Art History 46

Name: Merimde clay head

Material: clay

Period: Neolithic Period

Site (if known): n/a

Name: figurines

Material: ivory

Period: Naqada 1

Site (if known): usually found in tombs

Name: Black-topped redware and White-painted Ware

Material: ceramics

Period: Badarian Culture and Naqada I

Site: primarily found in graves

Name: White cross-lined ware

Material: Pottery

Period: Naqada I

Site: usually found in tombs

Name: White cross-lined ware

Material: Pottery

Period: Naqada I

Site: usually found in tombs

Name: Palettes

Material: Siltstone

Period: Naqada I

Site: Often found in graves

Name: Palettes

Material: Siltstone

Period: Naqada I

Site: Often found in graves

Name: Decorate Ware

Material: pottery

Period: Naqada II

Site: often found in tombs

Name: Tomb 100

Material: paint on mudbrick wall

Period: Naqada II

Site: Hierakonpolis

Name: HK 6 cemetery

Material:

Period: Naqada II

Site: Hierakonpolis

Name: Stela of Djet

Material: limestone

Period: Dynasty 1

Site: Abydos (Umm el-Qaab)

Name: Narmer Palette

Material: Greywacke

Period: Dynasty 1

Site: Hierakonpolis

Name: Umm el-Qaab necropolis

Material: Mudbrick tombs

Period: Dynasties 1-2

Site: Abydos

Name: “Funerary enclosure” of Khasekhemwy

Material: Mudbrick

Period: Second Dynasty

Site: Abydos

Name: Statue of Khasekhemwy

Material: Limestone

Period: Second Dynasty

Site: Hierakonpolis

Name: Khafre and Horus statue (“Khafre Enthroned”)

Material: Gneiss (black stone)

Period: Fourth Dynasty

Site: Giza

Name: Step Pyramid of Djoser

Material: stone

Period: Third Dynasty

Site: Saqqara

Name: Giza Pyramids

Material: stone

Period: Fourth Dynasty

Site: Giza

Name: Statue of Hemiunu

Material: limestone

Period: Fourth Dynasty

Site: Hemiunu’s tomb, Giza

Name (one on the left): Menkaure triad

Name (one on the right): Menkaure and queen

Material: Greywacke (black stone)

Period: Fourth Dynasty

Site: Menkaure valley temple, Giza

Name: Unas’ burial chamber

Material: carvings and paint on limestone walls

Period: Fifth Dynasty

Site: Saqqara

Name: Statue of Pepy I

Material: Greywacke (black stone)

Period: Sixth Dynasty

Site: unknown location (likely a divine temple)

Name: Mastaba (Old Kingdom private tomb form)

Material: Built of stone

Material/Site: Often built in cemeteries associated with royal monuments in the 4th Dynasty. In the later Old Kingdom found elsewhere in Egypt

Different Components:

• a: burial shaft

• b: burial chamber

• c: chapel

• d: serdab

• e: statue

Name: False door

Material: Carvings and paint on stone

Period: Fifth Dynasty

Site: Mastaba of Ti, Saqqara

Name: Statues of Rahotep and Nofret

Material: paint on carved limestone

Period: Fourth Dynasty

Site: From a mastaba in Meidum

Name: Stela of Maaty and Dedwi

Material: Paint on limestone

Period: First Intermediate Period

Site: Naga ed-Deir