Ancient Egyptian Personal Objects
May 2026
These objects are cosmetic implements and grooming tools from ancient Egypt, including mirrors, palettes for grinding pigments, and decorative knives, representing daily life and personal adornment practices.
476 objects · 5 institutions

"Foundation Nail" of Gudea
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2100 BCE

Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–200 CE

Amulet of a Cross
Art Institute of Chicago
Byzantine Period (4th–7th centuries)

Amulet of a Cross
Art Institute of Chicago
Byzantine Period, 4th century or later

Amulet of a Cross
Art Institute of Chicago
Byzantine Period (4th–6th century)

Amulet of a Djed Pillar
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–525 BCE)

Amulet of a Djed Pillar
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BCE)

Amulet of a Djed Pillar
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BCE)

Amulet of a Djed Pillar
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)

Amulet of a Headrest
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (7th –1st century BCE)

Amulet of a Headrest
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BCE)

Amulet of a Headrest
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)

Amulet of a Headrest
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)

Amulet of a Mummy Lying on a Bier
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (7th century–1st century BCE)

Amulet of a Papyrus Column
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)

Amulet of a Papyrus Column
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)

Amulet of a Papyrus Column
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)

Amulet of a Ram-Headed Deity
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 945–715 BCE

Amulet of a Situla (Jar)
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 21–25 (about 1069–656 BCE)

Amulet of a Situla (Jar)
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 21–25 (about 1069–656 BCE)

Amulet of a Sphinx
Art Institute of Chicago
Middle Kingdom (?) (about 1700 BCE)

Amulet of a Writing Tablet
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period (664–332 BCE)

Amulet of the Apis Bull
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BCE)

Apis Bull
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–100 BCE

Arch with Beasts
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1150–75

Armor Scales
Metropolitan Museum of Art
589–570 B.C.

Arrow
Cleveland Museum of Art
2123–1914 BCE

Arrow with composite stone tip
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Ax Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
1886–1648 BCE

Block Statue of Djedbastetiufankh
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 664–610 BCE

Block Statue of the Royal Acquaintance, Horwedja
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Book of Amduat of Buiruharmut, with Elements of the Tenth through Twelfth Hours
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–900 BCE

Bull Procession Cup
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 3100–2900 BCE

Bull's-Head Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 3500–2950 BCE

Bust of a Statuette of a Man
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)

Canopic Jar of Amenhotep
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep II (about 1427–1400 BCE)

Canopic Jar of Amenhotep
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep II (about 1427–1400 BCE)

Carding Tool
Cleveland Museum of Art
305 BCE or later

Carnelian amygdaloid seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1700–1450 BCE

Carved Bone
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–200 CE

Ceremonial Board (Malu)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century

Cippus (magical stela)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
300 B.C. approximately

Coffin and Mummy of Paankhaenamun
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, reign of Osorkon I (about 924–889 BCE)

Coffin of Bakenmut (lid)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–900 BCE

Coffin of Nespahertahat
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21 (about 1069 –945 BCE)

Coffin of Nesykhonsu
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 976–889 BCE

Coffin of Nesykhonsu (lid)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 976–889 BCE

Coffin of Senbi
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1918–1859 BCE

Coffin of Senbi (Lid)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1918–1859 BCE

Coffin of Wenuhotep
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate–Late Period, late Dynasty 25–early Dynasty 26, about 675–600 BCE

Compartmented stamp seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE

Compartmented stamp seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE

Composite Lion and Bull
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500–1000 BCE

Conical seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 6th–5th century BCE

Cornflower Inlay
Cleveland Museum of Art
1350–1296 BCE

Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with a Decorative Pattern
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Crucible
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nabonidus describing work on Ebabbar, the temple of the sun-god Shamash, at Sippar
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 555–539 BCE

Cuneiform tablet: ephemeris of eclipses from at least S.E. 177 to 199 (?)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 4th–2nd century BCE

Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a liver omen
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. late 1st millennium BCE

Cylinder Seal
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 3000 BCE

Cylinder sea and modern impression: three figures
Metropolitan Museum of Art
late 2nd millennium or 10th–9th century BCE

Cylinder seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 15th–13th century BCE

