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MM 14050 :: artist's sketch, ostracon

Object description: Ostracon, irregularly shaped, sketch on one side in red and black. A standing, right facing monkey is outlined, first in red, then in black. The fur is black, with individual strands of hair marked by thicker black lines. The face, tail and feet are coloured red. A red ribbon is tied around the tail. The monkey is playing a double flute, holding it with both arms. The flute is outlined in dark brown (originally red on black?), the holes are marked in black ink. The ribbon around the monkey indicates taming of this animal. Above the monkey, there are two birds, in black.

Data elements
References (3)

Inventory number

MM 14050

Serie nummer

5414

Object

artist's sketch; ostracon

Object, Swedish

ostrakon; konstnärs-skiss

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Place - Findspot

Deir el-Medina

Geographic name, alternative

Deir el-Medina

Geographic name, alternative - Swedish

Deir el-Medina

Material

Stone; Limestone

Material, Swedish

Sten; Kalksten

Acquisition

Gift from Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson 1935.

Time - Acquisition

1935

Acquisition, Swedish

Gåva från Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson 1935.

Description, Swedish

Ostrakon, oregelbundet formad, skiss på ena sidan i rött och svart. En stående apa, vänd åt höger är konturerad först i rött, sedan i svart. Pälsen är svart med individuella hårstrån markerade genom tjockare svarta linjer. Ansiktet, svansen och fötterna är färgade röda. Ett rött band är knutet runt svansen. Apan spelar på en dubbel flöjt som den håller med båda armar. Flöjten är konturerad i mörkbrunt (ursprungligen rött på svart?), hålen är markerade i svart bläck. Bandet runt apan indikerar att djuret är tämjt. Ovanför apan finns två fåglar, i svart.

Description

Ostracon, irregularly shaped, sketch on one side in red and black. A standing, right facing monkey is outlined, first in red, then in black. The fur is black, with individual strands of hair marked by thicker black lines. The face, tail and feet are coloured red. A red ribbon is tied around the tail. The monkey is playing a double flute, holding it with both arms. The flute is outlined in dark brown (originally red on black?), the holes are marked in black ink. The ribbon around the monkey indicates taming of this animal. Above the monkey, there are two birds, in black.

Period

New Kingdom, 19-20th Dynasty (1315-1081 BC)

Period, Swedish

19-20e dynastin (1315-1081 f Kr), Nya riket

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

-1315

Time - Manufacturing, latest

-1081

Name - Acquired from

Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Description: Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, Major, after qualifying as a Doctor at Guy's Hospital, became an officer in the Royal Army, Medical Corps. He received his commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1903. He was lent to the Egyptian Government in 1905 by the British Government and spent the rest of his carrier in service of Egypt, in both military and civil capacities, reaching the rank of "Lewa" (Major General) and having the title of Pasha conferred upon him. He collected Egyptian objects of great significance. They are preserved in Gayer-Anderson Pasha museum in Cairo. He is the author of "Legends of the Bait al-Kretliya" (Luzac, London) and Christeros, poems (Wilding, Shrewsbury). He died in Lavenham in 1945. (www.indianminiature.org, 2012-08-31)
Source - http: vocab.getty.edu, collections.smvk.se, digitaltmuseum.org, id.loc.gov
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: en.wikipedia.org
Source, Viaf - same as: viaf.org, viaf.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Exhibition - Current

Egypten, 2014-

Description: The history of Egypt is long, from the first settlements in the Nile Valley around 7000 years ago to the present day. Egypt was for a long period of time ruled by autocratic kings – the pharaohs. At other times, it was part
of larger empires such as the Persian, Roman and Ottoman.
The pharaonic culture was characterised by high conservatism.
Things were – and should be – as they always had been.
Old traditions and ways of thinking lived on, long after the last pharaohs.
They were present in the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages and are present in Egypt today.
Welcome on a walk through the history of Egypt!
Time - Start: 20132013

Exhibition, Part of - Current

New Egypt, 5, Village life

Exhibition, showcase - Current

Egypten 5.8

Egypt, Number in Exhibition

Comments

Former museum no. E 4050. R.G. Gayer-Anderson Collection no.50.

Cf Publications

Brunner-Traut, E., Altägyptische Tiergeschichte und Fabel. Gestalt und Strahlkraft, Darmstadt 1968, 9 f.

Keimer, L., “Sur un certain nombre d’ostraca figurés, de plaquettes sculptées, etc., provenant de la nécropole thébaine et encore inédits”. Études d’égyptologie 3, Cairo 1941, 12.

Vandier d’Abbadie, J., Catalogue des ostraca figurés de Deir el Médineh (Nos. 2256 à 2722). Documents de fouilles publiés par les membres de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire, 2:2, Cairo,1937, 2291.

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