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Periodicals
Annals of the Náprstek Museum
2025/46/2
The Buchlov Copy of the Relief of Nectanebo from Bologna
The Buchlov Copy of the Relief of Nectanebo from Bologna
Pavel Onderka, Jiří Honzl
| Pages | 101–115 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/anpm.2025.010 |
| Keywords | pseudo-hieroglyphic texts, Bologna, relief of Nectanebo I, Buchlov, Leo¬pold I Berchtold, Athanasius Kirchner, Hans Georg Herwart von Hohenburg |
| Type of Article | Materialia |
| Citation | ONDERKA, Pavel a HONZL, Jiří. The Buchlov Copy of the Relief of Nectanebo from Bologna. Annals of the Náprstek Museum. Prague: National Museum, 2025, 46(2), 101–115. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/anpm.2025.010. ISSN 0231-844X (print), 2533-5685 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/annals-of-the-naprstek-museum/46-2/the-buchlov-copy-of-the-relief-of-nectanebo-from-bologna |
The Buchlov Castle holds in its collection several stone tablets decorated with pseudo-Egyptian scenes and pseudo-hieroglyphic texts. The largest piece represents a simplified and supplemented copy of the relief of King Nectanebo I of the Thirtieth Dynasty (380–343 BCE) from the collections of the Municipal Archaeological Museum in Bologna. The Bologna relief served as the primary model, complemented by antiquarian works such as Kircher’s Oedipus Aegyptiacus and Herwart’s Thesaurus Hieroglyphicorum. The tablets exemplify early modern engagement with Egyptian monuments, combining faithful copying with creative reinterpretation and speculative attempts at deciphering hieroglyphs.
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