Egyptian Collection/Hall 1
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 1
1.
Funerary Papyrus of Amenothes.
Amenothes served as overseer of the army and of the Pharaoh’s boats. The scene of the weighing of the heart is depicted above sixteen columns of text, which contain Chapters 29A and 30B of the Book of the Dead.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (ca. 1552–1314 BCE).
From Thebes.
2.
Funerary Papyrus.
The name of the deceased is missing. The twenty-five columns of text contain Chapters 136A and B and 149A and B of the Book of the Dead.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (ca. 1552–1314 BCE).
From Thebes.
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 2
1.
Heart Scarabs.
Heart scarabs belonging to the deceased Hekerneheh and Tawej.
The flat underside is inscribed with Chapter 30B of the Book of the Dead.
Green basalt and grey stone.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (c. 1552–1314 BCE).
From Thebes.
2.
Funerary Statuette.
Funerary statuette of the deceased Esoeris.
White limestone.
Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty (c. 2160–1991 BCE).
3.
Ushabtis.
Made of stone, terracotta, and faience.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (c. 1552–1314 BCE).
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 3 – Roman Age bronze Statuettes
1.
Isis seated on a throne with her child Horus and wearing a diadem with cow horns and a solar disk.
2.
The god Horus with a falcon head and the warrior lion-god.
3.
Standing figure of Isis and depictions of the child Horus.
4.
Ptah, the sculptor god, shown standing with skullcap and Osirian beard; his son Nefertem with a large lotus flower on his head; the physician Imuthes, seated with an open papyrus scroll; a kneeling worshipper; and a pharaoh near an incense burner.
5.
Osiris, in his role as judge of the dead, wearing the Atef crown topped with a solar disk and horns.
6.
The god Amun.
7.
Osiris.
8.
Animal deities: serpent (uraeus), Apis the sacred bull, and the ichneumon.
9.
The god Anubis with a jackal’s head and in animal form, and the god Thoth depicted as a baboon.
10.
Animals: cats (symbols of the goddess Bastet) and fish.
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 4 – False sarcophagus lid
Beneath the portrait with wig, the surface is covered with mythological and religious scenes, interspersed with short inscriptions.
Stuccoed and painted wood.
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty (c. 1069–945 BCE).
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 5
1.
Canopic Jars of Merptahhep and Psenesis.
With non-matching lids.
Alabaster.
Late Period, 26th Dynasty (672–525 BCE).
2.
Funerary Stele of Tausirdjnesnakht.
Painted wood.
First Persian Period (505–404 BCE).
3.
Ushabti of Pharaoh Seti I.
Wood.
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty (c. 1295–1188 BCE).
4.
Ushabti of Kerij.
Wood.
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty (c. 1295–1188 BCE).
5.
Kneeling Woman.
Wood.
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty (c. 1295–1188 BCE).
6.
Cat Mummy.
7.
Funerary Boat and Toiletry Tubes.
Wood.
Middle Kingdom (c. 2160–1786 BCE) and
New Kingdom (1552–1069 BCE).
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 6 – Wall Relief from the Tomb of Amenemone
The dignitary depicted served as counselor to Pharaoh Amenhotep III—symbolized by the ostrich feather—and held both civil and military authority in Egypt.
Reign of Amenhotep III (1405–1370 BCE).
Painted limestone.
From Memphis.
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 7 – Stele of Pjiaj
Only the upper part of this rounded stele is preserved, showing the ritual adoration scene of the deceased—scribe of the army of the Lord of the Two Lands—and his family, before Osiris and Isis.
Limestone.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (c. 1552–1314 BCE).
From Thebes.
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 8 – Stelae of Redinefnj and Mentunakht
These two stelae, found in the same tomb, are dedicated to Redinefnj and his son Mentunakht. Placed along the eastern side of the tomb, they marked the spot where offerings to the deceased were to be brought. Each depicts the deceased in the presence of deities and surrounded by family members.
Limestone.
Second Intermediate Period, 13th Dynasty (c. 1785 BCE and later).
From Abydos.
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 9 – Anthropoid Sarcophagus of Shepsesptah
The priest is shown with a gilded face, a voluminous wig, and the Osirian beard. Beneath the broad usekh collar is the goddess Nut with outstretched wings. Below her, eleven columns of hieroglyphs contain Chapter 72 of the Book of the Dead.
Sycamore wood.
Late Period, 26th Dynasty (672–525 BCE).
From Sechem (Letopolis).
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 10 – Sarcophagus of the Dignitary Mesehiu
This rectangular box-shaped sarcophagus features hieroglyphic inscriptions on an ochre background identifying the deceased as a “scribe of Truth” and “great one of the Ten of Upper Egypt.”
On the first panel appears the tomb’s symbolic doorway, flanked by the two sacred eyes.
Painted wood.
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty (c. 1991–1785 BCE).
From Sepa.
Egyptian Collection/Hall 1 – Case 11 – Seal Scarabs from the Magnarini Collection
In 2009, the museum’s historical collection was enriched with 429 seal scarabs once owned by collector Franco Magnarini and loaned by the current holder, Fondazione Cariparma, to be made accessible to the public.
In both number and variety, it is one of the most remarkable collections of seal scarabs in existence today.