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Taoka Tawhito

Antiquities

On Display

Has Image

Material

Cultural Group

Bottle, Vase

Antiquities

F82.314

Bottle

Antiquities

F82.354

Capital

Antiquities

F82.414

Aryballos

Antiquities

E28.4

Pot

Antiquities, Archaeology

E24.60

Spindle Whorl

Antiquities, Archaeology

E23.26

Figurine, Head

Antiquities

F73.16

Can, Watering

Antiquities

E26.34

Lid, Jar, Canopic

Antiquities, Archaeology

D13.33

Lamp

Antiquities

E36.280

Carving

Antiquities

E36.1

Limestone relief depicting a shaven-headed, bowing priest.Priests in Egypt did not preach and had no parishioners to instruct. A priest's duty was to serve the god who dwelt in the temple statue. To be pure, a priest had to make his ablutions twice daily and twice during the night. He was completely shaven, shorn and plucked. Priests acquired a great deal of power in Egyptian society through their managing the lands of the god and their revenues.

Needle

Antiquities, Archaeology

E26.54