Manon Y. Schutz

White dog with black bose lying on an orange couch, covered with a beige blanket, She wears a hairband with brown reindeer ears and flittery red and green antlers

My nearly 15 year old reindeer and I would like to wish everyone celebrating a very Merry Christmas. Even if you are not celebrating, I hope that you are having wonderful holidays with lots of love, peace, happiness, health. These feel like dark times, but may you all find some light in your lives.

Triade d'Osorkon Osiris (linceul, couronne atef, accroupi, sur, base à corniche, flanqué de) ; Horus (dieu à tête de faucon, debout, pagne, couronne pschent, bras gauche levé, protégeant) ; Isis (debout, cornes disqué...

24 Dec: Since Christmas is all about family, I thought it fitting that this year's advent calendar should end with a family, rather a family triad: Osiris, Isis, and Horus. The gilded colour is just an added Christmas bonus.

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23 Dec: Candles and lights play an important role around Christmas as well. Thus, I thought this candlestick and the fire stock & drill from the tomb of Tutankhamun are perfect for today's advent calendar door.

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textile; garment; tunic | British Museum Miniature linen tunic; painted representation of the Hathor-cow and Hieroglyphic text; one arm lost.

22 Dec: In my family, people also like to dress up for Christmas. Personally, I think that this tunic with the Hathor cow looks particularly festive—and simply stunning 😍 What do you think?

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Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle") inscribed for the God's Father Amenhotep, son of the God's Father Iufaa | Late Period | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Front: <br/><br/>(1) - central column: <i>imn mwt xnsw sAH n</i><br/><br/>(2) - right column: <i>it nTr imnHtp sA</i><br/><br/>(3) - left column: <i>mi iwfAa</i><br/><br/>(1) Amun, Mut, Khonsu: prote...

21 Dec: Besides food, drink probably plays a role for many at Christmas as well. And what better flask could there be than this New Year's Bottle. It is thought to have once been filled with oil or maybe even waters from the Nile.

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Hippos are the best ❤️

Oh yes, I remember these winged personages. Many ages ago, I did study Classical Archaeology as well and we talked about their iconography

(cont.) Thus, this container probably once contained a pigeon. While its outside was painted white, the inside is covered in black resin. In this type of Tupperware, food—in this case fowl—could then be deposited inside the burial. How amazing is this? 2/2

Food Case Probably Containing a Preserved Pigeon | New Kingdom | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

20 Dec: With all the food that is served for Christmas, Tupperware always plays a significant role as well to conserve said food. Did you know that the ancient Egyptians also had some type of Tupperware already? 1/2

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Little light blue hippo (stuffed toy) to the right and top, with darker blue ears. In front of Nils, there is a silver bracelet with five different links, showing an ankh, two uraei, a camel, pharaoh on a chariot, and (probably) the mask of Tutankhamun.

I found this wonderful bracelet second hand and could not resist. Apparently, it was once a tourist souvenir brought from Egypt, but I have no other information. I just love it—as does Nils, the newest addition to my hippo collection 😁

(cont.) Shabtis of myself would definitely not look as gorgeous as this shabti of King Tutankhamun, found in his tomb. By the New Kingdom, ideally (!), the deceased would ideally take 365 shabtis, one per day, to the tomb, overseen by 36 overseer shabtis and one supervisor 2/2

Ushabti of Tutankhamun - Egypt Museum This gilded ushabti is an image of the young king Tutankhamun wearing the Blue Khepresh Crown of ceremonies and processions and the uraeus.

19 Dec: Thinking about all the things I still need to do before the end of 2024 and the fact I am ill made me think about how great it would be to be able to split oneself in half. And then I thought: Would that make me a shabti? 1/2

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(cont.) The wings (and arms) are even detachable and thus movable. There are several goddesses that can be represented as kneeling, protectively spreading their winged arms. The most common deity shown in this pose is Nut, the mother goddess par excellence and sky goddess. 2/2

Winged Goddess | Late New Kingdom or early Third Intermediate Period | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Formerly Carnarvon Collection (before 1923). Purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926. Howard Carter recalled the piece as perhaps being from the Lady Meux Collection, and it may well be cata...

18 Dec: The closer we get to Christmas, the more angels you see. Of course, winged beings were also known in ancient Egypt, from winged scarabs over winged snakes to winged humans—as in the case of this beautiful faience amulet. 1/2

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cosmetic-box | British Museum Wooden cosmetic-box in the form of a trussed duck. The container can be closed with a swivel-lid, which bears incised decoration. Holes, one in the body and the other in the lid, would allow the lid t...

17 Dec: Since there is the tradition of eating a goose for Christmas in many families here, why not have a (dead) duck today? I love the details of this cosmetic box, especially considering that it is only 10.80 cm long.

