EditorialChair for a Woman, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 15501425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes; Said to be from Dra Abu el-Naga, Wood (tamarisk), reed, overall: H. 58.8 cm (23 1/8 in); w. 43.3 cm (17 1/16 in); d. 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in), seat: H. ...
EditorialHeadrest, Middle Kingdom, Date ca. 20301640 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, East of Pabasa, Radim, Burial 6A.X.B22, 191819, Acacia wood (band); tamarisk (base), H. 20 ? W. 22 cm (7 7/8 ? 8 11/16 in.).
EditorialBox Coffin and Rope, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 3?4, ca. 2649?2465 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, BSAE excavations 1911-1913, Wood (tamarisk), pigment, fiber, L. 87 cm (34 1/4 in); W. 54 cm (21 1/4 in); W. 59 cm (23 1/4 in), The earliest rec...
EditorialLyre, from the reign of Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, 1479-1425 BCE. From tomb Nr. 1389, Deir el-Medina. Lyres were played by women, the instrument held hori-zontally, the strings plucked with a wooden plectrum. Tamarisk wood, traces of paint, H: 49,7 E 14470.
EditorialGerman tamarisk, Myricaria germanica. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 wit...
EditorialFrench tamarisk, Tamarix gallica. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 50...
EditorialTamarisk or salt cedar, Tamarix species. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in ...
EditorialMyrica sive Tamarix Gallica et Vulgaris, Tamarisk, Fol. 42r, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
EditorialTamariscus, Pseudocrania, Illustration of a tamarisk and a plant called Pseudocrania from the 16th century, Fig. 176, p. 187r, 1561, Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gessner, Benedictus Aretius, Pedanius Dioscorides: In hoc volumine continentur Valerii Cordi Si...
EditorialShawabty of Tashery, c. 1391-1353 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III. Painted tamarisk?; overall: 15.1 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm (5 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.).
EditorialFemale Offering Bearer, 2000-1801 BC. Egypt, Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 11 to early Dynasty 12. Painted wood, figure of tamarisk (?), base of sycamore fig; overall: 25.8 x 7.9 x 12.2 cm (10 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.).
EditorialModel Oarsman (?), 2040-1648 BC. Egypt, Meir (?), Middle Kingdom, 2040-1648 BC. Painted tamarisk ; overall: 5.4 x 1.9 x 3 cm (2 1/8 x 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.).
EditorialStatuette of a Man, 1980-1801 BC. Egypt, Probably Meir, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, 1980-1801 BC. Painted and gessoed tamarisk; overall: 31.4 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm (12 3/8 x 2 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.).
EditorialTamarisk or salt cedar, Tamarix species. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in ...
EditorialTamaris, ca. 1886?87, Oil on canvas, 10 x 15 1/2 in. (25.4 x 39.4 cm), Paintings, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, Lyons 1824?1898 Paris), The small plants with pink blossoms surrounding the reclining nude suggest that the artist intended her to be a...
EditorialBox Coffin and Rope, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 3?4, ca. 2649?2465 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, BSAE excavations 1911-1913, Wood (tamarisk), pigment, fiber, L. 87 cm (34 1/4 in); W. 54 cm (21 1/4 in); W. 59 cm (23 1/4 in), The earliest rec...
EditorialPlunderers' Wedge, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1070?945 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb, Pit, 1923?24, Tamarisk, L. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.), One of two 'plunderers' wedges' found in the pit of Tomb, this was original...
EditorialTamarisk or salt cedar, Tamarix species. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in ...
EditorialGerman tamarisk, Myricaria germanica. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 wit...
EditorialFrench tamarisk, Tamarix gallica. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 50...
EditorialLyre, from the reign of Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, 1479-1425 BCE. From tomb Nr. 1389, Deir el-Medina. Lyres were played by women, the instrument held hori-zontally, the strings plucked with a wooden plectrum. Tamarisk wood, traces of paint, H: 49,7 E 14470.