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MM 10566 :: jewellery, hairpin

Object description: Hairpin with the shaft thicker at the head, thinning towards the tip. The head is in the form of a stylised bird. It is resting on top of a notched stem with incised decorations.

Data elements
References (3)

Inventory number

MM 10566

Serie nummer

6764

Previous ID

E566

Object

jewellery; hairpin

Object, Swedish

hårnål; smycke

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Material

Bone

Material, Swedish

Ben

Exhibitions

Permanent exhibition, Egyptian galleries, Medelhavsmuseet

Acquisition

Gift from Dir. W. Hasselman 10 April 1929.

Acquisition, Swedish

Gåva från Dir. W. Hasselman 10 April 1929.

Description, Swedish

Hårnål med skaftet tjockare vid huvudet, avsmalnande mot spetsen. Huvudet är i form av en stiliserad fågel. Det vilar ovanpå ett naggat handtag med inristade dekorationer.

Description

Hairpin with the shaft thicker at the head, thinning towards the tip. The head is in the form of a stylised bird. It is resting on top of a notched stem with incised decorations.

Period

Naqada II (3500-3150 BC), Predynastic Period

Period, Swedish

Naqada II (3500-3150 f Kr), Fördynastisk tid

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

-3500

Time - Manufacturing, latest

-3150

Name - Acquired from

Hasselman, W.

Source - http: collections.smvk.se

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, 1, Egypt takes form

Exhibition, showcase - Current

Egypten 1.7

Exhibition - Previously

Egypten, 1982-2012

Description: The Egyptian exhibition shows various aspects of life in Pharaonic Egypt from 3000 BC to the Christian era. There are also many objects from the prehistoric period, starting around 5000 BC. Most of the objects came to Sweden in the late 19:century, and have been donated to the museum from private collections.
The Egyptian Exhibition contains, in addition to mummified humans, also mummies of cats, birds, fishes and snakes. The Goddess Isis with the child Horus in her lap meets the visitors as they enter the exhibition. The pose she holds occurs commonly in western art where the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus often is portrayed in the same position.
A portrait of the well-known pharaoh Sesostris was donated to Sweden by the Egyptian government in recognition both of Swedish participation when the Assuan-dam was built and of professor Torgny Säve-Söderbergh as an internationally well-known Egyptologist. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-01)
The exhibition was made already in 1982. In 2002 there was a change, several of the galleries (4-8) on the upper floor were closed.
Time - Start: 19821982
Time - End: 20122012

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Egyptian gallery 2, showcase 02:11

Egypt, Number in Exhibition

5.1

Egyptenutställningen 2014, English - Label

Hair decorations in bone with stylised animal figures.

Egyptenutställningen 2014, Swedish - Label

Hårdekorationer i ben med stiliserade djurfigurer.

Cf Publications

Payne, J.C, Catalogue of the Predynastic Egyptian Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1993, fig. 77, nos. 1884, 1887, 1890-1893

Scharff, A., Die Altertümer der Vor- und Frühzeit Ägyptens II. Bestattung, Kunst, Amulette und Schmuck, Geräte zur Körperpflege, Spiel- und Schreibgeräte, Schnitzerein aus Holz und Elfenbei, Verschidene. Staatliche Museum zu Berlin. Mitteilungen aus der ägyptischen Sammlung 5, Berlin 1929, 137

Petrie, W.M.F., Prehistoric Egypt, London 1920, pl 9

Bénédite, G., Objects de toilette Catalogue Général des Antiquités Egyptiennes nos. 44301-44638 Peignes etc., Cairo 1911, pl 9

Petrie, W.M.F., Nagada and Ballas BSAE 1, 1895, pl .LXIII

PhotoNegNo

Dig. neg.MM10566a Museum neg.1246

Length / Längd

12,5 cm

Dimensions

L.12.5 cm

Condition

Complete

Original register

Egypt

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