Cylinder seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2700–2600 BCE

Cylinder seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 15th–12th century BCE

Cylinder seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 15th–14th century BCE

Cylinder seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2112–2004 BCE

Cylinder seal with animal and divine symbols
Metropolitan Museum of Art
9th–8th century BCE

Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene
Metropolitan Museum of Art
late 8th century BCE

Dancing Pan
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 350–500

De Egyptische weduwe
Rijksmuseum
1872

Decorated Situla
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Demon-headed amulet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2900–2700 BCE

Desert Scene with Antelope
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Design Amulet with Loop on the Back, Device of Two Children shown in Opposite Vertical Orientations
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2100–1950 B.C.

Design Amulet with Pierced Shank, Device of Squatting Child Facing Right
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2100–2080 B.C.

Document Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Document Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Domestic Shrine
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1479–1425 BCE

Door board (jovo)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century

Double-Sided Plaque Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1069–715 BCE

Double-Sided Votive Relief
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Double-Sided Votive Relief
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Double-Sided Votive Relief
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Double-sided Plaque Depicting a Lion and Birds
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE)

Draped Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–200 CE

Faience figurine of a lion
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6th–4th century BCE

Falcon Head Steering Oar Butt
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE

False Door of Nykara
Cleveland Museum of Art
2408–2341 BCE

Female Monkey Holding Its Baby
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1981–1802 B.C.

Female Offering Bearer
Cleveland Museum of Art
2000–1801 BCE

Female Offering Bearer
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE

Female Offering Bearer
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Figure of a seated man
Metropolitan Museum of Art
306–30 B.C.

Figurine
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–200 CE

Figurine
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–200 CE

Figurine - Rooster
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–200 CE

Figurine of a Seated Man
Art Institute of Chicago
Middle Kingdom? (about 2055–1650 BCE)

Fish hook
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Fishtail Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
4500–4000 BCE

Fishtail Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
4000–3000 BCE

Fishtail Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
4500–4000 BCE

Flat Stamp
Metropolitan Museum of Art
12th–15th century

Fragment
Cleveland Museum of Art
1353–1337 BCE

Fragment of Relief
Cleveland Museum of Art
INVALID

Fragment of Statue Base (?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1540–1069 BCE

Fragment of a Cross
Cleveland Museum of Art
30 BCE–395 CE

Fragment of a Door Drum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2323–2150 B.C.

Fragment of a Feather-Garmented Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
1540–715 BCE

Fragment of a Head from a Statue of a King
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 30 (380–343 BCE)

Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians
Cleveland Museum of Art
380–343 BCE

Fragment of a Mirror Disk
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE

Fragment of a Stela Depicting Plowing, Harvesting, and Fowling
Art Institute of Chicago
First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 10 (2075–2035 BCE)

Fragmentary Lotiform Chalice
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1070–925 B.C.

Fragmentary Statue: Bust of a Seated Man
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)

Fragments of Decoration from Funerary Equipment
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE

Fragments of Egyptian Mummy Wrappings fround in Senbi Coffin
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1918–1859 BCE

Fragments of an Amuletic Cylinder
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE

Funerary Cone Neferhotep and His Wife Amenhotep
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1504–1458 B.C.

Funerary Mask
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Ptolemaic Period-early Roman Period, 1st century BCE

Funerary Mask
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Ptolemaic Period-early Roman Period, 1st century BCE

Funerary Mask
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Ptolemaic Period-early Roman Period, 1st century BCE

Funerary Panel of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
about 138–92 CE

Funerary Papyrus of Tayuhenutmut
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, probably Dynasty 21 (about 1069-945 BCE)

Funerary Portrait of a Woman
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 138–92 CE

Funerary Portrait of a Young Girl
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 25–37 CE

Funerary Shroud Fragment
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE)

Furniture element
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 18th century BCE

Furniture element
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 18th century BCE

Gazelle
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Glass Refuse
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasties 21–26 (about 1069–525 BCE)

Guardian Figure
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1919–1885 B.C.

Hand Axe
Cleveland Museum of Art
4400–2100 BCE

Hand Axe
Cleveland Museum of Art
5000–3000 BCE

Hand Axe
Cleveland Museum of Art
before c. 10,000 BCE

Hand Axe
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 120,000–30,000 BCE

Hand Mirror
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550–1295 BCE)

Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1279–1213 B.C.

