Amulet / hypocephalus

Description

Papyrus covered, flat circular hypocephalus with a thin coating of plaster, decorated with underworld scenes and hieroglyphic texts: Ancient Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, c.305-30 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.48

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Amulet / hypocephalus

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Ptolemaic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Papyrus, Plaster

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities, 1863. No. 31

Murray, M. 1900. Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the National Museum of Antiquities no. 121, p. 8, 9, 53

Miatello, L. 2008. 'The Hypocephalus of Takerheb in Firenze and the Scheme of the Solar Cycle' in Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 37, p. 277

On display

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