Archives as Communication Technology - James Dugas

 I visited the archive from a newly installed gallery of the Egyptian Ptolemaic art exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The artifact depicts items from the Ptolemaic Period, which began in 332 B.C when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt. The artifacts are arranged in two sections. One section shows items from the temples, and the other is from farmers. In the gallery, the artifacts are shown from the earliest to the latest period of the Ptolemaic era. Each item is described by the type of material it was made from and its intrinsic value. Things like metal and glass have their own exhibit. They also show how the item would have been whole and who would have owned said artifact, whether rich or poor. 

A glass plaque of a female face in the Ptolemaic Period

This is a display that features Osiris Polychrome work during the Ptolemaic Period.

On the Left is a Statue of Goddess Nehemetaui or Nebethepet made of Cupreous metal. On the right is a sacred mummified dog containing dog bones. Both are from the Late Ptolemaic Period.

Small glass shrine pieces are from the temples. These shrines are part of the late Ptolemaic Period. 

Reference

 Hill, M. (2016, June). Nile and newcomers: a fresh installation of egyptian ptolemaic art. Metmuseum.org, from https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2016/egyptian-ptolemaic-art-installation