Head Pendants
Art Institute of Chicago
Roman Period (30 BCE–395 CE)

Head and Torso of a Man from a Pair Statue
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550–1295 BCE)

Head from Statuette of a King
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)

Head from a Figure with a Beaded Headdress
Metropolitan Museum of Art
12th–early 13th century

Head from a Statue of King Amenhotep I
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1525–1504 B.C.

Head from an Anthropoid Sarcophagus
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period/early Ptolemaic (664–220 BCE)

Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Round Wig
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1391–1353 BCE

Head of Foreign God or Prince
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1320 BCE

Head of King Amenemhat III
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1859–1813 B.C.

Head of King Userkaf
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2454–2447 BCE

Head of Queen Hatshepsut (?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1479–1457 BCE

Head of Sekhmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1391–1353 BCE

Head of a Bull
Cleveland Museum of Art
3000–2000 BCE

Head of a Girl
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–200 CE

Head of a Goddess
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–200 CE

Head of a King
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1069–715 BCE

Head of a King or Osiris
Cleveland Museum of Art
1900–1915

Head of a King with a Nemes Headdress
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 4th–3rd century B.C.

Head of a Weeping Woman
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–200 CE

Head of a lion
Metropolitan Museum of Art
400–300 B.C.

Head of a sphinx, possibly of Amenemhat I
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1981–1952 B.C.

Head of the God Osiris
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period (about 1069–664 BCE)

Heads of Two Horses and a Charioteer
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Hieratic ostracon
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Hippocampus
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–300 BCE

Ibis
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–30 BCE OR 664–330 BCE

Inlay
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 18th century BCE

Inlay
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 18th century BCE

Inlay Depicting the Face of a King
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Inlay Eye (one of a pair)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE

Inlay Eye (one of a pair)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE

Inlay, hieroglyph
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–610 B.C.

Inscribed Chisel From Foundation Deposit 2 of Hatshepsut's Valley Temple
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Inscribed Doorjamb with Praise to the Aten
Cleveland Museum of Art
1353–1337 BCE

Inscribed Lintel from the Tomb of the Overseer of Priests and Keeper of the Sacred Cattle Mereri, Describing His Exemplary Life
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2100–2030 B.C.

Inscribed Seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
10th–11th century

Isis and Horus
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–30 B.C.

Jackal
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–30 BCE OR 664–330 BCE

Lepidotus Fish
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Lintel block from the false door of Mery's chapel
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2575–2520 B.C.

Lintel of Enseperi
Cleveland Museum of Art
2454–2311 BCE

Lintel of Mereruka
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2350–2311 BCE

Lintel of Neferi
Cleveland Museum of Art
2311–2140 BCE

Lion Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–332 BCE

Lion Head, perhaps a Steering Oar Butt
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE

Lion Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century

Lion Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century

Lion Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–500 BCE

Lion's Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
500s BCE

Lion's Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
500–400 BCE

Lioness
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2100 BCE

Lower part of enthroned child god, probably Harpokrates
Metropolitan Museum of Art
332–30 B.C.

Magic knife fragment
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Magical Stela (Cippus of Horus)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
360–343 B.C.

Male Head, perhaps from a Pair Statue
Cleveland Museum of Art
1401–1391 BCE

Male Offering Bearer
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 530 BCE

Mask
Cleveland Museum of Art
332 BCE–395 CE

Mask
Cleveland Museum of Art
332 BCE–395 CE

Median Lion Strangler
Cleveland Museum of Art
500–450 BCE

Men Bearing Tomb Equipment
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Men Trussing an Ox
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Menat fragment
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Menat fragment
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Menat fragment
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Mirror Decoration
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Roman-Byzantine Period (4th-7th century)

Mirror Decoration
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Roman-Byzantine Period (4th-7th century)

Mirror with Falcons
Cleveland Museum of Art
1540–1296 BCE

Mirror with Falcons
Cleveland Museum of Art
1540–1296 BCE

Mirror with Falcons
Cleveland Museum of Art
1540–1296 BCE

Model Boat
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE

Model Boat Owner
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE

Model Mummy
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE

Model Steering Oar
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE

Model Storage Vessel
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2000–1900 BCE

Model of Two Donkeys with Drivers
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2030–1850 B.C.

