Title: gold pendant amulet of Heh
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for
Description: Gold pendant amulet in the form of the god Heh in profile, kneeling and holding a palm rib (the hieroglyph symbolising 'year') in each hand. The amulet wishes the wearer an eternity in the Underworld.
There is a small loop for suspension on the reverse.
The amulet was made by pouring molten gold into an open terracotta mould.
Description Source: Birch, S. 1880. Catalogue of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities at Alnwick Castle, London: R. Clay, Sons, and
Title: blue-green scarab
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for Visual A
Description: Scarab made of blue-green glazed steatite inlaid with red jasper and blue faience; the inlay of the right wing is missing. On the underside of the scarab there is a scene in sunk relief, depicting a king before the god Amun-Re with the udjat-eye above.
Description Source: Birch, S. 1880. Catalogue of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities at Alnwick Castle, London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, p. 106
Title: naturalistic funerary scarab
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsbury Centre f
Description: Pale turquoise faience naturalistic funerary scarab with detailed upper and undersides. There is a central loop on the underside to attach to mummy bandages.
Title: model of a chisel
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for Visual A
Description: Model of a chisel, symbolising the type of chisel used for intricate carving and the engraving of hieroglyphs. One of a set of model tools that would have been placed in the tomb with the deceased.
The chisel is made up of a flat bronze blade fitted into a carved sycamore handle; the handle is inscribed with one column of hieroglyphs facing to the right, bearing the name of Tuthmosis III.
Description Source: Birch, S. 1880. Catalogue of the Collection of Egypti
Title: fish-shaped palette
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for Visual
Description: Cosmetic palette in the shape of a fish, used for grinding eyepaint. One side of the palette is decorated with incised lines representing the features of a fish. The other side of the palette is undecorated but a number of horizontal scratch marks can be seen across a slightly concave area.
Title: red faience penannular earring
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsbury Centre
Description: Red faience penannular earring with very simple decoration resembling the rope-braid of metal earrings of the New Kingdom.
Description Source: Andrews, C. 1990. Ancient Egyptian Jewellery. London: British Museum Publications, p. 116, 117
Title: red jasper penannular earring with loops
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsb
Description: Penannular earring carved from red jasper, with two small loops from which pendants may have been suspended.
Description Source: Andrews, C. 1990. Ancient Egyptian Jewellery. London: British Museum Publications, p. 116, 117
Title: funerary stela of Ibi
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for Visu
Description: Round-topped funerary stela, made for Ibi by his brother Ibi, the elder of the portal.
There is a lunette with two udjat-eyes above two water ripples with a shen-symbol between. Inscribed in five rows of hieroglyphs facing to the right is a hotep-di-nesw offering formula for the retainer Ibi, son of Iret. Below the text is a representation of the deceased seated before an offering table, sniffing a lotus.
The stela is precisely incised and the back is smoothed.
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Design of bipedal walking robot and reduction of dynamic impact in joints
Bipedal walking robots have distinguished themselves from other robots not only for their better mobility but also for the increased amount of complexity in their architecture. The issue of walking stability has inherently been related with these in various aspects from dynamics to controls. It has been defined in various ways for different aspects and these definitions have served as guidelines for designing a walking robot. This research is based on a design of a walking robot and development
Finite element modeling of energy absorption characteristic of hybrid structure - composite wrapped
The study of axial crush behavior of metal and composite tube has become a basis for the design of crashworthy structure in automotive and aircraft applications. Unlike metals, polymer composite material displays little or no plastic deformation characteristics. Research has showed that the hybrid tube usually made of inner aluminum tube over-wrapped with Eglass fiber reinforced epoxy have significantly higher energy absorption than either aluminum tube or composite tube. It is therefore importa
Title: wooden shabti of Huy
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for Visua
Description: Finely carved wooden shabti of Huy. The shabti is mummiform in shape with arms crossed over the chest and holding a hoe in each hand, arms not visible. He wears a striated tripartite wig and wesekh collar. Between his hands is a scarab beetle pectoral, suspended from his neck by straps. The eyes and eyebrows are emphasised using black and white paint and the lips are painted red. There is an incised inscription in one column of hieroglyphs down the front of the legs and eigh
Title: wooden tomb figure
VADS Collection: Artworld: Sainsbury Centre for Visual
Description: Carved wooden tomb figure. The figure is carved in a simplistic form with a head, body and arms but no legs; the only identifiable facial feature is the nose.
The figure is in fairly poor condition.
Lunch Poems: Al Young
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eCHO Vestis - re-engineering of a waistcoat.
The eCHO project was a collaboration between LCF and Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
A collection of vintage garments, neither dated nor identified, was donated by the Australian National Trust as inspiration to generate new ideas and projects. I selected a well worn vest (or waistcoat) for study. When examining the garment it revealed fascinating details: the buckle was 'British Made', the fabric was 'homemade tapestry' yet the construction was professionally tailored. Was t
Goodnight Toby
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State of play
With the party conference season over, Dr Steven Fielding weighs up the current climate in British politics and what lies in store.
Dr Fielding is the Director of the Centre for British Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University.
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With a threatened financial crisis looming large, is there really anything a politician can do to stem the tide?
