Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Art Institute of Chicago
8 documented works
Ancient Egyptian
Stela of Amenemhat and Hemet
Middle Kingdom, early Dynasty 12, about 1956–1877 BCE
Limestone and pigment
31.1 × 41.7 × 6.7 cm (12 1/4 × 16 3/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
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Ancient Egyptian
Statue of Shebenhor
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)
Basalt
28 × 13 × 16.3 cm (11 × 5 1/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
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Ancient Egyptian
Statuette of Re-Horakhty
Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, Dynasty 21–26, about 1069–525 BCE
Copper alloy with gilding
25 × 8.3 × 10.5 cm (9 7/8 × 3 1/4 × 4 1/8 in.)
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Ancient Egyptian
Kohl Container in the Shape of a Palm Column
New Kingdom, mid–Dynasty 18 or early Dynasty 19, about 1352–1213 BCE
Glass
8.3 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm (3 5/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
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Ancient Egyptian
Statue of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
Wood, preparation layer, pigment, gold, and textile
62.9 × 12.7 × 27.3 cm (24 3/4 × 5 × 10 3/4 in.)
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Ancient Egyptian
Model of a River Boat
Middle Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 12, about 1875 BCE
Wood and pigment
63.5 × 114.3 × 17.1 cm (25 × 45 × 6 3/4 in.)
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Ancient Egyptian
Plaque Depicting a Quail Chick
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
Limestone
12 × 13.2 × 1.3 cm (4 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 1/2 in.)
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Ancient Egyptian
Portrait of a Man Wearing an Ivy Wreath
Roman Period, early to mid–2nd century
Lime (linden) wood, beeswax, pigments, gold, textile, and natural resin
39.4 × 22 × 0.2 cm (15 9/16 × 8 11/16 × 1/8 in.)
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