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Title: He Who Floods the Nile Artist: Karon Davis Date: 2019 Medium: Plaster cloth, wire, glass eyes, artist’s hair weave, brass beads, gold leaf, black glitter, raw frankincense, wood, and prayers Dimensions: 85 × 32 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (215.9 × 82.6 × 82.6 cm) Credit Line: Private collection, London Object No.: RCE.224 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/flight-into-egypt-black-artists-and-ancient-egypt-1876-now/exhibition-objects

Title: He Who Floods the Nile Artist: Karon Davis Date: 2019 Medium: Plaster cloth, wire, glass eyes, artist’s hair weave, brass beads, gold leaf, black glitter, raw frankincense, wood, and prayers Dimensions: 85 × 32 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (215.9 × 82.6 × 82.6 cm) Credit Line: Private collection, London Object No.: RCE.224 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/flight-into-egypt-black-artists-and-ancient-egypt-1876-now/exhibition-objects

Title: He Who Floods the Nile Artist: Karon Davis Date: 2019 Medium: Plaster cloth, wire, glass eyes, artist’s hair weave, brass beads, gold leaf, black glitter, raw frankincense, wood, and prayers Dimensions: 85 × 32 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (215.9 × 82.6 × 82.6 cm) Credit Line: Private collection, London Object No.: RCE.224 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/flight-into-egypt-black-artists-and-ancient-egypt-1876-now/exhibition-objects

Title: He Who Floods the Nile Artist: Karon Davis Date: 2019 Medium: Plaster cloth, wire, glass eyes, artist’s hair weave, brass beads, gold leaf, black glitter, raw frankincense, wood, and prayers Dimensions: 85 × 32 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (215.9 × 82.6 × 82.6 cm) Credit Line: Private collection, London Object No.: RCE.224 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/flight-into-egypt-black-artists-and-ancient-egypt-1876-now/exhibition-objects

Title: He Who Floods the Nile Artist: Karon Davis Date: 2019 Medium: Plaster cloth, wire, glass eyes, artist’s hair weave, brass beads, gold leaf, black glitter, raw frankincense, wood, and prayers Dimensions: 85 × 32 1/2 × 32 1/2 in. (215.9 × 82.6 × 82.6 cm) Credit Line: Private collection, London Object No.: RCE.224 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/flight-into-egypt-black-artists-and-ancient-egypt-1876-now/exhibition-objects

Title: Aegis with the head of a goddess Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period Date: ca. 924–600 BCE Medium: Cupreous metal; stone, paint Dimensions: H. 22.5 × W. 18 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948 Object No.: 48.73 An Egyptian aegis consists of the head of an important deity above a stylized broad collar (wesekh). This example wears a vulture headdress capped by a ring of rearing cobras. Aegises first appeared during the reign of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s longest-ruling female pharaoh, decorating the sacred barque of Amun. The two loops on the aegis indicate that it was originally attached to a keyhole-shaped counterweight typical of ritual menit necklaces, which were shaken by women to make music in ceremonies. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

Title: Aegis with the head of a goddess Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period Date: ca. 924–600 BCE Medium: Cupreous metal; stone, paint Dimensions: H. 22.5 × W. 18 cm (8 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948 Object No.: 48.73 An Egyptian aegis consists of the head of an important deity above a stylized broad collar (wesekh). This example wears a vulture headdress capped by a ring of rearing cobras. Aegises first appeared during the reign of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s longest-ruling female pharaoh, decorating the sacred barque of Amun. The two loops on the aegis indicate that it was originally attached to a keyhole-shaped counterweight typical of ritual menit necklaces, which were shaken by women to make music in ceremonies. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

Title: Tile with seated Tatenen (or Ptah-Tatenen) Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside Period Dynasty: Dynasty 19 Reign: likely reign of Ramesses II Date: ca. 1279–1213 BCE Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Eastern Delta, Tell el-Yahudiya Medium: Faience Dimensions: H. 12 × W. 10.2 × D. 2.5 cm (4 3/4 × 4 × 1 in.) Credit Line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889 Object Number: 89.2.649 Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art During the Ramesside Period, Ptah was frequently combined with another creator deity, Tatenen ("Rising Land," likely a reference to the first mound of earth). Tatenen typically wears a distinctive crown with two wide spiral ram horns, two curled ostrich feathers, and a sun disk. The merged deity Ptah-Tatenen has this same crown and retains none of Ptah’s usual attributes. Therefore, this tile could represent Tatenen alone or Ptah-Tatenen. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

Title: Tile with seated Tatenen (or Ptah-Tatenen) Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside Period Dynasty: Dynasty 19 Reign: likely reign of Ramesses II Date: ca. 1279–1213 BCE Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Eastern Delta, Tell el-Yahudiya Medium: Faience Dimensions: H. 12 × W. 10.2 × D. 2.5 cm (4 3/4 × 4 × 1 in.) Credit Line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889 Object Number: 89.2.649 Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art During the Ramesside Period, Ptah was frequently combined with another creator deity, Tatenen ("Rising Land," likely a reference to the first mound of earth). Tatenen typically wears a distinctive crown with two wide spiral ram horns, two curled ostrich feathers, and a sun disk. The merged deity Ptah-Tatenen has this same crown and retains none of Ptah’s usual attributes. Therefore, this tile could represent Tatenen alone or Ptah-Tatenen. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

