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Tomb painting depicting two priests, one holding a papyrus roll and the other a vase for libations (... - Google Art Project

Tomb painting depicting two priests, one holding a papyrus roll and th...

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Funerary stele of the priest Hor, depicted presenting offerings to two manifestations of the sun god... - Google Art Project

Funerary stele of the priest Hor, depicted presenting offerings to two...

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Egyptian - Wall Fragment from the Tomb of Amenemhet and His Wife Hemet - Google Art Project

Egyptian - Wall Fragment from the Tomb of Amenemhet and His Wife Hemet...

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Egyptian - Block Statue of Nes-Ba-Neb-Dedet - Walters 22171

Egyptian - Block Statue of Nes-Ba-Neb-Dedet - Walters 22171

This figure is a squatting priest who has his hands crossed o his knees. There is an inscription on the sides of the pedestal, the front of the dress, and the rear columns.

Egyptian - Bust of a Priest Wearing "Persian" Garment - Walters 2234

Egyptian - Bust of a Priest Wearing "Persian" Garment - Walters 2234

One of a small number of surviving busts, this was probably a model for a larger work. The garment resembles those worn by officials when Egypt was part of the Persian Empire. The facial features are remarkab... More

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22302

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22302

This priest has the aloof and self-satisfied expression found in the sculpture of this period.

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22310 - Three Quarter

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22310 - Three Quarter

This head of a priest is carved in the round. He has a shaved head that is round on top. There is a stele broken from his back.

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22358 - Three Quarter

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22358 - Three Quarter

This head is carved in the round. The priest's head is shaven with a flat top. His ears are broken off, and traces are polished away. His nose, mouth, and chin are restored.

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22360

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22360

This head is carved in the round. The priest's head is shaven with a round top. The back of the head is broken off. This piece is stylistically somewhat different from the usual bald priest heads. The piece is... More

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22382 - Three Quarter

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 22382 - Three Quarter

This head of a priest is carved in the round and is somewhat weathered. The figure has a shaven head with a round top. The piece is broken off at the neck.

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 2263

Egyptian - Head of a Priest - Walters 2263

Presumably from a temple sculpture, this head represents an elderly man with individualized facial features. The statue to which it once belonged was probably quite traditional in its pose and execution. This p... More

Egyptian - High Priest of Hathor, Seated - Walters 22209 - Three Quarter

Egyptian - High Priest of Hathor, Seated - Walters 22209 - Three Quart...

This sculpture has an inscription on each side of the throne and in the rear.

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Back

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Back

In ancient Egypt political upheavals, accompanied by changes in religious practices, were often an occasion for innovations in private sculpture. This was especially evident in the early 18th Dynasty, when new ... More

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Left

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Left

In ancient Egypt political upheavals, accompanied by changes in religious practices, were often an occasion for innovations in private sculpture. This was especially evident in the early 18th Dynasty, when new ... More

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Right

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Right

In ancient Egypt political upheavals, accompanied by changes in religious practices, were often an occasion for innovations in private sculpture. This was especially evident in the early 18th Dynasty, when new ... More

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Three Quarter Left

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Three Quarter Left

In ancient Egypt political upheavals, accompanied by changes in religious practices, were often an occasion for innovations in private sculpture. This was especially evident in the early 18th Dynasty, when new ... More

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Three Quarter Right

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215 - Three Quarter Righ...

In ancient Egypt political upheavals, accompanied by changes in religious practices, were often an occasion for innovations in private sculpture. This was especially evident in the early 18th Dynasty, when new ... More

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215

Egyptian - Iret-horru with Osiris - Walters 22215

In ancient Egypt political upheavals, accompanied by changes in religious practices, were often an occasion for innovations in private sculpture. This was especially evident in the early 18th Dynasty, when new ... More

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279 - Back

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279 - Back

Hor-wedja was the son of Vizier Sasobek, the highest-ranking official during the reign of King Psammetichus I. Hor-wedja's son Meryptah commissioned this temple sculpture for him. Hor-wedja kneels, presenting o... More

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279 - Left

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279 - Left

Hor-wedja was the son of Vizier Sasobek, the highest-ranking official during the reign of King Psammetichus I. Hor-wedja's son Meryptah commissioned this temple sculpture for him. Hor-wedja kneels, presenting o... More

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279 - Right

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279 - Right

Hor-wedja was the son of Vizier Sasobek, the highest-ranking official during the reign of King Psammetichus I. Hor-wedja's son Meryptah commissioned this temple sculpture for him. Hor-wedja kneels, presenting o... More

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279 - Three Quarter Right

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279 - Three Quarter...

