Egyptian

[kev7d]

A shot from the Vatican last year.

[Clicker]

Is the reverse side of it a sculpture of a bird/eagle . What 's the history of this Kev... is it a relic from Egypt ... looks in amazing condition if it is ..  Nicely   photographed and processed ...I'm interested to know more if you have the info on it ...Cheers.

[Ryewolf]

Looks Egyptian to me, just trying to make out the symbols, the snake at the top (j sound like joke or French dieu), the next symbol - the wavy line is an N, the eye at the bottom could be a determinative sign (mss) or a two consonant sign (ir), I think there might by a fourth sign in there to the right but difficult to make out. The snake gives the direction to read them, it's facing right so you read them right to left, top to bottom.

[FUJI]

I missed this Kev......sorry!

A beautifully rendered mono with subtle tones, textures and points of interest.

FUJI

[kev7d]

Polly / Rye - definitely Egyptian. I know nothing about it.  There are thousands of pieces in the Vatican that it is impossible to read about every piece in half a day.   I don't know about the reverse side either. 

FUJI - thank you. 

[Ryewolf]

It does look kinda old style Ancient Egyptian - but then again in later periods they did copy older Egyptian sculpture styles .I don't think there would be any image on the reverse,

Ok, think this is the statue, still trying to work out who it is and when:

http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-an-egyptian-coffin-is-displayed-in-the-room-ii-of-the-gregorian-egyptian-28479794.html

Unfortunately the stock photo doesn't give any description as to the period, which is not very useful since Ancient Egyptian pharonic period started around 3500-4000bc and continued to around 500ad when the last hieroglyphic carvings were made.

[Clicker]

Thanks Rye ...looks like that's it...

[Ryewolf]

If it is, then the first sign on the far right, the long stick with a dogs head is a 3 consonant sign, trans-literated at wsr, the Ancient Egptian written language didn't use vowels, much like Hebrew. (wsr is uaually assocated with the God Anubis or Wepwawet)

[Ryewolf]

One of the main problems with translating Ancient Egyptian to English, is that it's a two step process first you transliterate the signs, and then you try and work out what it all means. Plus there are vocal sounds that just aren't in English, a bit like Arabic (another language that doesn't use vowels.)

[Clicker]

What an incredible civilisation they were the Egyptians .. Carving huge  statues and  moving enormous blocks of granite to build temples and pyramids ...thousands of years ago .. The mind boggles really .

[Ryewolf]

It was all done for the Pharaoh, he was the only one in ancient times that went to - I suppose you would call it heaven,- but by helping in building the pyramids everyone else involved was allowed to go. The Pyramids weren't built by slaves, there's documentation and actual buildings/tombs/villages of those that built it and just what they got paid to do it. Deir el Medina was one of the places, that people who built and furnished the tombs lived. I just happen to know about Ancient Egypt, bit like Kev knowing about Napoleon.

I really should take a photo of my Egyptian book collection, which to be honest is 6ft tall by 3ft wide and just filled with books on Ancient Egypt.

[kev7d]

History is fascinating.   

I think you have mentioned your Egyptian interest before Rye.