Glossary of ancient Egyptian artifacts and materials
Amulet—Predynastic, and onward
ankh symbol of life held by ra
Benben stone—(also known as a pyramidion) the top stone of the Egyptian pyramid
Canopic jar—Vessel containing internal body organs removed during mummifiication
Canopic chest—The common chest contained the four Canopic jars
Cartonnage—Papyrus or linen soaked in plaster, shaped around a body and used for mummy masks and coffins
Cenotaph—an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere
Crook—Symbol of pharaonic power. Symbol of the god Osiris
Faience—Glasswork articles, amulets, etc.
False door—an artistic representation of a door, a common architectural element in the tombs
Flail—Symbol of pharaonic power. Symbol of the god Osiris
Flint knife— prestige funerary good, from the Naqada period until the end of the Early Dynastic Period
Funerary cone—small cones made from clay that were placed over the entrance of the chapel of a tomb, used almost exclusively in the Theban necropolis (Mesopotamia had clay nails)
Headrest—Found in tombs, etc. Typically personal, or a memorial headrest
Imiut fetish—A religious object used in funerary rites; a stuffed, headless animal skin, often of a feline or bull, tied by the tail to a pole, terminating in a lotus bud and inserted into a stand
Microlith—Ancient Egyptian stone flakes
Menat—An amulet worn round the neck. Also a musical instrument, a metal rattle (see also: sistrum)
Menhed—A scribe's pallet
Mummy—Body after mummification
Naos—Religious shrine; portable shrine for carrying a god
Ostracon—Pottery sherd, limestone Sherd, used as writing material
Cosmetic palette—Slab of stone, sometimes decorated, used for preparing cosmetics. See: Narmer Palette; and: Category:Archaeological palettes.
Papyrus—Material made from papyrus reeds, used as writing and painting material
Pectoral (Ancient Egypt)—many forms. (Up to 13 additional Gardiner-unlisted determinative hieroglyphs for the "pectoral"; See Gardiner's sign list.)
Saqqara Bird—Wooden bird model
Sarcophagus—a funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone
Scarab: amulet or seal in the form of an abstract dung beetle
Senet—A board game
Shabti—Figurines placed in the tomb as substitutes for the tomb owner in the next world
Sphinx
Statuary—Pharaonic and non-pharaonic. (Range of sizes.)
Amulets—numerous, (and predynastic).
Stele
Boundary Stele—Placed at boundaries.
Memorial Stele—Pharaonic or non-pharaonic.
Monumental Stele—Offered to gods, special individuals.
Votive Stele—private, dedication.
Victory Stele—Pharaonic.
Talatat—limestone wall blocks, at times painted.
Ushabti— shabtis from the 21st Dynasty and later.
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