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

Copying · Documentation · Thesaurus · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis