Egyptian Late Period
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of objects from the Egyptian Late Period, which date from 747 to 332 BC. This collection includes stone sculptures, ceramics, moulds, lamps, figurines, bronzes, calcite vessels and 10 multi-coloured glass vessels. Mummified human and animal remains from the period are also represented. Objects from the Nubian 25th Dynasty include a limestone pyramidion (top stone of a pyramid) from the tomb of the vizier Nesipakashuty, an alabaster statue of the wife of the god Amun, Amenirdis I, and two wooden coffin lids painted with religious images and inscriptions. Objects from the 26th Dynasty include the granite sarcophagus of the great steward Pabasa, and two further wooden coffin lids. Other funerary items include a cartonnage mummy mask, Canopic jar lids of Imsety and Duamutef, and a wooden ba bird (falcon). There are also figurines of the four sons of Horus and a recumbent figure of the jackal-god Anubis. In addition, there is a representative collection of shabtis, including 36 from the tomb of Hapimen. During the Late Period Egypt was conquered by a succession of foreign invaders, including the Nubians, Assyrians and Persians. However, it also enjoyed periods of independence, such as the 26th Dynasty, which represented the last great example of Egyptian civilization.
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