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Pendant

Naquada I-II; discovered in 1900–1901

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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 Justification for this item

This ivory tooth-shaped amulet, decorated with a series of diagonal parallel lines, comes from the excavations conducted between 1900-1901 by Randall-MacIver and by the archaeologist Luigi Pigorini. It was donated to the \'Museo Preistorico Etnografico e Kircheriano\' by Pigorini himself, director of the museum.

Pendant

Naquada I-II; discovered in 1900–1901

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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Palette

Naquada I; acquired in 1901

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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Palette

Naquada I; acquired in 1901

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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Egyptian vases

3800–3500 BC; bought by Mihail C. Sutu in 1870

National History Museum of Romania

Bucharest, Romania

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Egyptian vases

3800–3500 BC; bought by Mihail C. Sutu in 1870

National History Museum of Romania

Bucharest, Romania

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Palette

Naquada II; excavated in 1902

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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The cosmetic palette in slate is fish-shaped, as many other objects found in both men and women’s graves in Egypt. It is linked to the practise of painting bodies with colors, probably for magical belief. The palette comes from a tomb excavated by Randall-MacIver in 1902, who subsequently donated it to the Pigorini Museum in Rome. Along with the palette were found three scale models of ships in clay.

Palette

Naquada II; excavated in 1902

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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Bowl

Second Dynasty; purchased in 1904

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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Probably used to keep cosmetics, the artwork is part of the purchases bought by Roberto Paribeni (later Soprintendente alle antichità di Roma e Lazio, 1928–1933) in 1904 from Ghirghis, the antiquities dealer in Quena, on behalf of \'Museo Preistorico ed Etnografico\' in Rome.

Bowl

Second Dynasty; purchased in 1904

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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Reserve head

4th Dyn. c. 2600 BC; acquired by Hermann Junker during his excavation in Giza 1912–1929

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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Reserve head

4th Dyn. c. 2600 BC; acquired by Hermann Junker during his excavation in Giza 1912–1929

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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Funeral statue of Lady Khent and her youngest child

c. 2300 BC; acquired by Hermann Junker during his excavation in Giza 1912–1929

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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Funeral statue of Lady Khent and her youngest child

c. 2300 BC; acquired by Hermann Junker during his excavation in Giza 1912–1929

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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Head of a sphinx of Sesostris III

12th Dyn. Sesostris III, 1878-1843 BC; brought to Vienna in 1893

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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Head of a sphinx of Sesostris III

12th Dyn. Sesostris III, 1878-1843 BC; brought to Vienna in 1893

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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Disk

New Kingdom (16th–11th century BC); discovered in 1824

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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The disk in green glass with a golden square foil is considered of remarkable interest because of its label, attributed to Ippolito Rosellini, which proves that the relic was found inside a tomb in Thebes. Rosellini, one of the main figure of the Franco-Tuscan expedition in Egypt (cfr.ITEM 2) wrote on it \'Disco di vetro con entro una lamina d\'oro. Trovato in una tomba a Tebe, Egitto, da I. Rosellini 1824 -dono di Elenina Ox Sicard, dicembre 1902\'. The relic was later acquired by Enrico Hillyer Giglioli, whose collection was then acquired by the Pigorini Museum in 1913.

Disk

New Kingdom (16th–11th century BC); discovered in 1824

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

Rome, Italy

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Reverent Baboon with Pharaoh figure

18th Dyn. Amenophis II, 1454-1419 BC; acquired in 1865/66

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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Reverent Baboon with Pharaoh figure

18th Dyn. Amenophis II, 1454-1419 BC; acquired in 1865/66

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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The goddess Maat

19th Dynasty (14th–13th centuries BC); found in 1828–29

Egyptian Museum

Florence, Italy

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The goddess Maat

19th Dynasty (14th–13th centuries BC); found in 1828–29

Egyptian Museum

Florence, Italy

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Nebamun tomb paintings

C14th BC; acquisition date: 1821

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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Nebamun tomb paintings

C14th BC; acquisition date: 1821

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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‘The Younger Memnon’

19th Dynasty; donated to the British Museum in 1817

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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‘The Younger Memnon’

19th Dynasty; donated to the British Museum in 1817

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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Mummy board and inner coffin for Nes-pauti-taui

21st Dyn, c. 1000 BC; excavated in 1891

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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Mummy board and inner coffin for Nes-pauti-taui

21st Dyn, c. 1000 BC; excavated in 1891

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Egyptian Collection

Vienna, Austria

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Egyptian mummy

22nd dynasty (c. 950–730 BC); beginning of the 20th century

National Museum of Romanian History

Bucharest, Romania

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Egyptian mummy

22nd dynasty (c. 950–730 BC); beginning of the 20th century

National Museum of Romanian History

Bucharest, Romania

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Cast of a Neo-Hittite relief

8thC BC; Exavacted 1911–13

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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Cast of a Neo-Hittite relief

8thC BC; Exavacted 1911–13

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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A Khorsabad barrel

721–705 BC (reign of Sargon II); discovered in 1851–1854

National Museum of Romanian History

Bucharest, Romania

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A Khorsabad barrel

721–705 BC (reign of Sargon II); discovered in 1851–1854

National Museum of Romanian History

Bucharest, Romania

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Winged colossus

7th century BC

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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Winged colossus

7th century BC

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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The Flood Tablet

7th century BC

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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The Flood Tablet

7th century BC

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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Bellino Cylinder

7th century BC; acquisition date: 1825

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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Bellino Cylinder

7th century BC; acquisition date: 1825

The British Museum

London, United Kingdom

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