Ancient Egypt

Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute

by Emily Teeter

Book cover: Ancient Egypt

Extent: 160 pages

Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Oriental Institute Museum Publications

Series volume number: 23

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2003)

ISBN: 9781885923257

8.86 x 11.65 inches

Price: $17.95

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Fully-illustrated catalogue offers highlights of the Egyptian collection at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A brief history of the collection is followed by a catalogue of seventy-seven objects, which date from the early third millennium BC to the eighth century AD. Many of these objects have not been previously published.


This fully-illustrated catalogue offers highlights of the Egyptian collection at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A brief history of the collection is followed by a catalogue of seventy-seven objects, which date from the early third millennium BC to the eighth century AD. Many of these objects have not been previously published. The artefacts include statues, stelae, tools, games, clothing, coffins, figured ostraca, and papyri; each item is described, and its function and symbolism are discussed. Brief texts are translated. Appendices give museum registration numbers, provenance, and bibliographies.

  • By (author) Emily Teeter