The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt

by W. M. Flinders Petrie

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CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
1.	[THE CHARACTER OF EGYPTIAN ART]	[1]
2.	[THE PERIODS AND SCHOOLS]	[11]
3.	[THE STATUARY]	[29]
4.	[THE RELIEFS]	[48]
5.	[THE PAINTING AND DRAWING]	[55]
6.	[THE ARCHITECTURE]	[62]
7.	[THE STONE-WORKING]	[69]
8.	[JEWELLERY]	[83]
9.	[METAL WORK]	[98]
10.	[GLAZED WARE AND GLASS]	[107]
11.	[THE POTTERY]	[126]
12.	[IVORY-WORKING]	[134]
13.	[WOODWORK]	[137]
14.	[PLASTER AND STUCCO]	[142]
15.	[CLOTHING]	[147]
16.	[EGYPT’S PLACE IN THE ART OF THE WORLD]	[152]
	[INDEX]	[159]
	[BIBLIOGRAPHY]	[166]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Fig.	Dynasty.	Subject.	Material.	Source.	Position.	Page.
Scenery.
[1]	XVIII	Temple below cliffs.	Limestone	Deir el Bahri	Thebes.	[4]
[2]	…	Palms and canal.	…	Illahun.	Fayum.	”
Periods.
[3]	Prehist.	Dog and deer.	Ivory.	?	Petrie Coll.	[13]
[4]	”	Bull and enemy.	Slate.	?	Louvre.	”
[5]	IV	Servant of Ainofer.	Limestone.	Saqqareh.	Cairo Mus.	”
[6]	XII	Senusert I.	”	Memphis.	Carlsberg M.	”
[7]	XVIII	Servant of Kha-em-hat.	”	Tomb.	Thebes.	[19]
[8]	XIX	Sons of Ramessu II.	Sandstone.	Luqsor.	”	”
[9]	XXVI	Aahmes-si-neit-rannu.	Limestone.	Memphis.	Cambridge.	”
[10]	Ptolem.	Cleopatra Cocce.	Sandstone.	”	Kom Ombo.	”
Schools.
[11]	XIX	Ramessu II.	Black granite.	Eastern desert.	Turin.	[24]
[12]	”	”	Hard limestone.	Memphis.	Memphis.	”
[13]	”	”	Red granite.	Aswan.	Thebes.	”
[14]	”	”	Sandstone.	Nubia.	Abu Simbel.	”
Sculpture.
[15]	Prehist.	Female figure.	Ivory.	?	Petrie Coll.	[30]
[16]	”	” ”	Limestone.	Naqadeh.	Oxford Mus.	”
[17]	”	Male heads.	Ivory.	?	Petrie Coll.	”
[18]	”	Lion.	Limestone.	?	”	”
[19], [20]	I	Narmer? head; sculptor’s study.	”	?	”	[32]
[21]	I	King standing.	Ivory.	Abydos.	British Mus.	”
[22]	II	Head of Kha-sekhem.	Limestone.	Hierakonpolis.	Oxford Mus.	”
[23]	III	Head of Mertitefs.	”	?	Leyden Mus.	[33]
[24]	”	Head of Nofert.	”	Medum.	Cairo Mus.	”
[25]	IV	Head of Ka-aper.	Wood.	Saqqareh.	”	”
[26]	”	Female figure.	Wood.	”	”	”
[27]	”	Khafra.	Diorite.	Gizeh.	”	[34]
[28]	”	Head of Khafra.	Cast.	”	”	”
[29]	V	Scribe seated.	Limestone.	Saqqareh.	Louvre.	[35]
[30]	”	Family of Khui.	”	”	Cairo Mus.	”
[31]	”	Ranofer.	”	”	”	”
[32]	XII	Head of Senusert I.	”	Lisht.	”	[39]
[33]	”	” Senusert III.	Red granite.	Karnak.	”	”
[34]	?	” Sphinx.	Black granite.	Tanis.	”	”
[35]	XII	” Amenemhat III.	Grey granite.	?	Univ. Coll., Lond.	”
[36]	XVIII	” statue.	Quartzite.	Thebes.	Cairo Mus.	[42]
[37]	”	” Tahutmes III.	Basalt.	Karnak.	”	”
[38]	”	” Tut-ankh-amen.	Grey granite.	”	”	”
[39]	”	” Akhenaten.	Limestone.	Thebes.	Louvre.	”
[40]	”	Young negress.	Ebony.	?	Petrie Coll.	[43]
[41]	”	Girl on tray handle.	Wood.	?	Louvre.	”
[42]	”	Girl playing lute.	”	Sedment.	Univ. Coll., Lond.	”
[43]	XIX	Head of Ramessu II.	Black granite.	Thebes.	Turin Mus.	[44]
[44]	”	” Bak-en-khonsu.	Hard limestone.	”	Munich Mus.	”
[45]	”	” Merenptah.	Black granite.	”	Cairo Mus.	”
[46]	XXV	” Taharqa.	Black granite.	”	”	”
[47]	”	” Amenardys.	Alabaster.	”	”	[46]
[48]	”	” Mentu-em-hat.	Black granite.	Karnak.	”	”
[49]	XXX	” man (cast).	Basalt.	Memphis.	Berlin Mus.	”
[50]	Ptol.	” woman (coffin).	Wood.	?	”	”
Reliefs.
