Catalogue of a Collection of Egyptian Antiquities: The Property of Henry Abbott, M.D., Now Exhibiting at the Stuyvesant Institute ...proprietor, 1853 - 68 Seiten |
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Abbott Abouseer Alabaster Vase Altar Amunoph ancient Anubis basalt Basket Beads beautiful beautifully carved beautifully executed blue glass blue porcelain bronze Ring Bubastes cartouche colored glass containing Crocodile curious Dashour Ditto earthenware earthenware Vase Egyptian engraved Euterpe Figure in bronze figure of Horus figure of Isis figure of Osiris figure of Typhon Found at Sakkarah fragment Ghiseh gilded gold Ear-ring Gold Ring head-dress Heliopolis Herodotus hierogly hollow Ibis inlaid inscribed inscription Isis Isis and Horus ivory karah leather lime-stone Linen lines of hieroglyphics Lower Egypt marble Memphis Mummy Necklace ornamented Osirian figure ostrich oval painted pair Papyrus pedestal Pharaoh phics piece of Linen plate of Gold Ptolemaic period pyramid Ramases representing Sacred Bull Sacred Ibis Sacred Serpent sand-stone Sandals Sarcophagus sculptured shape Shishak similar Sir Gardner Wilkinson small figure small gold specimen Spoon stamped stick stone Tazza Thebes Thoth tomb in Sakkarah Vide wooden figure
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Seite 4 - MUMMY IN BELZONI'S EXHIBITION. BY HORACE SMITH. [English: 1770-1849; joint author with hie brother James of "Rejected Addresses."] AND thou hast walked about (how strange a story !) In Thebes' streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous...
Seite 39 - Perhaps this instrument was used, also, by the ladies of those heroic times, who, in the representations above quoted, are frequently seen accompanying their fathers or husbands in a small boat, made of the papyrus, in which, it appears, the. ancient Egyptians navigated the canals, or smaller branches of the parent stream, — which, in those days, particularly in the Delta, abounded in the papyrus plant, — in quest of birds and hippopotami.
Seite 27 - Israel had their names inscribed, on their staffs, (Numb. xvii. 2,) and it would appear that the heads of families in ancient Egypt also practised this custom, for the chief person in the representations on the walls of the ancient tombs, has always a staff. All these sticks are much longer than the modern stick. From Thebes.
Seite 8 - At the entertainments of the rich, just as the company is about to rise, from the repast, a small coffin is carried round, containing a perfect representation of a dead body: it is in size sometimes of one, but never...
Seite 36 - ... great accuracy. Stands, of this form, set in rows, and laden with fruit and viands of various descriptions, are represented in the more ancient Tombs. This is one foot in diameter, and was found in a tomb, at Sakkarah. 525. A Net containing the fruit of the Persea, and of a species of palm, now nowhere to be found in the Valley of the Nile, but which grows abundantly in some of the Valleys of the Bisharean desert, between Korosko and Aboo-Hamed. A specimen of each of these fruits lies in front...
Seite 67 - From Sakkarah. 1090. A large silver Ring beautifully engraved with the name of Amunoph III., 1430 years before Christ. From Sakkarah. 1091 and 1092. A pair of gold Ear-rings, hollow and minutely ornamented, one end terminating in a tiger's head holding in its mouth an engraved stone, and the smaller end in a hook which fastens into the gold setting of the stone. From Upper Egypt. 1093. Part of an Ear-ring in form of a cow's head, ornamented with a carbuncle set in the forehead. The head is curiously...
Seite 9 - Sakkarah. 52. The lid of the Sarcophagus, No. 49. 53. Stone Wedge, found in the pyramid of Cheops. 54. A stone Mallet, found with the above and with No. 50 at Ghiseh. 56. A wooden figure of a Lion, inscribed down the breast — very ancient. 57. Fragment, in red granite, of the left foot of a statue of the great Rameses II. It is of colossal proportion ; was found at Thebes. Rameses II. commenced his reign 1355 years B. c. 58. A small earthenware Bottle. 59. A small figure in sandstone, inscribed...
Seite 30 - Nile, was beautifully painted, and its face, hands, and feet were covered with gold leaf. 409. A Statue of Thoth, the most exquisite work of art in the collection. This beautiful little statue is only two inches and a quarter high ; is made of fine limestone, but has the appearance of polished ivory. It is in perfect preservation, and of the most ancient style of sculpture. From Memphis. 410. An Osirian figure in wood, highly painted. From 411.
Seite 26 - ... navigated the canals, or smaller branches of the parent stream, — which, in those days, particularly in the Delta, abounded in the papyrus plant, — in quest of birds and hippopotami. There is a bronze nail at the top of the handle. This remarkable instrument was found in a tomb at Thebes. 82. Fragment of a walking-stick, on which there is engraved a line of hieroglyphics, preceded by a man in the act of adorning the Theban Triad ; probably in allusion to the office of the possessor, whose...
Seite 42 - AinuPrenomen of the father of Sesostris, in porcelain. The oval, which encircles the name, represents a double rope : the whole is a good example of the style of hieroglyphics of his tomb, and age, 1395 years B. c. From Sakkarah.