Art of Nubia

 

Statue of Amenemhat the scribe, Dynasty 18 (1749-1458 B.C.).

The man showen here, Amenemhat, was a native Nubian acting as a scribe to the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut; this shows the Egyptian/Nubian interaction in the New Kingdom.

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/nubiagallery.shtml


 

Sandstone ba statue thought to have been placed in the tomb of an elite official of Meroitic Nubia.

In Egyptian representation, the ba was usually shown in the form of a small, human-headed bird; however, the Meriotic Nubians reinterpreted this concept and produced these characteristics showing the deceased in fully human form, but with the wings of a bird.

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/nubiagallery.shtml


 

Ceramic jar with giraffe and snake, Meroitic Period (100 B.C.-A.D. 300).

Pottery of Meriotic Nubia comes in a vast array of shapes and styles.  Pottery was being mass-produced at this time in Nubian history.  However, it should also be noted that the giraffe is not native to this part of Nubia, and so the artist may have based his painting on verbal descriptions of the animal.

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/nubiagallery.shtml


 

Shawabti of Neferibresaneith, Son of Shepenbastet Twenty-sixth Dynasty, c. 664-525 B.C. Faience. Gift of the Atlantes Society by exchange. 1998.11

This shows how the Nubians believed in the same beliefs regarding the afterlife as the Egyptians.

http://carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/EGYPT/egypt12.html


 

Oxyrhynchus Fish with Donor  Late Period, ca. 712-332 B.C. Bronze, Lapis Lazuli, Red Glass. Gift of the Connoisseurs, 1987.1

The oxyrhynchus fish (an African freshwater fish; the name means "sharp nosed" in Greek) is sacred to the goddess Hathor.

http://carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/EGYPT/egypt04.html


 

Fragment of a Book of the Dead, belonging to Paheby, son of Ankhpakhered and Takhebyt  Ptolemaic Period, Second-First Centuries B.C. Funded by John A. Manget, 1921.90.1a

This is a part of the Book of the Dead, which ancient Egyptians (and eventually Nubians) wanted and needed to secure a successful passage into the afterlife, according to their beliefs.

http://carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/EGYPT/egypt09.html


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Images from the 2003 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue CD

Here is a modern stamp showing images from Ancient Nubia.

http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/nubians2.html


 

Images from the 2003 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue CD

Here is another modern stamp showing images from Ancient Nubia.

http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/nubians2.html