The Ancient Egyptian Museum • 古代エジプト美術館

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古代エジプト美術館展が2023年4月8日より、福岡アジア美術館にて開催！ 株式会社西日本新聞社のプレスリリース（2023年3月27日 18時11分）古代エジプト美術館展が2023年4月8日より、福岡アジア美術館にて開催！

We are having 10th anniversary exhibition of Ancient Glass.

Relief from the tomb of Bakenrenef
Period: Late Period, Saite
Dynasty: Dynasty 26
Reign: reign of Psamtik I
Date: 664–610 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara; includes the Serapeum, East of the Step Pyramid, Tomb of Bakenrenef
Medium: Limestone, paint

BRONZE STATUETTE OF A FOUR-HEADED RAM
EGYPT, LATE PERIOD, 664-30 BC

One of the most fascinating aspects of ancient Egyptian art is the design of composite beings, either animals or deities, which combine many different forms into a single figure. This statuette is an example of this aspect of ancient Egyptian art because it combines four separate heads of ram emerging from the neck of a single animal.

The bleating, or sound made by a ram, represented in English by the word “bah” may have sounded the same to the ears of the ancient Egyptians. Via the principle of onomatopoeia by which the sound made becomes a name, the bleating of a ram may have become the root of the Egyptian word ba. In Egyptian religion the ba represents a hypostasis, or alternate manifestation, of a deity. Henri Wild over forty years ago attempted to associate the four ram’s heads with the bas of four different deities, the ba of Osiris, the ba of Geb, the ba of Shu, and the ba of Re. This identification has been supported by László Kákosy.

Jan Quaegebeur has reviewed the evidence and has concluded that when a deity is depicted with the four heads of a ram, the rams are to be identified as the ba of the sun god, Re, associated with the bas of Baneddjed (the ram-god of Mendes), Hershef (the ram-god of Heracleopolis), and Khnum (the ram-headed creator god). The composite deity so represented combines into one depiction all of the solar manifestations of Re, the sun god. Each of these manifestations represents a particular power, so when all four heads are combined into one image, the resulting image represents the sum total of all of the powers associated with the sun god Re.

A few highlights from the museum's collection.

Head of Amenhotep III
New Kingdom, 18th dyn., Reign of Amenhotep III (1391–1353 B.C.)
Limestone

Thanks to the Egyptian Gods and Goddess, there was no damage to the Egyptian objects in the museum.

Check out the program Cool Japan tomorrow at 18:00 on NHK BS1, because it is going to dedicate some time to our museum.

NHK | COOL JAPAN　発掘！かっこいいニッポン 来日したばかりの外国人の目から、日本の衣食住の文化を紹介する番組です。NHK BShi、BS2

Two days days ago the museum has become the set for a TV drama that is scheduled to appear next year around Jan.- Feb. No comment on the title and the details yet, but the story involves ancient Egyptian artifacts, thefts, etc.

A bit of history about the museum, thorough an brief description on the ocasion of its opening, last year.
博物館が開会した際の記事。

渋谷・神南に「古代エジプト美術館」－遺物コレクターがオープン - シブヤ経済新聞 日本初の常設館となる「古代エジプト美術館」（渋谷区神南1、TEL 03-6809-0718）が7月25日、神南にオープンする。

Let's see if we can have this page up and kicking... みなさん、これからも宜しくお願いいたします。