Egypt
- Photo For Today - Faience Bead Dress (petrie Museum)
Museum number - UC17743 Part of network dress of blue and black faience beads mostly cylinder and two blue and black faience breast 'caps', also quantity loose beads, and two strings of Mitra beads, probably part of the original dress. Dynasty...
- Daily Photo - String Of Beads
Mixed string of beads: blue glass scaraboid, three blue-green glass barrels, four blue-green faience barrels, one larger faience barrel, two carnelian barrels, two large carnelian barrels, 21 small carnelian spheroids, one blus glass spheroid, five blue-green...
- Daily Photo - Ankh Amulet And Mould At The Petrie
There's no blog update today because I am rushing up to town, but I'll update again tomorrow morning. I don't think that we're missing much - it all seems very quiet in the world of public-facing Egyptology today. Here's a rather nice...
- Daily(ish) Photo - Early Ceramics From The Petrie
UC10774. Black-topped pot. Type B86M,with pot mark. Height 11.3 ins, width 9.8 ins. Found at El Amrah. Predynastic Period (3100BCE-5300BCE) UC10702. Decorated pot, type D67B. Height 17.5 ins diameter 22.0 ins. (If you look up this vessel from the above...
- Daily Photo - Painted Wooden Panels In The Petrie
UC16311. Painted wood - head and shoulders of man with hieroglyph inscription 'keeper of the house of Jehuti-Hetep'. 18th Dynasty. UC55138. Fragment of wood, plastered and painted in red and green on yellow background, varnished, being part...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Faience at the Petrie
The last of the photographs on this page, one of the clay moulds used to form this type of ornament, is one of the reasons that I like the Petrie so much. As well as all the spectaucular, pretty and unusual items that the Egyptian cultures produced, the Petrie has the everyday items that give you a glimpse into the everyday soul of the place.
UC1283. White faience stud earring; decorative motif: white petals around red centre, on blue background. Late 18th Dynasty. Found at Amarna. 1.5cm diameter.
UC1282. Yellow faience earring; daisy motif: red centre, blue inlaid petals inlaid; broken. . Late 18th Dynasty. Found at Amarna. 2cm diameter.
UC1280. Faience cornflower for inlay; green calyx, blue petals. Late 18th Dynasty. Found at Amarna. 1.75cm.
UC1828 Blue faience daisy; dark blue centre; inlay. Late 18th Dynasty. Found at Amarna. 1.5 cm diameter.
UC1828. Mould; daisy; fired clay. Late 18th Dynasty. Found at Amarna. 3.8cm diameter.
Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,
University College London
With my thanks
University College London
With my thanks
- Photo For Today - Faience Bead Dress (petrie Museum)
Museum number - UC17743 Part of network dress of blue and black faience beads mostly cylinder and two blue and black faience breast 'caps', also quantity loose beads, and two strings of Mitra beads, probably part of the original dress. Dynasty...
- Daily Photo - String Of Beads
Mixed string of beads: blue glass scaraboid, three blue-green glass barrels, four blue-green faience barrels, one larger faience barrel, two carnelian barrels, two large carnelian barrels, 21 small carnelian spheroids, one blus glass spheroid, five blue-green...
- Daily Photo - Ankh Amulet And Mould At The Petrie
There's no blog update today because I am rushing up to town, but I'll update again tomorrow morning. I don't think that we're missing much - it all seems very quiet in the world of public-facing Egyptology today. Here's a rather nice...
- Daily(ish) Photo - Early Ceramics From The Petrie
UC10774. Black-topped pot. Type B86M,with pot mark. Height 11.3 ins, width 9.8 ins. Found at El Amrah. Predynastic Period (3100BCE-5300BCE) UC10702. Decorated pot, type D67B. Height 17.5 ins diameter 22.0 ins. (If you look up this vessel from the above...
- Daily Photo - Painted Wooden Panels In The Petrie
UC16311. Painted wood - head and shoulders of man with hieroglyph inscription 'keeper of the house of Jehuti-Hetep'. 18th Dynasty. UC55138. Fragment of wood, plastered and painted in red and green on yellow background, varnished, being part...