[51]	Prehist.	Hyaena and calf.	Limestone.	Koptos.	Cairo Mus.	[48]
[52]	Prehist.	Gazelles and palms.	Slate.	?	Oxford and Louvre.	”
[53]	”	Group of animals.	”	Hierakonpolis.	Oxford Mus.	”
[54]	”	Narmer and enemy.	”	Hierakonpolis.	Cairo Mus.	”
[55]	III	Ra-hesy, half length.	Wood.	Saqqareh.	”	[Front.]
[56]	V	Sacrificing bull.	Limestone.	Ty tomb.	Saqqareh.	[51]
[57]	”	Oxherd.	”	Ptah-hotep tomb.	”	”
[58]	XI	Toilet of princess.	”	Deir el Bahri.	Cairo Mus.	[52]
[59]	XII	Heads of Ptah and Senusert I.	”	Karnak.	”	”
[60]	XVIII	Hatshepsut.	”	Deir el Bahri.	Thebes.	[53]
[61]	”	Servant of Kha-em-hat.	”	Tomb.	”	”
[62]	”	Akhenaten and queen.	”	?	Berlin Mus.	”
[63]	XX	Bulls in marsh.	Sandstone.	Medinet, Habu.	Thebes.	[54]
[64]	XXVI	Youths and girls with animals.	Limestone.	Memphis.	Cairo Mus.	”
Paintings.
[65]	Prehist.	Men fighting, vase.	Pottery.	?	Petrie Coll.	[56]
[66]	”	Ship, vase.	”	?	Cairo Mus.	”
[67]	”	Ship, tomb.	Fresco.	Hierakonpolis.	”	”
[68]	III	Geese walking.	”	Medum.	”	”
[69]	XVIII	Pelicans and keeper.	”	Horemheb tomb.	Thebes.	[57]
[70]	”	Gleaning girls.	”	Menna tomb.	”	”
[71]	”	Harvesters.	”	Nekht tomb.	”	”
[72]	”	Pattern in stages.	”	Amenmes tomb.	”	[58]
[73]	”	Boating scene.	”	Menna tomb.	”	”
[74]	”	Guests and girl.	”	Nekht tomb.	”	”
[75]	”	Girl somersaulting.	Limestone.	Thebes?	Turin Mus.	[60]
[76]	”	Young princesses.	Fresco.	Tell-el-Amarna.	Oxford Mus.	”
[77]	XVIII	Man hauling rope.	Fresco.	Amenmes tomb.	Thebes.	”
[78]	”	Four races.	Rock wall.	Rames tomb.	”	”
[79]	XIX	Man adoring.	Limestone.	Thebes.	Cairo Mus.	”
[80]	”	Sety I offering to Osiris.	Rock pillar.	Tomb of Sety I.	Thebes.	”
Architecture.
[81]	IV	Temple of Khafra.	Red granite.	Gizeh.	…	[66]
[82]	XX	” Ramessu III.	Sandstone.	Medinet Habu.	Thebes.	”
[83]	Ptolem.	Temple of Ergamenes.	”	Dakkeh.	Nubia.	”
[84]	V	Palm column, Unas.	Red granite.	Saqqareh.	Cairo Mus.	[67]
[85]	”	Rose lotus capital.	Limestone.	”	”	”
[86]	”	Blue lotus capital.	”	Abusir.	”	”
Stone working.
[87]	Pre-XVIII	Stone vases.	Various.	Various.	”	[78]
[88]	XVIII	Trial piece, king’s head.	Limestone.	Thebes.	Petrie Coll.	”
[89]	?	Figure in first outlines.	Rock-crystal.	?	”	”
[90]	Ptolem.	Lion’s head in outlines.	Limestone.	?	”	”
[91]	XVIII?	Man’s head, unfinished.	”	Thebes.	”	”
[92]	Prehist.	Flint knives, etc.	Chert.	Naqadeh, etc.	”	[81]
Jewellery.
