Statue

Object Number:

29-75-515

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Egypt
Mit-Rahineh

Locus:

Room 100E

Period:

Late Period

Date Made:

1075 - 975 B.C.

Early Date:

-1076

Late Date:

-974

Section:

Egyptian

Materials:

Steatite

Iconography:

Snake Goddess
Renenutet?

Description:

Upper half of a small steatite statuette depicting a serpent-headed goddess, perhaps Renenutet. Rectangular socket on top of head for insertion of a headdress, now missing.

Height:

7.6cm

Width:

5.1cm

Depth:

5.1cm

Credit Line:

Coxe Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt (1915-1920)

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997)

Bibliography:

[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 54-55

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