#third intermediate period

~ Serpentine Amulet in the form of a Wedjat-Eye.

Period: Third Intermediate or Late Period

Place of origin: : Egypt

Egyptian Ibis, mixed media sculpture (1069–664 B.C.) Egyptian artisans of the Third Intermediate Period crafted this figure using a combination of banded alabaster for the body and bronze for the extremities. The ibis served as the sacred manifestation of Thoth, the god of wisdom and writing. Such figures were frequently deposited as votive offerings in animal catacombs during the later dynasties. Loc. Private Collection. Dim. 15.2 cm H (6 in.)

Faience amulet depicting the ancient Egyptian goddess Taweret (also sometimes vocalized Tawaret). Taweret is typically depicted as a composite of the hippo, lion, and crocodile -- all animals the Egyptians found menacing. The function of this fierce but benevolent deity was to protect women in childbirth by frightening away evil spirits who might otherwise harm them. This amulet combines the traditional iconography of Taweret with the life-giving ankh and stability-giving djed-pillar.

An Egyptian wooden and bronze Hathor head,

Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty, circa 1069-715 B.C.

Wooden applique in the shape of a female head.

Height: 22.2 cm; Width: 6.5 cm.

The weighing of the heart, from the Book of the Dead of Aaner. A green Anubis kneels amidst the scales, holding the deceased's heart, which also appears on the scale's right-handed tray, with a little Maat goddess in the left tray. Plenty of offerings sit in front of Anubis. To the right, Aaner holds his eyes and his mouth (that is, the hieroglyphs which represent eye and mouth -- he still has an eye and a mouth in his face!).

When: Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty

Lionness Headed Usekh, So Called "Aegis"

Egyptian, 1290-664 BCE (Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period)

Ushabti of Princess Nesi-Khnsu from Luxor, Egypt dated between 1069 - 945 BCE on display at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, Scotland

Around 4,000 years ago, Egyptians believed that statues buried in the tomb represented the body of the dead person. In later centuries, lots of little statues called shabtis or ushabtiu were included in burials as workers for the dead in the afterlife. Despite being of similar size, these statues are all unique.

Princess Nesi-Khnsu was the daughter of Pharaoh Smendes II and was married of to her uncle Pinedjem II, High Priest of Amun. It is likely there were family problems during her life as on her tomb was placed a wooden stele that decreed she would do no harm to her husband and children from the afterlife.