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This is a glossary of ancient Egypt artifacts .
Amulet – an amulet is an object that is typically worn on one's person, that some people believe has the magical or miraculous power to protect its holder.
Ankh – a symbol of life held by
Ra
Benben stone (also known as a pyramidion) – the top stone of the Egyptian pyramid
Canopic jar – vessel containing internal body organs removed during
mummification
Canopic chest – the common chest contained the four Canopic jars
Cartonnage – papyrus or linen soaked in plaster, shaped around a body and used for mummy masks and coffins
Cenotaph – an empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere
Crook – a symbol of pharaonic power. Symbol of the god
Osiris
Faience – glasswork articles, amulets, etc.
False door – an artistic representation of a door, a common architectural element in the tombs
Flail – a symbol of pharaonic power. Symbol of the god
Osiris
Flint knife – prestige funerary good, from the
Naqada period until the end of the
Early Dynastic Period
Funerary cone – small cones made from clay that were placed over the entrance of the chapel of a tomb, used almost exclusively in the Theban necropolis (Mesopotamia had
clay nails )
Headrest – found in tombs, etc. Typically personal , or a memorial headrest
Imiut fetish – a religious object used in funerary rites; a stuffed, headless animal skin, often of a feline or bull, tied by the tail to a pole, terminating in a lotus bud and inserted into a stand
Microlith – ancient Egyptian stone flakes
Menat – an amulet worn around the neck. Also a musical instrument, a metal rattle (see also:
sistrum )
Menhed – a scribe's pallet
Mummy – body after
mummification
Naos – religious shrine; portable shrine for carrying a god
Ostracon – pottery sherd, limestone
Sherd , used as writing material
Cosmetic palette – slab of stone, sometimes decorated, used for preparing cosmetics. See:
Narmer Palette ; and:
Category:Archaeological palettes .
Papyrus – a material made from papyrus reeds, used as writing and painting material
Pectoral (Ancient Egypt) – many forms. (Up to 13 additional Gardiner-unlisted
determinative hieroglyphs for the "pectoral"; See
Gardiner's sign list .)
Rosetta Stone – A stone with three languages on it, which unlocked the Egyptian language
Saqqara Bird – wooden bird model
Sarcophagus – a funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone
Scarab – amulet or
seal in the form of an abstract
dung beetle
Senet – a board game
Shabti – figurines placed in the tomb as substitutes for the tomb owner in the next world
Sphinx
Pyramid – a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt
Statuary – pharaonic and non-pharaonic. (Range of sizes.)
Amulets – numerous, (and predynastic).
Stele
Boundary Stele – placed at boundaries.
Memorial Stele – pharaonic or non-pharaonic.
Monumental Stele – offered to gods, special individuals.
Votive Stele – private, dedication.
Victory Stele – pharaonic.
Talatat – limestone wall blocks, at times painted.
Ushabti – shabti s from the
21st Dynasty and later.
See also
References
Reeves, Nicholas . Ancient Egypt, The Great Discoveries, a Year-by-Year Chronicle,
Nicholas Reeves, (Thames and Hudson Ltd. London), c.2000. Glossary: p. 242