Hor-wedja was the son of Vizier Sasobek, the highest-ranking official during the reign of King Psammetichus I. Hor-wedja's son Meryptah commissioned this temple sculpture for him. Hor-wedja kneels, presenting o... More

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279

Egyptian - Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja - Walters 2279

Hor-wedja was the son of Vizier Sasobek, the highest-ranking official during the reign of King Psammetichus I. Hor-wedja's son Meryptah commissioned this temple sculpture for him. Hor-wedja kneels, presenting o... More

Egyptian - Portrait of Hor-Wer - Walters 22213 - Back Detail

Egyptian - Portrait of Hor-Wer - Walters 22213 - Back Detail

The elegance and lack of emotion in this statue's face characterize sculpture of the Ptolemaic Period. The inscription on the statue's back pillar records that Hor-wer was a member of the clergy and served thr... More

Egyptian - Portrait of Hor-Wer - Walters 22213

Egyptian - Portrait of Hor-Wer - Walters 22213

The elegance and lack of emotion in this statue's face characterize sculpture of the Ptolemaic Period. The inscription on the statue's back pillar records that Hor-wer was a member of the clergy and served thr... More

Egyptian - Priest Pen-maat Holding a Shrine - Walters 2281

Egyptian - Priest Pen-maat Holding a Shrine - Walters 2281

This kneeling male figure is holding a shrine. There is an inscription on a stele and on the front of the base.

Egyptian - Priest Teti with His Family - Walters 22163 (2)

Egyptian - Priest Teti with His Family - Walters 22163 (2)

Teti the priest was the principal owner of this group statue. In keeping with artistic conventions, he is placed in the center, larger than the two other figures, and receives their supportive gestures. The sma... More

Egyptian - Priest Teti with His Family - Walters 22163 - Left

Egyptian - Priest Teti with His Family - Walters 22163 - Left

Teti the priest was the principal owner of this group statue. In keeping with artistic conventions, he is placed in the center, larger than the two other figures, and receives their supportive gestures. The sma... More

Egyptian - Priest Teti with His Family - Walters 22163

Egyptian - Priest Teti with His Family - Walters 22163

Teti the priest was the principal owner of this group statue. In keeping with artistic conventions, he is placed in the center, larger than the two other figures, and receives their supportive gestures. The sma... More

Egyptian - Prophet of Sobk Standing Against a Pillar - Walters 22202

Egyptian - Prophet of Sobk Standing Against a Pillar - Walters 22202

This statuette is broken off below the knees. The man depicted has a long shendyt with a fold and tie at the waist. The piece is inscribed on the rear column and on both sides.

Egyptian - Standing Priest Wearing Leopard Skin - Walters 22113 - Three Quarter

Egyptian - Standing Priest Wearing Leopard Skin - Walters 22113 - Thre...

This statue shows a priest wearing a leopard-or cheetah-skin over his upper body. The garment was associated with high-ranking priests who performed temple rituals.

Egyptian - Standing Priest Wearing Leopard Skin - Walters 22113

Egyptian - Standing Priest Wearing Leopard Skin - Walters 22113

This statue shows a priest wearing a leopard-or cheetah-skin over his upper body. The garment was associated with high-ranking priests who performed temple rituals.

Egyptian - Statue of Irj-aa - Walters 22141

Egyptian - Statue of Irj-aa - Walters 22141

Most non-royal statues of the 25th Dynasty were dedicated in temples during the owner's lifetime. They also served a funerary function, perpetuating the donor's name. Offerings continued to be made to the statu... More

Egyptian - The Priest Pe-Kher-Khons Holding the Shrine of Osiris - Walters 22175

Egyptian - The Priest Pe-Kher-Khons Holding the Shrine of Osiris - Wal...

This statue depicts a man kneeling. He wears a wig and his chin is broken off.

Priest of Isis DMA

Priest of Isis DMA

Priest of Isis, Egyptian (Roman Period), 1st century AD; marble Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; anonymous loan; object number 36.1997

Statue CG42212 Legrain

Statue CG42212 Legrain

Broken block statue of Tjanhesret, priest in Thebes and Hermopolis, bearing the cartouches of the local ruler Djehutyemhat. Limestone (H. 32 cm), found in 1909 in Luxor. Reign of Djehutyemhat, c. 725-710 BCE, ... More

Statue CG42225 Legrain

Statue CG42225 Legrain

Block statue of the ancient Egyptian priest Nebneteru, dedicated by his son, the priest Hor IX. Reign of Osorkon II, 22nd Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period. Found in Karnak Great Temple, now in Cairo Museum (... More

Statue CG42226 Legrain

Statue CG42226 Legrain

Block statue of the ancient Egyptian priest Hor IX, with long inscription and cartouches of king Pedubast I. Speckled granite (H 110 cm), found in Karnak Cachette in January 6, 1904. Reign of Pedubast I, 23rd ... More

