Art History Final Artifacts

What is the name of this object?

Statue of Senwosret iii

What material is the object made out of?

Stone (Quartzite)

When is the object dated?

12th Dynasty

Where is the object found?

What is the significance of the object?

Shows a shift between how Old Kingdom kings were depicted because he is not shown in an “ideal” form. Also has bigger ears

What is the name of this object?

Senwosret ii Pyramid

What materials is the object made out of?

Mudbrick and Stone

When is the object dated?

12th Dynasty

Where is the object found?

Lahun

What is the significance?

Made out of mostly mudbrick - not usually used in royal construction besides here and palaces. Shows the changes in royal ideology and leans into connection to the human realm rather than divinity. Mudbrick has a connection to life and life cycles.

What is the name of this object?

Pectorals from the burial of Mereret

What materials is the object made out of?

Gold and Precious Stones

When is the object dated?

12th Dynasty

Where is the object found?

Dashur - Inside a burial

What is the significance of the object?

Two different enemies - shown through skin tones. Sophisticated techniques from what has been seen so far. Griffins are civilizing the king and taking the role of protector. Images of the king being violent in portable objects are uncommon in this period.

What is the name of this object?

White Chapel of Senwosret 1

What materials is the object made out of?

Limestone

Where is the object usually found?

Karnak

When is the object dated?

12th Dynasty

What is the significance of the object?

Built temples all over the place. Both administrative and religious functions. Lists of different regions of Egypt about taxes and types of goods. In religion, priests would go one way with a statue and go out the other side.

What is the name of this object?

Painting from the tomb of
Djehutihotep

What materials is the object made out of?

Dehir el-Bersha

Where is the object found?

Paint and stone

When is the object dated?

12th Dynasty

What is the significance of the object?

From a non-royal tomb. Big figure sitting on a fancier chair - on a wooden plank with people carrying. Emblematic on what is going on with royal officials as they have a lot of power in a local sense.

What is the name of this object?

Town of Lahun (Kahun)

What materials is this object made out of?

Limestone

When is the object dated?

12th Dynasty

Where is this object usually found?

Lahun

What is the significance of this object?

Left section is made of up little houses while the right section is mansions indicating a social divide. Mansions include: Entrance/”master suite”, secondary living suite (wife and children), and rooms for administrators and servants. Granary (bunch of little squares with openings) where grains were kept.

What is the name of this object?

Middle Kingdom Grave Goods

What materials is the object made out of?

Painted and carved wood

Where is the object usually found?

Tomb of Meketre

When is the object dated?

12th Dynasty

What is the significance of the object?

Shows a grain room with people taking notes of the grain.

What is the name of this object?

“Magic Wands”

What materials is this object made out of?

Ivory

When is this object dated?

12th Dynasty

Where is this object usually found?

In tombs

What is the significance of this object?

Iconography: Twaeret, who is associated with the protection of mothers and children, is holding a knife. Frog has ties to afterlife beliefs, also holding a knife. Mythological creatures that hold the knife, making them protective creatures. Most likely used to protect the mother during childbirth, and wanted the protection to remain in death

What is the name of this object?

Nubian Archers

What materials is the object made out of?

Carved and Painted Wood

When is this object dated?

Middle Kingdom

Where is this object found?

Middle Kingdom Tomb

What is the significance of this object?

What is the name of this object?

Buhen Fortress

What materials is this object made out of?

Mudbrick

Where is this object found?

Nubia

When is this object dated?

Senwosret I/Beginning of the 12th Dynasty

What is the significance of this object?

Built in the first wave of the fortresses built.

What is the name of this object?

Uronarti Fortress

What materials is this object made out of?

Mudbrick

Where is this object found?

Nubia

When is this object dated?

Senwosret III / 12th Dynasty

What is the significance of this object?

What is the name of this object?

Statue of high-ranking Hyksos

What materials is the object made out of?

Limestone

Where is this object usually found?

Cemetery at Tell el Dab’a

When is this object dated?

Late Middle Kingdom

What is the significance of this object?

What is the name of this object?

Western Deffufa (Temple Site)

What materials is it made out of?

Mudbrick

When is the object dated?

Second Intermediate Period

Where is the object found?

Kerma

What is the significance of this object?

What is the name of this object?

Funerary Assemblage of Ahhotep - Ahmose’s mother

What materials is the object made out of?

Where is the object usually found?

In her tomb

When is the object dated?

End of Second Intermediate Period / Reunification

What is the significance of this object?

What is the name of this object?

Hatshepsut and Amun

What materials is this object made out of?

Carved on limestone

Where is the object usually found?

Karnak / On the top of an obelisk

When is the object dated

Eighteenth Dynasty / New Kingdom

What is the significance of this object?

Hatshepsut (In blue crown) is kneeling in front of a God (Big headdress with feather - a headdress Amun wears).

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What is the significance of this object?

Hatsephsut is saying that she is born from the gods - Amun and her mom is depcited as a goddess.

What is the name of this object?

What materials is this object made out of?

Where is the object usually found?

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