Ancient Egyptian Artist Work

this is actually life, stability, and dominion (ankh, djed, was). A little rusty folks! But the wish for ankh wedja seneb is still my intent. There are already enough tossing around of “was” :-\

Life, prosperity and health. This common and comforting phrase of ankh wedja seneb is most welcome these days. This particular piece comes from the MET museum’s collection, as depicted in Catherine Roehrig’s “Life Along the Nile.” in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s summer 2000 Bulletin, page 49.

On topic because it is from Hatshepsut’s Deir el-Bahri temple site, and face it, if ever we needed the ankh wedja seneb, it’s now! The sketch shows the grid lines used by ancient Egyptian artist to scale the image – by reproducing the grid enlarged on a more permanent surface it provided a guide for reproducing the image to scale, a method still commonly used in art, architecture, and design. The photo is courtesy of the MET Museum of Art and the accession number of the artifact is 23.3.4.