Mold in Two Parts
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Mortar and Pestle
Art Institute of Chicago
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (about 1985–1773 BCE)

Mummified Man
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period, 2nd–1st century BCE

Mummy Mask of Senbi
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE

Name Panels from the Inner Wall of Senwosret I's Pyramid Complex
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1961–1917 B.C.

Nesting Quail Stamp Seal
Cleveland Museum of Art
4000–3000 BCE

Nome Gods Bearing Offerings
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1391–1353 BCE

Offering Table
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE

Offering Table
Cleveland Museum of Art
1069–656 BCE

Offering table
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1900–1850 B.C.

One of Three Pieces of an Arrow
Cleveland Museum of Art
2123–1814 BCE

One of Three Pieces of an Arrow
Cleveland Museum of Art
2123–1814 BCE

One of Three Pieces of an Arrow
Cleveland Museum of Art
2123–1814 BCE

Osiris
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–30 BC

Ostracon
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664 B.C.–A.D. 1st century

Ostracon with a Drawing of a King
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 19–Dynasty 20, about 1213–1069 BCE

Ostracon with fighting bulls
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Ostracon: Ramesses II Suckled by a Goddess
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1279–1213 BCE

Ostrakon
Metropolitan Museum of Art
7th century

Ostrakon
Metropolitan Museum of Art
7th century

Ostrakon
Metropolitan Museum of Art
7th century

Overseer Shawabty
Cleveland Museum of Art
1069–845 BCE

Pair of Djed-Pillar Amulets
Cleveland Museum of Art
380–30 BCE

Pair of Inlay Eyes
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE

Palette in the Form of a Turtle
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 3500–3050 BCE

Panel with the god Zeus/Serapis/Ohrmazd and worshiper
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 3rd century CE

Pawing Bull
Cleveland Museum of Art
500–475 BCE

Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700 BCE

Pendant amulet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
332–30 B.C.

Pendant with Lion and Scorpion
Metropolitan Museum of Art
10th century

Piglet figurine
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1700 B.C.

Plaque Depicting a Quail Chick
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Plaque Depicting a Queen or Goddess
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Plaque Depicting a Ram
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Plaque: Lion and Ankh/Libation Vessel
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasties 18–20 (about 1550 –1069 BCE)

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Laurel Wreath
Art Institute of Chicago
Roman Period, early to mid–2nd century

Portrait of a Man Wearing an Ivy Wreath
Art Institute of Chicago
Roman Period, early to mid–2nd century

Priest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirt
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 712–650 B.C.

Priest-King or Deity
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1600 BCE

Priests Performing Funeral Rites
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Priests Performing Funeral Rites
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Procession of Nobles
Cleveland Museum of Art
100–150 CE

Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 3100–2900 BCE

Raised relief fragment
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–610 B.C.

Recumbent Animal on Grater or Scraper
Cleveland Museum of Art
700–500 BCE

Recumbent Lion Beads
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE

Recumbent lion
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th–19th century

Relief Depicting a Calf-Bearer
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (304-30 BCE)

Relief Depicting a God
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Relief Depicting the Purification of Queen Kiya (?)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Relief Fragment Depicting Ipi and Fowling in the Marshes
Art Institute of Chicago
First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 10, about 2050 BCE

Relief Fragment depicting offering bearers from the mastaba of Idut, daughter of King Unis (?)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2649–2100 B.C.

Relief Showing the Head of a Winged Genius
Art Institute of Chicago
Neo–Assyrian Period, reign of King Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE)

Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.

Relief from around the false door in the tomb of Bakenrenef, 3 sections
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–610 B.C.

Relief from the tomb of Bakenrenef, wall from small room with texts and niches
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–610 B.C.

Relief from the tomb of Bakenrenef, wall from small room with texts and niches
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–610 B.C.