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16 Dec: Since I am ill, it seems fitting to include a "little" medical papyrus—the 18.63m long Papyrus Ebers, the largest collection of medical recipes from ancient Egypt.

You can read the entire papyrus here:
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For more information, see also:
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Statue of a scribe and priest of the god Thoth carrying a baboon New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1189 BC. From el-Ashmunein (ancient Hermopolis). Now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. AN1961.536

(bonus) When talking about Thoth as a baboon and scribes, I just cannot omit this gem: a scribe and priest carrying a baboon on top of his head, nearly in the position of a wig. I think the man has his thinking cap on 😄 3/3

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statue scribe (assis avec un genou relevé, pagne, chemise à manches courtes, perruque à revers, écrivant, tenant, rouleau de papyrus) ; Thot (babouin, assis sur, base à corniche et escalier) ; socle

(cont) Thoth can also be shown as a baboon and such statues showing him with a worshipper are also known. In the latter case, however, the person is generally (always?) rendered as a scribe, as in Nebmerutef's case. 2/2

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Group statue of Thoth-ibis and devotee on a base inscribed for Padihorsiese | Late Period | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Front: DHwtj aA-aA nb Xmn.w Di anx<br/>Thoth, twice great, lord of Hermpolis who gives life <br/><br/>Side: wDA snb aHa.w qA jAw aA nfr n P'-Di-Hr.w-zA-As.t zA n P'-Di-Wsjr-<br/>prosperity, health, lo...

15 Dec: This statue is lovely, although there seem to have been some alterations (ancient or modern?)—the original ibis might have been striding. Of course, the ibis represents the god Thoth (Djehuti) here. 1/3

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Wedjat Eye Amulet | Third Intermediate Period | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14 Dec: Some object groups are attested more frequently than others like the wedjat-eye. Yet, it is always worth having a closer look, the details might surprise you. Here, I love how the wing protectively embraces the recumbent lion.

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Haremhab as a Scribe of the King | New Kingdom | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Base, to the right<br/><br/><br/>(1) An "offering that the King gives" of Thoth, the lord of hieroglyphs, lord of Hermopolis, weigher of truth, conveyor of Re in the night bark. May you grant response...

(cont.) One of the reasons I love scribal palettes is also the fact that they are often represented as part of scribal statues, as for instance this statue of Horemhab. Can you spot the palette on his chest? Another one is found on his back. 2/2

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Scribal Palette | Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

13 Dec: I love scribal palettes—and they are also fitting for Christmas, at least for those of us who still write Christmas cards by hand. This palette has everything you need: black and red ink as well as reeds to write with. 1/2

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In the left bottom corned, bliue book with golden lettering: "Ancient Egypt" by Campbell Price; to the right a biscuit in the shape of Tutankhamun's mask. At the top, a mug with a drawing of an ancient Egyptian relief, showing a head

My idea of a perfect winter day: Staying at home with plenty of tea, biscuits, and a good book 😊 Of course, ancient Egypt—as a general theme, but in this particular case also as a book title by Campbell Price—always sneaks into my weekend plans as well...

Oh, yes, so do I! I love museum shops 🥰

We do! I am sure that there are quite a lot of us around here ☺️

Collection online - Blanket found on Merit’s bed More than 4.000 of the approximately 40.000 objects in Museo Egizio’s collection are accessible here. All data are constantly updated, thanks to the continuous study and documentation of the objects. ...

12 Dec: Since we are talking about beds—my favourite topic—, we should not forget that the ancient Egyptians also used blankets to protect themselves against the cold. I love this comfy looking blanket of Merit. Look at its fringes!

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(cont.) Merit certainly used her bed during her life, as indicated e.g. by the presence of real webbing. Yet, after she had passed away, the bed was painted white and an offering formula was added to the frame in black ink. Thus, the bed was visually transformed into a funerary one.

Collection online - Bed of Merit More than 4.000 of the approximately 40.000 objects in Museo Egizio’s collection are accessible here. All data are constantly updated, thanks to the continuous study and documentation of the objects. ...

11 Dec: I am running late with my advent calendar due to a lot of work and feeling under the weather, so I thought a bed could be an ideal object—and representation—for today. 1/2

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The head of the sphinx in the middle, to the left a "papyrus" scroll of paper, in the top right corner money bills, at the bottom part of a wheel with "hieroglyphs"

Some of the props that I have found in my Cleopatra advent calendar so far… Every day, I feel like a little Amelia Peabody, trying to solve my little riddles 😂

Yes, absolutely! There is also a catalogue about his collection that was published not so long ago, if I remember correctly. Also: If it is exhibited in Leiden, I hope to be able to go and see the objects myself 😊