Hatshepsut Project now on Facebook

My wife and I have created the "Hatshepsut Project" Group to Facebook as a tester:

Hatshepsut Project.

Please feel free to join the group. Feel free to start topics, make comments and generally have your say. Although i am the Admin, the intention is to find as many like minded people to discuss Hatshepsut with.

As with any "open groups" i hope that only those with a real interest have their say. I will try not to lead discussions, as i am at a stage where i need the thoughts of others.

It will be a test. If we get bogged down with spammers, then i will do my bit. If discussions arise which are healthy, then it will be a permanent fixture. I haven't linked this blogs posts yet, but that can be done soon if i (or others) feel it necessary or complimentary.

Regards,
Stuart

Stephen Quirke- Petrie Museum Introduction

Stephen Quirke is Curator of the Petrie Museum, London.

I was fortunate enough to have had the pleasure of meeting Stephen this year. He was in my home town talking about the Petrie Museum Collection and its wonderful founder Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie.

The wonderful lecture has fuelled my own interests in the museum and its founder.


Stephen I would describe as softly spoken, passionate, extremely well informed and truly an inspiring lecturer. From the start i found every sentence littered with factual information which i just had to record, for future viewing. I actually found that i wrote very little. Not due to anything other than the fact i didn't want to look away from Stephen's presentation (complete with a gremlin-filled laptop, which tried and failed to throw Stephen from his trail) in case i missed something.

The video is a very short introduction to Stephen Quirke, The Petrie Museum and the duties of a Curator.

Regards,
Stuart

Petrie (example) Museum Database - Progress

Although the finished database will look different to this, I thought i would give a tiny snapshot of how the information is being recorded. These are the first 6 fields on the database. There are currently 12 fields, so only half of them will be displayed in this post. The links have not been added to this example, which will appear in the "Item Number" field. Note the simplicity of the recording of data. This is due to the fact that for this particular museum, i will be linking directly to their descriptions of the separate artefacts online.

Museum	Item Number	Object	Type	Material	Link to Hatshepsut
Petrie	UC12008	Amulet	Udjat Eye	Steatite	Prenomen
Petrie	UC12009	Menat	Fragment	Faience	Prenomen
Petrie	UC12010	Amulet	Cartouche	Faience	Prenomen

Regards,
Stuart

Name- Beads at the British Museum (Hatshepsut & Senenmut)

From Nicholas Reeves:

These have been added to the database, as too the following possible origin:

"Although neither of these beads seems to have been found in situ (110), the two versions of the inscription they carry would perhaps indicate that they, and a number of published parallels (111), had originally been intended for the foundation deposits of the Hathor (p. 388) shrine"

 Even the very small artifacts have information to be gained from them. Foundation deposits can tell when certain elements of a temple were erected, by whom (overseer) and also the commissioner. Fortunately, Hatshepsut left many and these, which are housed in museums all over the world today.

Regards,
Stuart

TT81- Tomb of Ineni

Updated 11/04/2014.

From Wikipedia:

"The tomb is known to contain an inscription relating to the role of Hatshepsut as a regent in relation to her step-son Tuthmosis III. The inscription mentions how king Tuthmosis II had gone "forth to heaven, having mingled with the gods." His son Tuthmosis III is then said to have "stood in his place as King of the Two Lands, while Hatshepsut "settled the affairs of the Two Lands"

Source:
O'Connor, David and Cline, Eric H. Thutmose III: A New Biography University of Michigan Press. 2006 ISBN 978-04721146721.

Regards,
Stuart

Hatshepsut Database Update

The following Museums have been added to the database. Their Hatshepsut artifacts have been added with the information available to me:

• Alexandria National Museum
• Ashmolean
• Bordeaux
• Boston MFA
• Bournemouth NSS
• British Museum
• Brooklyn
• Brussels
• Cairo
• Cleveland
• Khartoum
• Kimbell
• Leiden
• Leipzig
• Louvre
• Pennsylvania
• Petrie
• Rosicrucian
• Royal Ontario
• The Hague
• Vatican Museums
• Walters AM

Regards,
Stuart

CFEETK - Netjery Menu update

CFEETK -  Anastylosis of Netjery-menu in the Open Air Museum.

Its great to see progress. I caught this on Flickr and am now following CFEETK, so will hopefully hear about future reports. Note the Cartouche (Prenomen) of Hatshepsut (9th photo) and Cartouche of Neferure (11th photo).

Last updated 29th June 2011. All information is:

© 2009-2011 – CFEETK – Centre Franco-Égyptien d'Étude des Temples de Karnak – SCA / USR 3172 du CNRS

Regards,
Stuart

The Highclere Problem

Looking at the books in my possession and looking online - there maybe an issue with (Hatshepsut finds at) Highclere Castle Estate. There are a number of finds still housed at Highclere and others which have moved on. I have yet to find any items which are linked to Hatshepsut.

Deir el Bahri is featured, but Deir el Bahri is a very large area, covering three mortuary temples, later tombs and more. Djeser Djeseru (Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple) as far as i can tell is only covered in a set of watercolour faxcimilies/ pictures drawn by Howard Carter. I will make further enquiries, but my suspicions are that these are copies of the originals.

Regards,
Stuart

Block Statue of Ruiu - Leipzig

Agyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig (6020).
Leipzig University Egyptian Museum (I hope the translation is correct) has at least one object which dates to the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, but i will look a bit deeper into their collections for further items.

The artifact in question is a block statue of Ruiu, found at Aniba with another statue (i have yet to locate the second statue) in the tomb of Ruiu (Aniba, tomb S66).

"Of Nubian decent, Ruiu lived in (modern day) Aniba (in lower Nubia). He served as deputy to the Egyptian viceroy, or King's Son."

the above information (in different format) can be found below,

- Hatshepsut, from Queen to Pharaoh, Egypt and Nubia, Conflict with the Kingdom of Kush, W. Vivian Davies, page 57, catalogue number 27.

Regards,

Stuart

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

The EMC is the latest museum added to the growing database. It's been a headache as they do not have a dedicated online database such as the Petrie Museum, British Museum, MMA, etc.

So far 100 items have been recorded for the Egyptian Museum. That number might double once ALL items have been recorded, but finding these items is problematic. It took a full day yesterday to locate the 100 items- some of which do not have acquisition numbers/ museum numbers, some have a very general description so is difficult to obtain the quality of information which fit the database template.

I am working overtime on this museum, pulling resources from everywhere i can find them- Porter and Moss, Flickr, Google, Wiki, Global Egyptian Museum, Hatshepsut from Queen to Pharaoh exhibition book/reports, etc.

I hope that the new museum (GEM) at Giza will do me a huge favour and have an online catalogue. I will even volunteer to help them do this. For now there is a lot of research to be done for this one museum. If any of you have any ideas which may help, please feel free to contact me.

Regards,
Stuart