On loan to The Met Title: Head and shoulder from a statue of a vulture Period: Napatan Period Date: ca. 690–664 BCE Medium: Granite gneiss Dimensions: 41.5 × 27 × 50 cm, 49 kg (16 5/16 × 10 5/8 × 19 11/16 in., 108 lb.) Other (Head): 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) Credit Line: The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Allocated by the Oxford Expedition to Nubia from excavations at Sanam Abu Dom, 1922. Object No.: DE.113 This fragment probably depicts the goddess of Upper Egypt, Nekhbet, in her vulture manifestation. The presence of Nekhbet and her Lower Egyptian counterpart Wadjet (likely represented in the adjacent cobra statue fragment) reinforced a king’s divine right to rule. Although both deities are Egyptian, aspects of the fragments suggest that they come from statues made in Nubia. Napatan rulers used gneiss for state-commissioned art, and details of the vulture—in particular the thick beak, heavy neck ridge, and broad collar—have no parallel in known Egyptian depictions of Nekhbet. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

On loan to The Met Title: Head and shoulder from a statue of a vulture Period: Napatan Period Date: ca. 690–664 BCE Medium: Granite gneiss Dimensions: 41.5 × 27 × 50 cm, 49 kg (16 5/16 × 10 5/8 × 19 11/16 in., 108 lb.) Other (Head): 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) Credit Line: The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Allocated by the Oxford Expedition to Nubia from excavations at Sanam Abu Dom, 1922. Object No.: DE.113 This fragment probably depicts the goddess of Upper Egypt, Nekhbet, in her vulture manifestation. The presence of Nekhbet and her Lower Egyptian counterpart Wadjet (likely represented in the adjacent cobra statue fragment) reinforced a king’s divine right to rule. Although both deities are Egyptian, aspects of the fragments suggest that they come from statues made in Nubia. Napatan rulers used gneiss for state-commissioned art, and details of the vulture—in particular the thick beak, heavy neck ridge, and broad collar—have no parallel in known Egyptian depictions of Nekhbet. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

On loan to The Met Title: Head and shoulder from a statue of a vulture Period: Napatan Period Date: ca. 690–664 BCE Medium: Granite gneiss Dimensions: 41.5 × 27 × 50 cm, 49 kg (16 5/16 × 10 5/8 × 19 11/16 in., 108 lb.) Other (Head): 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) Credit Line: The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Allocated by the Oxford Expedition to Nubia from excavations at Sanam Abu Dom, 1922. Object No.: DE.113 This fragment probably depicts the goddess of Upper Egypt, Nekhbet, in her vulture manifestation. The presence of Nekhbet and her Lower Egyptian counterpart Wadjet (likely represented in the adjacent cobra statue fragment) reinforced a king’s divine right to rule. Although both deities are Egyptian, aspects of the fragments suggest that they come from statues made in Nubia. Napatan rulers used gneiss for state-commissioned art, and details of the vulture—in particular the thick beak, heavy neck ridge, and broad collar—have no parallel in known Egyptian depictions of Nekhbet. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

On loan to The Met Title: Head and shoulder from a statue of a vulture Period: Napatan Period Date: ca. 690–664 BCE Medium: Granite gneiss Dimensions: 41.5 × 27 × 50 cm, 49 kg (16 5/16 × 10 5/8 × 19 11/16 in., 108 lb.) Other (Head): 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) Credit Line: The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Allocated by the Oxford Expedition to Nubia from excavations at Sanam Abu Dom, 1922. Object No.: DE.113 This fragment probably depicts the goddess of Upper Egypt, Nekhbet, in her vulture manifestation. The presence of Nekhbet and her Lower Egyptian counterpart Wadjet (likely represented in the adjacent cobra statue fragment) reinforced a king’s divine right to rule. Although both deities are Egyptian, aspects of the fragments suggest that they come from statues made in Nubia. Napatan rulers used gneiss for state-commissioned art, and details of the vulture—in particular the thick beak, heavy neck ridge, and broad collar—have no parallel in known Egyptian depictions of Nekhbet. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

On loan to The Met Title: Head and shoulder from a statue of a vulture Period: Napatan Period Date: ca. 690–664 BCE Medium: Granite gneiss Dimensions: 41.5 × 27 × 50 cm, 49 kg (16 5/16 × 10 5/8 × 19 11/16 in., 108 lb.) Other (Head): 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) Credit Line: The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Allocated by the Oxford Expedition to Nubia from excavations at Sanam Abu Dom, 1922. Object No.: DE.113 This fragment probably depicts the goddess of Upper Egypt, Nekhbet, in her vulture manifestation. The presence of Nekhbet and her Lower Egyptian counterpart Wadjet (likely represented in the adjacent cobra statue fragment) reinforced a king’s divine right to rule. Although both deities are Egyptian, aspects of the fragments suggest that they come from statues made in Nubia. Napatan rulers used gneiss for state-commissioned art, and details of the vulture—in particular the thick beak, heavy neck ridge, and broad collar—have no parallel in known Egyptian depictions of Nekhbet. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

Title: Amuletic stone with a protective spell against scorpions Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period Date: ca. 1070–332 BCE Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 8 × W. 10.6 × D. 3 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/16 × 1 3/16 in.) Credit Line: Dodge Fund, 1947 Object No.: 47.105.5 Scorpions were part of everyday life in ancient Egypt. Their nature is to hide during the day and come out at night, habits that would have worried people. Ancient Egyptians therefore sought ways to prevent scorpion stings and treat them when they failed to avoid these venomous arachnids. Protection could come from eating a scorpion, drinking liquid poured over an image like a healing stela, or just recording a spell on a stone, as seen here. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects