Newsletter Free Copy January – April 2010 Issue 7

IN this issue: ’s New Kingdom Treasures

Visiting Hours: 9 am - 6.30 pm Entrance Fees: General Working Hours: 9 am - 3.30 pm Foreign Adults: 60 LE Editorial Committee: Foreign Students (with valid ISIC ID): 30 LE Dr Zahi Hawass Egyptian and Arab Adults: 4.00 LE Dr Wafaa al-Saddik Egyptian and Arab Students: 1.00 LE Maather Aboueich, Editor Mummy Rooms (one ticket for both rooms): Mennat-Allah El Dorry, Editor-in-Chief Phone: +2-02-25782452 Patsy Gasperetti, Language Editor Fax: 2-02-25796974 Foreign Adults: 100 LE Rebecca Hodgins, Editorial Assistant Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt Foreign Students (with valid ISIC ID): 60 LE The Newsletter appears three times a year. Graphic Design: Magdy Ezzeldin Egyptian and Arab Adults: 10 LE For queries and PDF subscriptions, Egyptian and Arab Students: 5 LE please e-mail Printing supervision: Amal Safwat [email protected] Printed in Egypt by All information in the Newsletter is correct www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg is not valid. The Supreme Council of Antiquities at the time of publication. A new website is under construction. General Director General Dr Wafaa al-Saddik Wafaa Dr Egyptian Museum, Cairo The popularity The of Egyptian antiquities stems from antiquities our reception the by honoured are We . Abdel Mohsen). S. (Photo by eriod, ca. 688–525 B.C. Egypt” exhibition which opens at The Franklin Institute Institute Franklin The at opens which exhibition Egypt” four to travels and 2010, 5th, June on Philadelphia in 2011. until January American cities North the skill that ancient at Egyptian creating artisans employed their statuary, the tomb simple day reliefs to day and objects. The advanced even level of science and technology in attract the public who ancient hope to learn Egypt more about its also culture. fascinating history and receive abroad, and feel very privileged to welcome millions of visitors to the Egyptian year. Museum every The Mariette Monument in the garden of the Egyptian Museum The M. El Dorry) (Photo by ctor

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gyptian antiquities have long enchanted the international m public. Museums around the world world the around Museums public. strive to host exhibitions travelling on Egyptian antiquities, are always which a success. Museums hosting temporary from Egypt exhibitions have increase of visitors, often reaching recorded an up to eight million more visitors per There are exhibition. currently King boy the about exhibitions two E e First Curator at the Egyptian Musuem of Cairo Curator First

Tutankhamun the travelling more Tutankhamun United Two States. international exhibitions are starting is soon. hosting China objects from the Egyptian Cairo which Pavilion is part Museum of the Expo at 2010 in the Another 2010). 31, October to 1 May (from Shanghai exhibition that will surely attract millions of visitors is the “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of

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W ariette ariette Pacha (1821-1881) was a French founder Egyptologist and of the Egyptian Antiquities Service (the modern

rofil During his initial stay, he discovered the Serapeum at Memphis at Serapeum the discovered he stay, initial his During See page seven for more information about the Mariette Monument. See page seven P

A M His excavations in Egypt extended to many places, including Tell el Tell including places, many to extended Egypt in excavations His in Yahudiyya the Delta, Karnak Deir Temple, el-Bahari, and Tanis el-Basta. One of his Tell most important was discoveries the burial Aah-hotep. and jewellery of Queen (Saqqara), (Saqqara), the first ofcreate to hissought and many Pacha; discoveries.Ismail Khedive of insistence He the at Egypt later returned to opened museum first His Cairo. in antiquities Egyptian of museum a person first the him making 1863, in Cairo, in Boulaq, of area the in in the Near East to create a museum for antiquities to protect the Egyptian the founded he 1858 In monuments. deteriorating rapidly was he Egypt to contributions many his Amongst Service. Antiquities Aida. Opera renowned Verdi's of production the in involved closely Supreme Council of Antiquities). Mariette first became interested in interested became first Mariette Antiquities). of Council Supreme Egyptology after he read the manuscripts and notes of his relative Nestor L'Hôte, who was a French draughtsman and archaeologist in working Egypt. His firsttrip to wasEgypt in and 1849/1850 had for manuscripts Arabic and Coptic purchasing and finding of aim the collections. Museum Louvre the François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette Pacha Auguste Ferdinand François Cover Photos: Cover dating to the Saïte P Bank of Luxor, West from Gurna on the mask of a woman - Mummy

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. . A third portion , , words were not By Gianluca Miniaci and his unpublished Dictionary Monumenti Monumenti Exhibition Curator, University of University Exhibition Curator, , which , was left which becauseunfinished of The The exhibition is accompanied by a full-colour catalogue The Italian Ambassador to Egypt H.E. Mr Claudio Pacifico during Ambassador to Egypt H.E. Mr Claudio Pacifico Italian The and Professor Dr Zahi Hawass accompanied by the inauguration, Abdel Mohsen). S. Marilina Betrò. (Photo by rather than to their original locations, following the method used by Rosellini himself for his concerned the methods employed by the artists. Expedition’s The last section contained the resulting Egypt; in scientificcollected material results rich the on based obtained Rosellini by in the nine volumes of the Dictionary Hieroglyphic his premature death. In Rosellini’s arranged on the grounds of the sign’s category; the however, dictionaries. Egyptological modern in as phonetic, was order named after the title of the exhibition. A general view of Room 44 with the Rosellini exhibition. (Photo by view of Room 44 with the Rosellini exhibition. (Photo by A general Abdel Mohsen). S. gardens made by image: painting of an estate’s Watermark Abdel Mohsen) S. 96 (Photo by Tomb Theban Alessandro Ricci from Franco-Tuscan the of drawings beautiful the of some with case A tomb the from Angelelli Giuseppe by painted cat a (l-r) of Expedition catching bird a Egypt); (Middle Hasan Beni in III Khnumhotep of showing water-colour a III; Khnumhotep of tomb the from also scene, S. by (Photo Angelelli. Giuseppe by also 78, Tomb Theban from pelicans Mohsen). Abdel nts e of January of January Monumenti th

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The The Exhibition focused on the expedition and its scientific Seventy Seventy two documents from Rosellini’s archives at the

or or Franco- the the during made firstwere which time, équipe his and drawings Rosellini and manuscripts of Ippolito Exhibitions and Ev

and and the 23 F Tuscan Tuscan Expedition to Egypt which he in led Italy together outside with exhibited were Jean- (1828-29), Champollion Francois the 27 between Museum, 44 Room of the Egyptian dell’Egitto e della Nubia, published in Pisa between the 1832 and 1844. Pisa is water- exhibited The the Expedition. Franco-Tuscan the only of portfolio owner of the almost complete colour paintings represent some of the famous scenes most which were beautiful taken from and monuments and sites the members of the Expedition visited during their journey in notebooks, letters, manuscripts, of choice a Additionally, Egypt. completed hand own Rosellini’s Ippolito in notes scattered and presence The of the several unpublished exhibition. and never before exhibited manuscripts and drawings, such as the plan tomb Ijmery’s from scenes the I, Seti of tomb the of section and the of Valley the to dedicated manuscript Rosellini’s or Giza, at to the exhibition. an added value Kings, provided results. The first portion background of the of exhibition the introduced professor of the Ancient Franco-Tuscan Near East Exepdtion: Languages and History at the the , young Ippolito Rosellini; his encounter with the decipherer of hieroglyphs second The Jean-François Egypt. to Expedition joint a of dream common their Champollion; and the section followed path of the along the Expedition Nile; the subjects their to according organized were display on drawings Biblioteca Universitaria of Pisa were and on included display, a selection of the original water-colour paintings and pencil drawings used for the plates of Ippolito Rosellini’s General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr Zahi Hawass, Hawass, Zahi Dr Antiquities of Council Supreme the of General of the Ambassador Italy to the Arab of Republic Egypt Claudio Betrò, Marilina Professor curator chief exhibit’s the and Pacifico the exhibition was the product of close cooperation between the of University Pisa, the Supreme Council of the Antiquities, Pisa. of Universitaria Biblioteca the and Museum, Egyptian di Pisa. Universitaria the Biblioteca to Egypt (1828-29) from Drawings and Manuscripts of the Franco-Tuscan Expedition Expedition Franco-Tuscan of the Manuscripts and Drawings Ippolito Rosellini and the Dawn of Egyptology. of Dawn and the Original Rosellini Ippolito Ancient . Studies of s Footwear ’ Tutankhamun . With contributions by A.J. Clapham, E. Endenburg, contributions by With . Department) and placement in the Djed-Her without his M. Taha / Conservation / Conservation Taha M. plastic bubble. (Photo by plastic bubble. (Photo by head before conservation, conservation, before head Djed-Her inside the plastic oxygen-free (Photo environment. Conservation by Department) Some objects from the Egyptian the Museum have from Some objects publications: the following in appeared recently Middle Kingdom Stelae from the Egyptian Three Baligh, Randa. 44 (2008): 169. JARCE Museum in Cairo.” son propriétaire”, in: saïte retrouve anonyme Un buste Lodomez, Guy. (ed.), Elkab and Beyond. - St. Hendrickx Claes - H. De Meulenaere W. 2009, p. 427- Luc Limme (OLA 191), Leuven, Studies in Honour of 438. 1: . Part Mastabas of Nucleus Cemetery 2100 Der. Manuelian, Peter . Major Mastabas G 2100–2220 Arts, 2009. 8. Boston: Museum of Fine volume Giza Mastabas Series to the Stela of the Chief Interior-Overseer Rasha. “The Metawi, Irw-nfr (Cairo Treasurer 44 (2008): 141 JARCE Museum CG 20563).” the tomb in “Reconceiving Miniaci, Gianluca and Stephen Quirke. burial of the accountant of the main The the Late Middle Kingdom. 109 (2003): 339- BIFAO Abu el-Naga.” enclosure Neferhotep at Dra 384. Andre J. Veldmeijer, Egyptian Footwear J.M. Nicholson, Hagen, J.A. Harrell, M.H. Kriek, P.T. F. A. Gräzer, 2010. Norg, DrukWare, Vogelsang-Eastwood. Ogden and G. • Dr Andrew Bednarski • Ms Abeyya El Shamy • Ms Asmaa Hassan • Ms Ilka Klose • Dr. Jose F. Alonso García Alonso F. Jose Dr. • Klose Ilka Ms • Hassan Asmaa Ms • Shamy El Abeyya Ms • Bednarski Andrew Dr • ws

Ne n n exhibition was Egyptian recently Museum held dealing at with the illicitly

he he June issue of "Ancient Egypt" magazine two that mentioned exhibitions were hosted everal everal curators and conservators from the Egyptian Museum recently participated in he he mummy of Djed-Her was discovered inside the covered have would his to the which mask steal trying looters by ancient damaged coffin. It has been severely By Taqwa Sayed Seliman – First Curator at the Egyptian Museum Curator Seliman – First Sayed Taqwa By the Egyptian Museum at Allah – Curator Abd Ahmed Kholoud

When the situation was noticed, the conservation department at the Museum Newsletter The will soon feature an article about the conservation and the history T

A S looted antiquities. Eleven objects priceless looted were antiquities. displayed in this exhibition, which showcased not the only antiquities, but presented background, the ongoing problems and solutions related to the April. of 30 the until held be will protection exhibition of antiquities. The by by the Egyptian Museum: of "Illustrations Time: Impressions from Edfu Temple" and “Ippollito Rosellini as Exhibition”, well as mentioning the are All three Museum. of the Children's opening photos. by accompanied a a workshop dealing with the conservation objects of and manuscripts. The workshop organised by was the Levantine Foundation under the auspices of the Mahmoud Curators el- SCA. Noha Mahmoud, Soha Mahdy, Al Hala Halwagy. Nabil and Maather Aboueich took part in this workshop. week three

Acknowledgements T Late Period, ca. 522–343 B.C. Akhmim, JE 26060 ca. 522–343 B.C. Late Period, The Mummy in the Plastic Bubble: Djed-Her Mummy in The face, face, and possibly the jewellery placed with the The brutal deceased. handling of the in which bandages, linen surrounding the tore and head the severed looters by mummy mummy. the of decomposition partial to led turn needed to act quickly to prevent further deterioration. the Now, mummy is displayed in the Museum lying inside a plastic bubble free bacterial activity. of oxygen to prevent detrimental and Djed-Her. of the mummy

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HIND E B he he New Kingdom (ca. 1550–1070 B.C.) is by considered under Four, Section age. golden Egypt’s ancient be to many The The highlights of Section Several Several curators work in Section T Four, Four, these are: chief Sayed curator Amer, curators Mr Mme Soha Mahmoud, Mme Hamid, Inas Ms Al Abdel Zahraa Saif Din Mohamed el- Hussein and Mr Nasser Salama. Four are fine such stone as sculptures, several statues of Hatshepsut’s Queen daughter Princess the the direction of Mr Abdel houses Ibrahim Gawwad, many of the New Museum’s Kingdom collection. The section includes approximately display. on are which of third a objects, 15,984 registered Section Four also houses also Four Section Some of the highlights of Section Four are the tomb equipment and in the Valley in Valley of the the Kings. Non royal burials in Valley of the the Kings are the unusual; however, tomb nevertheless boasts Amenhotep III (ca. 1390–1352 B.C.). Their tomb was discovered in 1905 in discovered was tomb Their B.C.). 1390–1352 (ca. III Amenhotep beautiful object rivalled only by Tutankhamun. The The tomb’s many treasures sarcophagi sarcophagi of and Yuya Tuya, the parents of Queen Tiye, wife of King include the mummy mask of Tuya. Tuya. of other objects from different ceramic ceramic plate inscribed with a hieratic text, in which a periods, including implements, writing ostraca papyri. Among and them is a man named Antef advises another person to look after insight into the steps taken to create Egyptian sculptures. insight into the steps taken to create Egyptian statue of Nefertiti found in Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt. This statue provides provides statue This Egypt. Middle in el-Amarna Tell in found Nefertiti of statue Finally, Section Finally, Four contains funerary objects and furniture from Theban several Also on display are of painted limestone Temple relief fragments from Hatshepsut’s A beautiful stela dating III to from Thutmose the is Section reign featured Four of as Amarna The Period (ca. 1353–1336 B.C.) is easily recognised by its distinctive art. Some 400 objects from this period are housed in the Museum, including an incomplete an including Museum, the in housed are period this from objects 400 Some his wife, and choose his The plate domestic was help found carefully. in Saqqara, and ca. 2124–1981. Dynasty, dates to the Eleventh tombs, most notably Maherpri and Sennedjem. Neferure with her tutor/Chief Steward Senenmut. Many statues Hatshepsut of herself are also on as display, well as statues of III, Tuthmosis other New Kingdom figures and rulers. Amenhotep III and many exotic the depict reliefs These Luxor. at Nile the of bank western the on Years of Millions sent expeditions. Egyptian Pharaohs many land of Punt, to which special topic. this issue’s Section Four – Egypt’s New Kingdom – Egypt’s Four Section Gilded and painted cartonnage mummy mask on display in Room P22. and Provenance TR date unknown. 26.3.25.5 (Photo by Abdel Mohsen). S. Incomplete statue of Nefertiti. (Photo Hans Ollerman). by Section curator Section curator Nasser Salama keeping track of the opened vitrines (Photo by M. El Dorry) What is a committee??? ommittees ommittees are frequently mentioned in the newsletter but what – exactly are All they?! objects in the Museum are C signed signed for by curators; which means these objects are in any Whenever vitrine is of custody opened in their the curator. the must committee a cleaning, for or scholars for whether Museum, an for the objects, signed who the curators including be formed objects if and carpenter, a police, Museum’s the curator, assistant are to be moved, a Office member of Registrar’s the Museum’s will also committees be are Therefore, a present. standard part of the Museum’s and day-to-day Gawwad Abdel work. Ibrahim Mr During head Four a Section accompanied committee, we to Nasser Salama, curator the observe of opening some vitrines cleaning. for Section head Ibrahim Section head Ibrahim Abdel Gawwad cleaning the vitrine M. El Dorry) (Photo by Museum’s Engineers and Gardeners: Eng. Adel Lotfy; Eng. Mohamed Eng. Engineers and Gardeners: Museum’s Ramadan; Abdel Karim; Eng. Hossam el-Din Mustafa; Mohamed Aatty; Abdel Abdel Sattar el-Sayyed; Abdel Nasser Abou el-Ela Salah; Aly Mohamed; Ragab Kamal; Zareef el-Sayyed; Khaled Ibrahim; not been other gardeners have Two Ahmed. Tarek Shaaban Ramadan; Aziz and Mohamed Mohi el-Din. Abdel Ramadan photographed: M. El Dorry). (Photo by S E N E SC Khaled Ibrahim E TH

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The The garden includes varied flora. There are four Greeting the visitors as they walk into the museum’s A special tree in the Museum gardens is the Persea are encouraged to Visitors round walk the gardens to found found myself inspired to write about the Museum’s unknown soldiers, who I see

working working These every unknown soldiers day. deserve to have some light shed work on in the their Museum Garden. Like ancient has a Museum the Egyptian estates, Egyptian metres square 2,600 over spread garden huge and a large pool containing lotus and flowers papyrus. The oldest trees are over 100 gardeners, Twenty-two engineers years and old. workers make up Engineer of direction the under Department Gardening the am. 7.00 at commences gardens the in work Lotfy; Adel types of palm trees, palms including (Phoenix Royal sp.). (Jacaranda Jacaranda including trees other also are There acutifolia), decorative plants and various shrubs. flowers and gardens is the pool where papyrus and lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) (Cyperus plants they grow; are the ) papyrus ancient symbols of Lower and Upper Egypt respectively. can grow as tall Papyrus as four metres; and is originally an African species that also grows in Asia and southern Europe. The most common usage of the plant was papyrus for “paper”, and it was also lotus, The used uses. medicinal had and boatbuilding, for used for it was also the by used was centimetres, 30 about to grow can which ancient Egyptians in funerary garlands, for oil extraction and also had medicinal uses. Museum, the in The plants the for except extinct is and India, plant originates in and Village in in Cairo, the as Papyrus well as in private collections. tree (Mimusops laurifolia); a divine tree in ancient Egypt that was thought to have held the names of of the rulers Egypt on its leaves. This species appeared on of temple walls, showing tree the goddess frequently Seshat trees Persea king. reigning the of name the down writing white. are flowers the and metres, 30 as high as grow can Persea leaves were popular for funerary garlands. Persea is The almost extinct in Egypt, save for the three trees in the Museum and occasionally in private collections. numerous of subject the is Museum the in tree Persea The studies by students and professors from the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacology at Egyptian universities. enjoy the plants and the shade they offer on hot While days. relaxing in the shade, they could spare a thought for the hard-working men who make the gardens such a pleasant place to be. Gardeners I The Museum’s Museum’s The Unknown Soldiers: Soldiers: Unknown

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By Mennat-Allah Mennat-Allah By e atur Work Work to prepare the layout of the beloved antiquities. beloved monument started in November 1903. The Museum, as though keeping watch over his his head turned towards the façade of the Fe statue arrived from France in February 1904, of the Bulaq Museum. He stands solemnly with and the inauguration ceremony of the monument monument the of ceremony inauguration the and hand he holds the rolled-up plans of the gardens of Mariette Pacha took place on the 17th of March took place on the 17th of March of Mariette Pacha 1904. The The inauguration ceremony drew government officials surrounded by the busts is on page two of the Newsletter. of the Newsletter. the busts is on page two surrounded by gypt’s gypt’s E Close-up of the dedication written on the Mariette Monument (Photo Close-up of the dedication written on the Mariette today, seen is it as Monument Mariette the of photo A Dorry). El M. by and colleagues of Mariette who spoke warmly of the departed Egyptologist. The speeches, all of delivered Mariette’s legacy, and his in vital role French, in safeguarding Egypt’s spoke monuments, as well as antiquities museum in Egypt. his involvement in establishing an Museum. he speeches he T recalled Mariette’s Mariette’s recalled in safeguarding safeguarding in legacy and his vital role role vital his and legacy monuments, as well as… as… well as monuments, establishing an antiquities antiquities an establishing . .

The Monument of Monument The Mariette

n the western side of the Museum garden there is a memorial memorial a is there garden Museum the of side western the n and a sarcophagus, large by a containing niche dominated After his death in 1881, Mariette was cremated, Pacha and It was not until 1900 that the Director Denys Puech, a renowned French sculptor at the time,

The Mariette Monument The sometime after the in 1904 and inauguration before the busts were started being placed. (Photo courtesy of Max Karkegi of www egyptedantan.com and www marble The .com). kanetayam steps of the monument are reused from the palace of at Giza. Ismail Pasha O was was first interred in a tomb in the gardens of his beloved Bulaq Museum. In 1890, the collections at the Bulaq Museum grew too large for the available space, and a new larger space was needed. The new museum was housed in an annexe attached to the palace of Ismail Pacha at Giza, and was also Mariette’s “tomb” moved to Giza. In 1894, during the plans to move the Museum to an even larger purpose-built Square (then facility Tahrir Ismailiyya in Square), Chélu Bey, the Director of Print the House in Bulaq, thought of also moving Government Mariette’s ashes to the new building Museum and a monument work. Mariette and his life’s to commemorate General of the Service des Antiquités at the time, supported by the Works Publics, allocated Ministry the necessary funds for to Public build a monument to house Mariette’s sarcophagus and to prepare the statue. undertook the commission, and began his work in June 1902. Puech travelled to Boulogne, to make sketches Mariette of him based Pacha’s on hometown, portraits on museum display at there. the Mariette is shown wearing a redingote tarboush and (fez); a his arms are crossed on his chest; in his right a a statue, by encircled 26 busts placed around it. Interred in the sarcophagus is Mariette Pacha, the ‘godfather’ of the Egyptian Museum, for whom generations. this several from Egyptologists monument renowned represent was erected. The busts بالمتحف. موقع اللوحة By Garry Shaw the the text relates

Amun Amun performs these wonders for Dr. Dr. Garry Shaw completed his PhD in described. Thus, Thus, the described. people of Djahy (in see modern Lebanon) the king as radiant sun’s the as them upon down shining light those in while the Land and Eastern rays; Land in see God’s the king as a shooting at Those as its fire. flame scatters that star king the see to were north the of limits the seize could who one as falcon-winged, as what he sees as he desires, while those who lived in the borderlands, Upper and an as king the see would Bedouin, the speed. of possessor a – jackal Egyptian Tuthmosis because he, in return, does all that the god desires; how how Tuthmosis had within performed the temple work at Karnak, including building large new pylons in honour of the of nature the highlights thus It god. his king’s relationship to Amun in the New one for act Both reciprocal. is it Kingdom: of benefit and glory greater the for another stele is This a and Egypt. powerful poetic insight into the nature of New Kingdom thought, and illustrates a god. very his and personal king the between moment Egyptology at the U.K. University He is now of an Adjunct Professor Liverpool, at American the University in Cairo. His first book, Eighteenth Dynasty, in Authority Egypt’s Royal International. BAR published in 2008 by was military military victories, before

Amun Amun then relates his happiness Map of the showing Museum the location of the stela. at at Tuthmosis’ making a series of structure. general poetical same the statements, following each With each line Amun gives dominance Tuthmosis over a different part of world, the and causes the people of area each to witness phenomenon him or creature, as each a vividly particular trampled. Due to his divine action, Amun action, divine his to Due trampled. continues, all foreigners will come to the king bringing tribute on their backs. e ag P

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he he Egyptian Museum contains many wonders, so many in fact that most Take for example the Poetical Stele of Stele Poetical the example for Take inscription The below is presented as of The Poetical Stele Stele Poetical The

The poetical stela as it is displayed today in the Museum. It is registered as JE 3425 and today poetical stela as it is displayed The M. El Dorry). CG 34010 (photo by T are passed un-noticed by the thousands of of thousands the by un-noticed passed are visitors that enter each Some day. of the most important objects in the Museum are unobtrusive, silently waiting to rediscovered. be Tuthmosis III; originally from the Temple of Amun at Karnak, it is now in 12 of Room the ground Museum’s floor among other objects from the Although not as 18th immediately impressive Dynasty. as the nearby statues of Amenhotep Tuthmosis III, II, and Senenmut, it an bears inscription that highlights the close personal relationship between king and The god. scene at the top of the stele, in the lunette, emphasises this message for beneath content; the read to unable those images two are there sun-disc winged the of the king accompanied by a goddess, Amun. both offering to the god a speech of Amun, who welcomes the king into his sanctuary at Karnak, calling Tuthmosis “his son, his avenger,” embracing him. Amun states and that he will and, lands all over victory Tuthmosis give in fact, has already made Nubians the up tied his He possible. victories previous and defeat, to king the for northerners and be to feet his beneath fall to them caused

8 Egyptian eMusum Ne wsletter Issue 7 / January – April 2010 الحديثة الدولة في والإله الملك بين العالقة �أن منهما كل ي�ؤدي و� أن التبادل، �أ�سا�س ال�شعرية اللوحة هذه �أهمية الم�صري للفكر وا�ضح نموذج أنها � الخا�صة العالقة تظهر �أخرى تظهر العالقة الخا�صة �أوك�سفورد ع�شرة. الثامنة الأ�سرة ع�صر خالل الحكم قوة في بانجلترا، في قوة الحكم خالل ع�صر الأ� the showing thepoeticalstela. Générale oftheEgyptianMuseumshowing Photograph takenfromtheCatalogue د.جاري �شو حا�صل على الدكتوراة من جامعة ويعمل بالتدري�سفيالجامعةالأميريكية بالقاهرة. دورهلتمجيدوارتقاء�ش�أن م�صر. ت�أتي هنا ومن هنا ت جهة ومن القديم، ومن جهة بينالملكوالإله. على كانت على جهة منجة * بينما كالنيران، اللهيب ير�سل اطع �س ن�سر �أجنحة كنجم البدو �أما تحتم�س الفرعون يرون �سوف �أنهم � يت�صف لأنه �آوى �آمون مقابل خدمة الفرعون لالإله، بت�شييد البوابات ال�ضخمة يت�ضح هذا ومن لآمون. تكريما للمعبد الجديدة للمعبد تكريما لآمون. ومن هذا يت� فيرونه ال�شرقية البالد �أهل البالد ال� اللوحةوقتتسجيلهابالمتحف،مأخوذةعنالسجل يريد. ما كل على الح�صول في�ستطيع الح�صول على كل ما يريد. كل هذا للفرعون مقدما من الإله له ك�أن الفرعون يرون ال�ش مال �أهل ال� ابن حيوان هيئة على الثالث على هيئة حيوان ابن العامللمتحف المصري. �أما بال�سرعة الفائقة. ال�شم�س، �شعاع ال� �آمون فيذكر مو�ضوع العدد له" المنتقم "ابنه المنتقم له يزخر المتحف الم�صري بالعديد من الروائع � إلقاء ال�ضوء عليها، منها هذه اللوحة الثالث تحتم�س للفرعون الأ�سود الجرانيت من مجموعات �ضمن وهي �أر�ضي �أخرى من روائع فن الأ�سرة الثامنة ع�شرة؛ حيث تعر�ض تماثيل للفرعون تحتم�س الثالث و�أمنحتب والمعماريين المهند�سين على عثر قد وكان هابو. ابن و�أمنحتب �س ننموت وكذلك الثاني �إلى بكلجملة علىبالدالعالمالمختلفة،و والهيمنة �أهل تلك البلدة، لبنان في وهي جاهي منطقة المثال �سبيل فعلى مثل �ساطع ك�ضوء الفرعون أهلها اللوحة وهذه ، �سم ١٧٠ عام وكتالوج 3425 العالقة يظهر هام ن�ص على اللوحة تحتوي من اللوحة فتبد�أ والإله، الملك بين الحميمة الفرعون ي�صور الذي الرئي�سي بالمنظر أعلى � خلفه وتظهر �آمون المجنح، ال�شم�س قر�ص المنظر هذا ويعلو وهو لآمون حديث عن عبارة هو الذي الن�ص ثم بالكرنك، مق�صورته داخل بالفرعون يرحب �سوف الذي �آمون الذي � يعطيه الن�صر على كل البالد و�أنه هو ال�سبب في كل انت�صارات الفرعون تحتم�س الثالث ال�سابقة. �آمون يتمكن حتى ال�شمال و�أهل النوبيين قيد ب�أنه الذي �أي�ضا حتى الفرعون �أقدام يتمكنمنده�هم،هذهالهيمنةالإلهية�سببت مجىء كل الأجانب للفرعون وهم يحملون الهدايا �سعادته عن �آمون عدة م�ستخدما الحربية، الفرعون بانت�صارات جمل منظومة �ش عرا بها �سجع، ولهذا �سميت هذه "لوحة ال�شعر"، وفي كل جملة يذكر القوة له �أعطى له القوة * د.جاري �شو مك�سورة بالكرنك �آمون بالكرنك مك� الإله ل�سان على المكتوب الن�ص وي�ضيف الن� تحتمسالثالث وهو هزيمتهم، من الثالث تحتم�س الثالث من هزيمتهم، وهو الذي هو �أنه هو الذي ي�صف الفرعون ب�صفة تتفق مع هو �أنه هو الإله يعبر ثم ظهورهم. على ظهورهم. ثم يعبر الإله بلقب الفرعون تحتم�س ملقبا تحتم�س الفرعون بلقب عام �سجل رقم تحت م�سجلة تحت رقم � لالإله القرابين يقدم واقفا يقدم القرابين ل تحت الأعداء كل جعل ل لعا تت الأ�صلي طولها جز�أين، طولها الأ�صلي له: قائال يحت�ضنه وهو يحت� للفرعون �آمون للفرعون بمعبد اللوحة هذه اللوحة بمعبد ١٢ يرى الحالية، يرى لوحة رقم بالقاعة رقم اللوحة با�سم �إلى .34010 بحاجة �إلهة. فيها 8 الن�شرة الإخبارية للمتحف الم�صري بالقاهرة العدد السابع / ينــايـر – ابريل 2010