National Gallery,
Prague, Czech Republic
Petrie
Fitzwilliam
Náprstek
Ashmolean
Turin
Nicholson
KhM
BM
An amphora
Baked clay of grey colour
From Deir el-Medina, tomb 1159, pit 2
NM-NpM P1446
The vessel was discovered by the
French expedition in the tomb of
Sennefer. His name is written in the
narrowing part of the neck. The surface
bears traces of spilled liquid.
Height: 65.5 cm
For more information on tomb 1159, pit
2 go to
http://xy2.org/lenka/Tomb1159.html
Figured ostrakon
19th-20th dynasty
Height: 29.6 cm ; width: 20 cm
Black, red and blue pigment
NM-NpM P2059
Donated to the museum by Cyril Dušek, the Czechoslovak
ambassador to Cairo.
The ostrakon was broken into two pieces and has been glued
together.
It bears the drawing of a Ramesside king seated on a
throne. He wears a white gown with short sleeves and is
adorned with a wide collar and a pectoral. He wears a blue
crown on his head with an attached uraeus. He holds a long
staff in his right hand and another object (possibly a papyrus
roll) in his left hand.
The king is facing a vertical line of a hieroglyphic inscription,
reading "Good god, Lord of the Two Lands, [name of the king
missing] may he live forever!"
Shabti for Khabekhnet
From tomb TT2, the Western cemetery at Deir el-Medina
Limestone, painted
19th dynasty, reign of Ramesses II
Height: 20.8 cm
NM-NpM P6125
Khabekhnet was the eldest son of Sennedjem (TT1). He
lived during the reign of Ramesses II (1279-1212 BC). He
had a title "Servant in the Place of Truth". He lived in Deir
el-Medina and worked in the royal tombs at the Valley of
the Kings.
For the description of Khabekhnet's tomb go to
http://xy2.org/lenka/Tomb2.html

The permanent exhibition of the ancient Mediterranean and Asian art from the National Gallery and the
National Museum collections is the first joint exhibition of the state resources of Egyptian, classical Greek
and Roman and Asian art in the Czech Republic. The exhibition is called "The Art of the Old World" and was
opened on the occasion of the 215th anniversary of the foundation of the National Gallery in Prague in
February 2011. Objects from ancient Egypt and Nubia came from both the National Gallery and the National
Museum - Náprstek Museum in Prague. Six objects on display originated at Deir el-Medina.
Model of a stool
Wood
From Deir el-Medina
New Kingdom
Height: 14 cm
Width: 14,4 cm
Length: 13,4 cm
Formerly Anna Černá collection
NM-NpM P7239
Figured ostraka
From Deir el-Medina
New Kingdom
Limestone
The Cyril Dušek collection

Top: NM-NpM P2060
Height: 8,70 cm
Width: 11,70 cm
The animal in this ostrakon is presumed to be a
baboon. It is being driven forward by its master.

Bottom: NM-NpM P2061
Height: 7,60 cm
Width: 10,60 cm
A dramatic depiction of a gazelle fighting for his
life while a cheetah bites its neck.
Sources:
1. Země pyramid a faraonů : starověký Egypt ve sbírkách Náprstkova muzea = The land of
pyramids and pharaohs : Ancient Egypt in the Náprstek museum collection
Praha : Národní Muzeum, 1997.
2. Théby : město bohů a faraónů = Thebes : city of gods and pharaohs / Jana Mynářová & Pavel
Onderka (eds.)
Praha : Národní Museum, 2007.
3. Objevování země na Nilu = Discovering the Land on the Nile / Pavel Onderka & Petra Maříková
Praha : Národní Museum, 2008.
4. Printed leaflet from the exhibition
This is a part of the wooden model of a chair.
While the lower part of the chair is made of
seven wooden beams, the missing upper part
was originally weaved with vegetable fibres.
The fibres were drawn through the 8 openings
drilled into the upper longitudinal beams. The
legs are modelled in the shape of animal feet.
Approximately half way up the legs there are  
double holes drilled in the inner sides. They
were used to attach reinforcing laces for
greater stability of the object.
Models of furniture used to form part of a set
of funerary equipment were placed in tombs
throughout the history of ancient Egypt.
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