Relief of Agricultural Scenes
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2311–2281 BCE

Relief of Hatshepsut or Tuthmosis III
Cleveland Museum of Art
1479–1425 BCE

Relief of Men Bringing Birds and Cattle
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2311–2281 BCE

Relief of Men Bringing Desert Animals
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2311–2281 BCE

Relief of Three Offering Bearers
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2311–2281 BCE

Relief of a Bull
Art Institute of Chicago
Early Ptolemaic Period, about 300 BCE

Relief of a Female Deity's Head
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1200–1194 B.C.

Relief panel
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 883–859 BCE

Relief panel
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 883–859 BCE

Relief panel
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 883–859 BCE

Relief with offerings and bowing officials
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Rhomboidal Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
4500–3500 BCE

Rhomboidal Palette
Cleveland Museum of Art
4000–3500 BCE

Ripple-Flaked Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
4000–3000 BCE

Round-Topped Stele
Cleveland Museum of Art
332 BCE–395 CE

Royal bust
Metropolitan Museum of Art
400–200 B.C.

Saluting Protective Spirit
Cleveland Museum of Art
883–859 BCE

Scribe's Palette
Cleveland Museum of Art
1540–1186 BCE

Seal Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
2134–2124 BCE

Seal Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
2300–2124 BCE

Seal Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
2311–2140 BCE

Seal Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
2123–2040 BCE

Seal Amulet in the form of a Lion's Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
3800–3500 BCE

Seal Stamp
Metropolitan Museum of Art
dated 1313 AH/1895–96 CE
Seal Stone
Metropolitan Museum of Art
10th–11th century

Seal Stone
Metropolitan Museum of Art
10th–11th century

Seal stamp
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2200–1900 BCE

Seal with Hebrew Inscription
Metropolitan Museum of Art
10th–11th century

Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2000 BCE

Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2000 BCE

Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2000 BCE

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 7th century CE

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1850–1700 B.C.

Seated Couple: Mentuemhat's Ancestors
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Seated Model Sailor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2000–1000 BCE

Seated Model Sailor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2000–1000 BCE

Seated Model Sailor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2000–1000 BCE

Seated Ruler
Cleveland Museum of Art
2000–1700 BCE

Seated Scribe of Medthu
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1479–1425 BCE

Seated Statue of Nykara
Cleveland Museum of Art
2408–2377 BCE
Selket
Harvard Art Museums
6th century BCE-2nd century CE

Senwosret III as a Sphinx
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1878–1840 B.C.

Shawabty
Cleveland Museum of Art
1069–845 BCE

Shawabty
Cleveland Museum of Art
1250–1213 BCE

Shawabty
Cleveland Museum of Art
1295–1069 BCE

Shawabty
Cleveland Museum of Art
forgery of the early 20th century

Shawabty
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–945 BCE

Shawabty
Cleveland Museum of Art
1336–1295 BCE

Shawabty in Dress of Everyday Life
Cleveland Museum of Art
1295–1188 BCE

Shawabty of Djehutymose
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1279–1213 BCE

Shawabty of Herytwebkhet (Harweben)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–956 BCE

Shawabty of Nectanebo II
Cleveland Museum of Art
360–342 BCE

Shawabty of Padiamen
Cleveland Museum of Art
1025–975 BCE

Shawabty of Pinudjem I, High Priest of Amen and King
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 990–969 BCE

Shawabty of Ranefer
Cleveland Museum of Art
1336–1295 BCE

Shawabty of Seti I
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1294–1279 BCE

Shawabty of Shedsuhor
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–956 BCE

Shawabty of Tabaketenkhonsu
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–956 BCE

Shawabty of Tanetosorkon
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–956 BCE

Shawabty of Tashery
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1391–1353 BCE

Shawabty of the Scribe Seti
Cleveland Museum of Art
1350–1250 BCE

Shrew
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Side Panel from the Coffin of Amenemope
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 976–889 BCE

Siphon nozzle
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Situla
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (664–30 BCE)

Small Head of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Small Head of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE
Small Head of a Monkey or Lion
Harvard Art Museums
3rd-1st century BCE

Small Lepidotus Fish
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE
Small Standing Male Figure
Harvard Art Museums
early 7th-late 1st century BCE

Spear
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1900 B.C.