[93]	I	Bracelets, gold, turquoise.	Amethyst.	Tomb of Zer.	Cairo Mus.	[87]
[94]	VI	Chain.	Gold.	Mahasnah.	”	”
[95]	”?	Seal with hawk heads.	”	?	Petrie Coll.	”
[96]	XII	Uraeus, wire work.	”	?	”	”
[97]	”	Pectoral of Senusert II.	”	Dahshur.	Cairo Mus.	[88]
[98]	”	” ” III.	”	”	”	”
[99]	”	Inlaid crown of Khnumt.	Gold and stones.	”	”	[90]
[100]	”	Floret ”	Gold and stones.	”	”	”
[101]	”	Granulated work.	Gold.	”	”	”
[102]	XVIII	Bracelet of Aahmes.	Gold and lazuli.	Thebes.	”	[92]
[103]	XVIII	Dagger of Aahmes.	Gold and bronze.	Thebes.	Cairo Mus.	”
[104]	”	Axe of Aahmes.	Gold and bronze.	”	”	”
[105]	XIX	Pectoral of Ramessu II.	Gold and stones.	Saqqareh.	Louvre.	[94]
[106]	XX	Earrings of Ramessu XII.	Gold.	Abydos.	Cairo Mus.	”
[107]	XXV	Statuette of Hershefi.	”	Ehnasya.	Boston Mus.	”
[108]	XXVI?	Bowls from temple.	Silver.	Mendes.	Cairo Mus.	[96]
[109]	Rom.?	Chain fastening.	Gold.	?	Petrie Coll.	”
Metal-working.
[110]	VI	Head of prince.	Copper.	Hierakonpolis.	Cairo Mus.	[100]
[111]	XXV?	Bust of Takushet.	Gold in bronze.	?	Athens Mus.	”
[112]	”	” ” side.	”	?	”	”
[113]	XVIII	Flask of sandal washer.	Bronze.	?	Petrie Coll.	[101]
[114]	XIX	Fluted vases.	”	Abydos.	Cairo Mus.	”
[115]	XXII?	Anti-splash bowl.	Silver.	Bubastis.	Petrie Coll.	”
Glaze and Glass.
[116]	I	Inlaid glazes of Mena.	Green and violet glaze.	Abydos.	Brit. Mus.	[108]
[117]	XX	Lotus and grape border.	Coloured glaze.	Yehudiyeh.	Cairo Mus.	”
[118]	XXVI	Head of Isis.	Blue glaze.	?	Petrie Coll.	”
[119]	”	Royal fan-bearer.	”	?	”	”
[120]	XVIII	Dragged pattern vase.	Coloured glass.	?	British Mus.	[120]
[121]	”	””	”	?	”	”
[122]	Ptol.	Coloured mosaics.	Glass.	?	Petrie Coll.	”
Ivory.
[123]	IV	Khufu.	Ivory.	Abydos.	Cairo Mus.	[136]
[124]	VI?	Girl standing.	”	?	Petrie Coll.	”
[125]	XXVI	Lotus flower.	”	Memphis.	Edin. Mus.	”
[126]	”	Man with offerings.	”	”	”	”
Wood.
[127]	XVIII	Bracing of chair.	Wood.	Tomb of Yuaa.	Cairo Mus.	[137]
[128]	”	Chair of Sitamen.	”	”	”	”
[129]	”	Coffer of Amenhotep III.	Wood inlaid.	”	”	”
[130]	”	” ”	”	”	”	”
[131]	”	Couch of Yuaa.	Wood.	”	”	”
Plaster.
[132]	XVIII	Reliefs on chariot.	Stucco on wood.	Tomb of Tahutmes.	Cairo Mus.	[144]
[133]	Ptol.	Lion’s head, casting.	Plaster.	?	Petrie Coll.	”
[134]	”	King’s head, casting.	”	?	”	”
[135]	Roman.	Man’s head from coffin.	”	?	”	[146]
[136]	”	” ”	”	Kom el Ahmar.	Cairo Mus.	”
[137]	”	Woman’s head from coffin.	”	?	Petrie Coll.	”
[138]	”	Man’s head and skull.	”	Hu.	British Mus.	”
Clothing.
[139]	XVIII	Woven patterns, Amenhotep II.	Thread.	Tomb of Tahutmes IV.	Cairo Mus.	[148]
[140]	”	Cut-out network.	Leather.	”	”	”

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