A Catalogue of the Egyptian Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
A Catalogue of the Egyptian Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Author: Professor E A Wallis Budge, Sir

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-16

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Since the first donations of Egyptian artefacts to the Fitzwilliam Museum, including the sarcophagus lid of Rameses III donated in 1823, its ancient Egyptian holdings have grown steadily. This collection, now one of the most important in Britain, was catalogued for the first time by Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) of the British Museum's department of antiquities. Budge was a leading authority on ancient Egypt and had himself acquired several pieces for the museum in Egypt in 1886-7. The collection as listed in this 1893 publication included 577 objects: sarcophagi, coffins, canopic jars, mummies, scarabs, sculptures, and other decorative objects. Budge provided transcriptions and translations of the hieroglyphs that appear on the objects with his descriptions of each item. Although the collection has been augmented by many further gifts and purchases, Budge's catalogue remains a valuable record of the collection in the late Victorian period.

A Catalogue of the Egyptian Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
A Catalogue of the Egyptian Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Author: Ernest Alfred Wallace Budge

Publisher:

Published: 2019-10-04

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781697631777

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Since the first donations of Egyptian artefacts to the Fitzwilliam Museum, including the sarcophagus lid of Rameses III donated in 1823, its ancient Egyptian holdings have grown steadily. This collection, now one of the most important in Britain, was catalogued for the first time by Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) of the British Museum's department of antiquities. Budge was a leading authority on ancient Egypt and had himself acquired several pieces for the museum in Egypt in 1886-7. The collection as listed in this 1893 publication included 577 objects: sarcophagi, coffins, canopic jars, mummies, scarabs, sculptures, and other decorative objects. Budge provided transcriptions and translations of the hieroglyphs that appear on the objects with his descriptions of each item. Although the collection has been augmented by many further gifts and purchases, Budge's catalogue remains a valuable record of the collection in the late Victorian period.

Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile

Author: Julie Dawson (Conservator)

Publisher: Giles

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781907804717

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Reflects the continuing public fascination with Ancient Egyptian coffins, mummies and burials.

Egyptian Art
Egyptian Art

Author: Eleni Vassilika

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-05-04

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 9780521475198

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This lavishly illustrated book brings together a selection of ancient Egyptian works of art of outstanding quality and interest, ranging from large sculptures to small decorative objects. The introduction and full descriptions explain their significance, style, material, and mode of manufacture within the framework of the life and religious beliefs of the royal and private owners for whom they were made. Readers will find much of interest among the numerous objects, all of which are shown in color and many published here for the first time.

New Kingdom Ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
New Kingdom Ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Author: Fredrik Hagen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-01-17

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9004183760

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This book publishes a previously unknown collection of hieratic ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The texts include a broad range of genres, including wisdom literature, religious hymns, magical texts, medical recipes, private letters, administrative notes, scribal exercises (Kemit), and copies of tomb inscriptions. Each ostracon is presented with photographs, facsimile drawings and hieroglyphic transcriptions, as well as translations and brief philological commentaries. Many of the texts can be linked to the village of Deir el-Medina on internal evidence, and the book offers new data to scholars working with material from this famous site.