Spearing Fish
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Sphinxes with a Human Head and with a Ram Head at Point Y. Karnak (Thebes)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1851–52

Stamp Moistener
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1895–1915

Stamp Moistener (Stem)
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 1800s-early 1900s

Stamp Moistener (Tomato)
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 1800s-early 1900s

Stamp seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 3rd–7th century CE

Stamp seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 3rd–7th century CE

Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene
Metropolitan Museum of Art
7th century BCE

Stamp-Seal Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Standing Bronze Bull
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 3000s BCE

Statue Base Dedicated to Amen-Ra
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Statue of Amenemhat III
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1859–1814 BCE

Statue of Gudea
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2144–2124 BCE

Statue of Idi
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2200 B.C.

Statue of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Statue of Sakhmet, "Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun"
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1390–1352 BCE

Statue of Shebenhor
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)

Statue of Wesirnakht
Art Institute of Chicago
Probably Macedonian Dynasty (332–305 BCE)

Statuette of Amen-Ra
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Statuette of Amen-Ra
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–30 BCE OR 664–330 BCE

Statuette of Bes
Cleveland Museum of Art
525–30 BCE

Statuette of Harpocrates
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 50 BCE

Statuette of Hathor
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–30 BCE OR 664–330 BCE

Statuette of Imhotep
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (305–30 BCE)

Statuette of Isis and Horus
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Statuette of Isis and Horus
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–30 BCE OR 664–330 BCE

Statuette of Kneeling King
Cleveland Museum of Art
304–30 BCE

Statuette of Neith
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Statuette of Osiris
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Statuette of Osiris
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Statuette of Osiris
Cleveland Museum of Art
1295–1069 BCE

Statuette of Osiris
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26 or later, 664–332 BCE

Statuette of Osiris
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)

Statuette of Osiris
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Statuette of Osiris (head)
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Statuette of Osiris-Iah
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, about 664–332 BCE

Statuette of Ptah
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26–30 (664–332 BCE)

Statuette of Sekhmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Statuette of a Lion-headed God, probably Horus of Buto
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period (664–332 BCE)

Statuette of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1859–1648 BCE

Statuette of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE

Statuette of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1391–1353 BCE

Statuette of a Priestess with Offering Table and Situla
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 22–25 (about 945–656 BCE)

Statuette of a Serving Girl
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1323–1186 BCE

Statuette of a Sphinx from a Barque Standard
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21–Dynasty 22, about 984–715 BCE

Statuette of an Ibis Head
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period (664–332 BCE)

Statuette of an Orant Figure
Art Institute of Chicago
Byzantine Period, 5th-6th century

Statuette of the Apis Bull
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasty 21–26 (about 1069–664 BCE)

Statuette of the Apis Bull
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasty 21–26 (about 1069–664 BCE)

Statuette of the God Harpocrates
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (about 1069–30 BCE)

Statuette of the God Harpocrates
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (664–30 BCE)

Statuette of the God Imhotep
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasties 25–26 (about 747–525 BCE)

Statuette of the God Min
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BCE)

Statuette of the God Osiris
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasties 21–31 (about 1069–332 BCE)

Statuette of the Goddess Isis Holding the God Horus
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasty 21–31 (about 1069–332 BCE)

Statuette of the Goddess Mut
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (about 1069–664 BCE)

Statuette of the Goddess Neith
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate–Late Period, Dynasty 22–30 (about 945–332 BCE)

Statuette of the Goddess Neith
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (about 1069–664 BCE)

Statuette of the Goddess Neith Sitting on a Lotus
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period (664–332 BCE)

Statuette of the Goddess Nephthys
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasty 21–31 (about 1069–332 BCE)

Statuette: Seated Mummiform Deity
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Statutette of Isis and Horus
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–30 BCE

Steatite Seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1800–1700 BCE

Steatite cushion-shaped seal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1900–1600 BCE

Stela (Commemorative Stone) Depicting the Funeral of Ramose
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II (about 1279–1213 BCE)

Stela of Amenemhat and Hemet
Art Institute of Chicago
Middle Kingdom, early Dynasty 12, about 1956–1877 BCE

Stela of Amenemhat and Yatu
Art Institute of Chicago
Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 12–early Dynasty 13, about 1870–1770 BCE

Stela of Mersumaat
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, about 1340-1295 BCE

Stela of Ptahmose
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1320–1290 B.C.

