Faience
Late Period Egyptian, 26th Dynasty (Saite Period), ca. 664-525 BCE
No provenance listed.
Gift of Carole M. Pesner (Carole Manishin, class of 1959)
Smith College Museum of Art, SC 1998:6
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
www.smith.edu/artmuseum/
Tags: faience Egypt Egyptian Egyptian Late Period Late Period 26th Dynasty Dynasty 26 7th c. BCE 6th c. BCE Archaic Ptah New Year's Flask Saite Period Smith College Museum of Art Northampton, MA Massachusetts USA museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico
Red basalt
Egyptian Late Period, Twenty-sixth Dynasty (Saite period), reign of Amasis II (570-526 BCE)
Archaeological provenience unknown
In the collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze, Scalambrini acquisition
Photographed on display as part of the exhibit "L'Amato di Iside. Nerone, la Domus Aurea e l'Egitto" ("The Beloved of Isis. Nero, the Domus Aurea, and Egypt") at the Domus Aurea, Rome, 22 June 2023-14 January 2024.
Tags: museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact متحف 博物馆 博物館 ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico archaeology Roman romano römisch romain Ρωμαϊκός Roma romen Римская الرومانية 罗曼 ローマ人 Rome Domus Aurea Nero Nerone Golden House Egypt Egitto basalt red basalt basalto basalto rosso bust busto Egyptian egizio Pharaoh faraone Amasis Amasi Ahmose king re Egyptian Late Period Epoca Tarda egizia crown sculpture scultura portrait ritratto 6th c. BCE mid 6th c. BCE 2nd quarter 6th c. BCE 3rd quarter 6th c. BCE 560s BCE 550s BCE 540s BCE 530s BCE
Egyptian Late Period, 26th Dynasty, reign of Amasis (570-526 BCE)
Excavated at Tell Dafana/Defenneh (ancient Daphnai; see on Pleiades), Nile Delta, Lower Egypt, in the offering magazine of an Egyptian temple
Used to stamp jar-sealings, such as on the Chian amphora adjacent.
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. EA23903; 1887,0101.1427 (GR 1887.1-1.1427)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA23903
Tags: UK Britain England Inghilterra London Londra BM British Museum museum museo museu musée μουσείο artifact ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico archaeology Egypt Egitto Archaic arcaica Greek greco grecque ελληνικός griechisch pleiades:findspot=727103 Daphnai Tell Dafana Defenneh Amasis pharaoh faraone Egyptian Egizio 26th Dynasty Egyptian Late Period 6th c. BCE mid 6th c. BCE 2nd half 6th c. BCE 3rd quarter 6th c. BCE 540s BCE 530s BCE 520s BCE seal Ahmose II
Greek Archaic period, ca. 550-525 BCE
Egyptian Late Period, 26th Dynasty, reign of Amasis (570-526 BCE)
Made on Chios
Excavated at Tell Dafana/Defenneh (ancient Daphnai; see on Pleiades), Nile Delta, Lower Egypt, in the offering magazine of an Egyptian temple
A five-pointed star is incised on the shoulder.
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. EA22356; 1887,0101.770 (GR 1887.1-1.770)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA22356
Tags: UK Britain England Inghilterra London Londra BM British Museum museum museo museu musée μουσείο artifact ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico archaeology ceramic ceramica pottery vase vaso pot Egypt Egitto Archaic arcaica Greek greco grecque ελληνικός griechisch pleiades:findspot=727103 Daphnai Tell Dafana Defenneh Amasis pharaoh faraone Egyptian Egizio 26th Dynasty Egyptian Late Period 6th c. BCE mid 6th c. BCE 2nd half 6th c. BCE 3rd quarter 6th c. BCE 540s BCE 530s BCE 520s BCE Chian Chiote Chiot Chios chiota sealing amphora anfora transport amphora plaster intonaco Ahmose II