroll on hand, tomb sculptures, sitting is prestigious?, |
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-funerary complex of Djoser by step pyramid -2610 -Saqqara -III Dynasty, Old Kingdom -Imhotep, architect? |
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"sham chapels"=dont open -by Djoser's step pyramid |
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Khasekhem, Hierakonpolis,c. 2650 BC -white crown of upper egypt -limestone -Second Dynasty -robe for sed-festival |
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Stepped pyramid of Djoser; Saqqaraca. 2610 BCE, III Dynasty, Old Kingdom -included spaces which emphasized the fitness of the king -6 stone mastabas stacked on one another -all solid, no interior part, just a marker so u can see it from far away, tomb underground |
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“Bent Pyramid” at Dashur -2550 BCE -king: snofru -maybe slope messed up, started to slide on top, shift in plan midway |
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The Meidum Pyramid -2550 BCE |
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-The Great Pyramids, Giza -Menkaure (ca. 2525-2475), Khafre (ca. 2575-2525), Khufu (ca. 2600-2550)- Old Dynasty kings -pyramid=rays of sun -position of pyramids align with stars -built by idle farm workers |
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Pyramid of Menkaure -c. 2525-2475 -smallest |
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Pyramid of Khafre -c. 2575-2525 -sits on a mound, not actually biggest |
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Pyramid of Khufu -c. 2600-2550 -biggest |
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Sphynx -badly damaged from wind -face originally had paint on it, had ceremonial beard (bright red) -important bc lion linked to royalty and guarding, solar cult |
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Tomb 100, Hierakonpolis (Nekhen, modern Kom e-Ahmar) -drawing & painting of wall decoration ca. 3500-3200 BCE -“master of animals” -belonged to local ruler |
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Female figure (“bird deity”) -painted terracottaca. -3500-3400 BCE -from Ma’mariya -long armed figures like on tomb 100 painting |
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Two Dogs Palette -scattered, doesn't tell a story |
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Statue of King Khasekhem, from Hierakonpolis -graywacke -ca. 2650 BCE -Second Dynasty -instantly recognizable know who pharaoh is -sense of stability - |
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Label with scene of King Den at his Sed Festival -ivory? -from Abydos -ca. 2950 BCE |
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-Statues of Pepy I & ? -ca. 2338-2298 BCE -VI Dynasty -copper sphyrelaton -from a temple at Hierakonpolis - lower egypt crown |
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Statue of Pepy I with Horus, -ca. 2298 BCE -calcite -reminds one of 23 statues of Khafre, hawk perched right behind him, other statues hawk wraps wings around -bulls tail and shepherds staff -upper lower egpyt plants intertwined, lotus and papyrus -serekh on bottom back, shows facade of palace |
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-Statue of Queen Ankhnesmerira with Pepy II -unknown provenance, Saqqara? ca. 2230 BCE -alabaster -pharaoh came to throne as child |
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-Rahotep and Nefert from the tomb chapel of Rahotep, Meidum -ca. 2550 BCE -painted limestone with inlaid eyes -hieroglyphs on male describe relationship with pharaoh and roles he has -dark color=males, females painted lighter skin -female: inscriptions, like house mistress of the court, - |
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Seated statue of the ship-builder Ankhwa -ca. 2650 BCE(provenance unknown) -pink granite - |
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TEST QUESTION: show this with seated khafre and identify each statue, where would it have been, style form of sculptures, like it bc right angles, seated, thick waisted, upper body is squat, no definition to body, hair shorter like nerert, he has wider jaw, holding tool from profession?, is it a portrait is it generic?, holding adze (capender’s tool), doesn't have back to seat, just seated on stool, maybe writing applied with paint, hieroglyphs for higher people, |
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Portraits of scribes -ca. 2400 BCEpainted -limestone & inlaid eyes -both seated crossed legged on ground, papyrus scroll on hand, tomb sculptures, sitting is prestigious? |
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Seated statues of Katep & Hetepheres(provenance unknown ) -ca. 2300 BCE -painted limestone |
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Statue of Shepsi and Nikauhathor & sonfrom tomb temple of Shepsi, Saqqara -ca. 2465-2323 BCE -painted limestone |
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Seneb and his familyfrom his tomb at Gizaca. 2450 BCEpainted limestone |