Stela of Tjenti and Nefret
Art Institute of Chicago
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, about 2540 BCE

Stela of a Woman Named Niseret
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 3050 B.C.

Stela of the Overseer of the Fortress Intef
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2000–1988 B.C.

Stele of Djedatumiufankh
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Stele of Hetpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE

Stele of Itetioqer and Family
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2123–2040 BCE

Stele of Neferrenpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400–1296 BCE

Stele of Userhat
Cleveland Museum of Art
1391–1353 BCE

Stele of the High Priest of Ptah, Shedsunefertem
Cleveland Museum of Art
945–924 BCE

Striding Goat
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 3200–3000 BCE

Striding Statue of Minnefer
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 2377–2311 BCE

Stylus or weaving tool
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 9th–7th century BCE
Syrian or Neo-Assyrian Cult Figure
Harvard Art Museums
8th-7th century BCE

Talatat: Men Hoeing the Earth
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1353–1347 BCE

Talatat: Nefertiti Offers to the Aten
Cleveland Museum of Art
1353–1347 BCE

Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1353–1347 BCE

Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1353–1347 BCE

Temple Relief of a Deity
Cleveland Museum of Art
360–246 BCE

Textile manufacturing tool
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Tomb Chapel of Raemkai: West Wall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2446–2389 B.C.

Tomb Relief of the Chief Physician Amenhotep and Family
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1279–1257 BCE

Tomb Stele of Nesptah
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE

Tomb Wall Fragment Depicting Abdu and Reputka with Offering Bearers
Art Institute of Chicago
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6 (about 2345–2181 BCE)

Tomb Wall Fragment Depicting Donkeys
Art Institute of Chicago
Old Kingdom, late Dynasty 5, about 2375 BCE

Tomb Wall Fragment Depicting Offering Bearers and Butchers
Art Institute of Chicago
Old Kingdom, mid–Dynasty 5–early Dynasty 6 (about 2445–2287 BCE)

Tool
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2100–1950 B.C.

Torso of Amenpayom
Cleveland Museum of Art
probably 200–100 BCE

Trial Piece Worked on Both Sides
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1391–1353 BCE

Trial Piece Worked on Both Sides
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1391–1353 BCE

Tutu as Sphinx
Cleveland Museum of Art
150 BCE–30 CE

Tweezer fragment
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Two Offering Bearers
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 667–647 BCE

Upper Part of the Seated Statue of a Queen
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1580–1550 B.C.

Uraeus
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–30 B.C.

Uraeus decoration from shrine
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1550–332 B.C.

Uraeus fitting from shrine
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–30 B.C.

Vessel fragment
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Votive Hathor Column Capital
Cleveland Museum of Art
380–30 BCE

Votive Head of a King
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–246 BCE

Votive Palm Column Capital
Cleveland Museum of Art
30 BCE–395 CE

Votive Relief of a King
Cleveland Museum of Art
305–246 BCE

Wall Fragment from a Tomb Depicting Offering Bearers
Art Institute of Chicago
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6 (about 2400–2250 BCE)

Wall Fragment from a Tomb Depicting Offering Bearers
Art Institute of Chicago
First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 10 (about 2186–2061 BCE)

Wall Fragment from a Tomb Depicting Offering Bearers
Art Institute of Chicago
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 (about 2494–2345 BCE)

Wall Fragment from a Tomb Depicting a Harvest Scene
Art Institute of Chicago
First Intermediate Period, Dynasties 9–10 (about 2060–2025 BCE)

Wall Fragment from a Tomb Depicting a Herdsman
Art Institute of Chicago
First Intermediate Period, Dynasties 9–10 (about 2060–2025 BCE)

Weight in the Form of a Lion
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1391–1353 BCE

Wooden Arrow
Cleveland Museum of Art
2123–1814 BCE

Wooden Bow
Cleveland Museum of Art
2123–1914 BCE

Wooden Staff or Support
Cleveland Museum of Art
2030–1650 BCE

Writing board fragment with Sokar formula for the benefit of Nebit
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 2030–1981 B.C.

Yuny and His Wife Renenutet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1294–1279 B.C.