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Stool with four lion's foot legs. The surface of the wood has been gessoed to hide any defects, resulting in a smooth surface.
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty
VM B2
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Stool with four lion's foot legs. Holes are needed for attachment to a top on the upper rim. The surface of the wood has been gessoed to hide any defects, resulting in a smooth surface.
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty
VM B2
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Sculpture fragment depicting the face of a king, possibly from a sphinx
Both ears are chipped and the beard and Uraeus are missing
Ptolemaic Period
Limestone
VM 32
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Cartouche of Akhenaten
Sunk relief
Blue pigment
Limestone
18th Dynasty
VM D132
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Referred to as "Faiyum portraits" these panels represented the deceased in an idealized form, much like pharaonic mummy masks. Most of these portraits were executed in ancient Arsinoe, the modern city of Medinet el-Faiyum, during the Roman period. Faiyum portraits were executed using the encaustic technique, in which pigments are mixed with hot liquid wax. Many reveal fashion trends popular across the Empire.
Mummy portrait of a woman
Roman period
Wood, encaustic (wax painting)
Probably from Faiyum
VM D130
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Relief in limestone depicting the two cartouches of the earlier version of the name of Aten in incised hieroglyphs. The left cartouche reads: "Re lives, Harakhte, who rejoices on the horizon." The right cartouche: "in his name of 'Shu who is Aten' ." Under the two cartouches can be read horizontally: "Given life forever and ever." The hieroglyphs are a bit damaged in the cartouches and therefore hard to read. It is painted red, white, green, blue, yellow and black.
18th Dynasty
Gift from the Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte in 1902 via Gaston Maspero
VM 17
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Statuette
Squatting figure of a baboon
God Thoth
Early Dynastic Period
VM B216
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
In the first centuries AD Palmyra became a flourishing city in the eastern part of the Roman Empire, with a rich tradition of funerary portraits. An inscription above the man's left shoulder reads: "Alas, Habîbî, elder son of Yarhibôlâ, son of Nûrbel". The portrait recorded his identity and the story of his family in Roman Palmyra.
Limestone
Palmyra, Syria
UUB 512
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
The head of Sarapis cut from one block. White, medium-grained marble, possibly gilded. A good head of hair hangs down the back and the sides of the head. Originally also down the forehead. A full, thick elaborately and intricately dressed beard with a long and thick moustache.
A face with wide-open eyes, a short and broad nose, a small mouth with no visible teeth, and a flat and broad forehead. The cheekbones are set high and wide apart. Cutting on top of the head for an insertion of headdress.
UAS 1999
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Left: Boy riding a rooster
Terracotta
2nd century BC
UAS 2236
In the middle: This kind of "Horus on the Crocodiles" stele was erected in all the sanctuaries of Egypt; the function was to heal the true victims of wild animal attacks. Horus is depicted naked with the braid, the child symbol. He holds snakes in his hands. Behind him is god Bes.
(I couldn't find any information about this stela)
Right: Harpokrates seated, leaning against a small vessel
Terracotta
Ptolemaic, 2nd century BC
VM 1686
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
In the first centuries AD Palmyra became a flourishing city in the eastern part of the Roman Empire, with a rich tradition of funerary portraits. An inscription above the man's left shoulder reads: "Alas, Habîbî, elder son of Yarhibôlâ, son of Nûrbel". The portrait recorded his identity and the story of his family in Roman Palmyra.
Limestone
Palmyra, Syria
UUB 512
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
A cosmetic vessel in the shape of a fish
Terracotta
New Kingdom
VM B430
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Turtle-shaped palette
Material: shale
Predynastic Period
VM 255
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Cosmetic box with sliding lid
Painted wood
VM 2332
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Left: Fragment of linen fabric. One edge has long fringes
Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty
Provenance Luxor (Thebes)
VM 2768
Right: Fragment of medium coarse linen fabric with a woven fringe and with extra elements at the edge of the fabric
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Provenance Luxor (Thebes)
VM 2773
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Bronze mirror
VM B271
Oyster shell with cartouche of Senwosret (Senusret Sesostris) III
VM 187
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Ceramics
VM 2015
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Oyster shell with cartouche of Sesostris III
VM 187
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden
Wooden Vessel
Double kohl-tube with removable lid
VM B521
Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum
The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Valley
Uppsala Sweden