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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.

Block, Stone, Talatat

Antiquities

E37.22

Mace

Antiquities

E44.472

Mace

Antiquities

E44.476

Bob, Plumb

Antiquities

E44.484

Figure

Antiquities

E44.868

Figure, Animal, Plaque, Religious

Antiquities

E46.34

The goddess Hathor, in the form of a cow, was worshipped as the nurse to the kings of Egypt. In the form of a joyous and smiling young woman she was revered as the goddess of happiness, dancing and music. She also had an important role in funerary texts, providing spiritual nourishment for the soul of the dead.

Lime stone figurine of a ram with a small container on its back

Seal

Antiquities

E47.164

Figure

Antiquities

E48.416

Head of an African boy. Limestone Alexandria, Egypt. 2nd-1st Century BC

Stela, Figure, Religious

Antiquities

E52.13

Stele depicting a seated king or priest with subjects or worshippers.

Figure, Religious, Inscription, Cuneiform

Antiquities

E52.103

Limestone figure thought to be an ambassador. Large numbers of clay tablets with writing indicate the important role ambassadors had in negotiations and relations between Mesopotamian states.

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Stone, Money

Carving

Block, Stone, Talatat

Mace

Mace

Bob, Plumb

Figure

Figure, Animal, Plaque, Religious

Vase

Vase

Vase

Figure, Animal

Seal

Figure

Stela, Figure, Religious

Figure, Religious, Inscription, Cuneiform

Mask

Jar, Canopic

Jar, Canopic

Jar, Canopic