Seated figure of the priest Pakharu and his wife Tupa

Seated figure of the priest Pakharu and his wife Tupa

Seated figure of the priest Pakharu and his wife TupaMagyar: Pakharu pap és felesége, Tupa szobra, Újbirodalom, 19. dinasztia, i. e. 1250 körül, Théba nyugati része, homokkőDeutsch: Sitzfigur des Mut-Prieste... More

Ägyptische Sammlung 10

Ägyptische Sammlung 10

Français : Statue en calcaire de Henka, prêtre et scribe de la pyramide de Snéfrou, achetée à Méïdoum - Ancien Empire Deutsch: Kalksteinstatue von Henka Priester und Schreiber der Pyramide von Snefru. In Mei... More

The Centurion's Escape - Charles Green

The Centurion's Escape - Charles Green

Wood engraving illustration for the story "The Centurion's Escape" in Once a Week magazine, volume 8, page 589. An adventure story dramatizing the conquest of Egypt by Rome: Roman officers and Egyptian priests... More

E-105priestrelief - Drawing. Public domain image.

E-105priestrelief - Drawing. Public domain image.

Русский: Молодой Сети I в образе жреца Маа English: Image from king Seti I, priest (Hor-iunu-mutef), beloved of the king (heka as in ruler) beloved of Ra, the dead king (Usir-Nesut) Maat-men-ra.

Fayum-16 - Public domain portrait painting

Fayum-16 - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Egypt Figurine of a priest - Egypt

Egypt Figurine of a priest - Egypt

Photograph Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mummy Djedptahiufankh Smith - Egypt

Mummy Djedptahiufankh Smith - Egypt

Mummy of Djedptahiufankh, 3rd/4th Priest of Amun in Thebes during the 21st/22nd dynasty, found in DB320.

Edward Okuń, Lewitacja kapłana chaldejskiego przed egipskimi kapłanami. Ilustracja do „Faraona" Bolesława Prusa

Edward Okuń, Lewitacja kapłana chaldejskiego przed egipskimi kapłanami...

Polski: Edward Okuń, Lewitacja kapłana chaldejskiego przed egipskimi kapłanami. Ilustracja do „Faraona" Bolesława Prusa. Muzeum Narodowe w Lublinie

Prêtre égyptien portant la ceinture-Vigouroux-DB-vol1

Prêtre égyptien portant la ceinture-Vigouroux-DB-vol1

Line drawing of an Egyptian priest wearing a belt. Français : Dessin au trait d'un prêtre égyptien portant une ceinture.

Egyptian priest - Egypt

Egyptian priest - Egypt

Deutsch: Bildunterschrift und Begleittext: Aegyptischer Priester. Nebenstehende Figur stellt einen ägyptischen Oberpriester des neuen Reiches (etwa um 1000 v. Chr.) dar, das Leopardenfell um die Schultern, au... More

Bas-relief at the mortuary temple of Ramesses III 9

Bas-relief at the mortuary temple of Ramesses III 9

Bas-relief at the mortuary temple of Ramesses III

Kneeling Priest Figurine in Worshipping Pose LACMA AC1992.152.56

Kneeling Priest Figurine in Worshipping Pose LACMA AC1992.152.56

Egypt, 30th Dynasty - Ptolemaic Period (380 - 100 BCE) Sculpture Bronze Height: 3 13/16 in. (9.53 cm); Width: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm); Depth: 2 in. (5.08 cm) Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn (AC1992.152.56) Egyptian Art

Kneeling Figure of the Priest Pa-Di-Bastet LACMA M.80.203.151

Kneeling Figure of the Priest Pa-Di-Bastet LACMA M.80.203.151

Egypt, Late Period (711 - 332 BCE) Sculpture Bronze Gift of Carl W. Thomas (M.80.203.151) Egyptian Art

Two Priests Holding a Shrine LACMA M.82.77.8

Two Priests Holding a Shrine LACMA M.82.77.8

Egypt, 2nd - 4th century A.D. Sculpture Terracotta Gift of Robert Blaugrund (M.82.77.8) Egyptian Art Currently on public view: Hammer Building, floor 3

A History of Art in Ancient Egypt (1883) (14585839800)

A History of Art in Ancient Egypt (1883) (14585839800)

Identifier: historyofartinan01perruoft Title: A history of art in ancient Egypt Year: 1883 (1880s) Authors: Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914 Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901 Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 Subjects: A... More

Osiris Priest - Egypt

Osiris Priest - Egypt

Priest of Osiris. Ptolemaic Egypt. 1st century CE. Le Grand Palais exhibition. Personal photograph 2006.