Artifacts from Ancient Egypt

1. Verfasser: Mendoza, Barbara.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017].
Umfang/Format: xxxii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Daily life through artifacts
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Ägypten
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: how to evaluate artifacts
  • Chronology of Egyptian history
  • Part I. Beauty, adornment, and clothing
  • Comb
  • Cosmetic palette
  • Kohl container
  • Men's kilt
  • Mirror
  • Perfume bottle
  • Sandals
  • Women's dress
  • Part II. Death and funerary equipment
  • Amulet
  • Canopic jars
  • Ka statues
  • Mummy
  • Mummy mask
  • Reserve head
  • Sarcophagus and coffin
  • Shabti
  • Tomb stele
  • Part III. Food and drink
  • Butchering scene
  • Model servant making beer
  • Model servants making bread
  • Table of offerings scene
  • Part IV. Household items, furniture, and games
  • Basket
  • Board game
  • Headrest
  • Pottery vessels
  • Stool
  • Toy cat
  • Part V. Literacy and writing
  • Ankh box
  • Ostracon
  • Papyrus
  • Rosetta stone
  • Seated scribe statue
  • Part VI. Religion, ritual, and magic
  • Astronomical ceiling of Ramses VII
  • Bronze votive offering
  • Coffin for cat mummy
  • Hippopotamus figurine
  • Household deity figures
  • "Opening of the mouth" ritual scene
  • Priestess statue
  • Part VII. Tools and weapons
  • Axe
  • Knife
  • Mace heads
  • Model boats
  • Plow
  • Throw stick.