Statue
Sculptor's Model
Votive
| Object Number: | E13658 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Ptolemaic |
| Provenience: | Egypt Mit-Rahineh |
| Locus: | Strip 1 |
| Period: | Late Period Ptolemaic Period Thirty-Third Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 664 - 30 BCE |
| Early Date: | -665 |
| Late Date: | -29 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone Pigment |
| Iconography: | King |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
| Other Number: | M344 - Field No SF |
Description
Sculptor's Model/Votive of a Ptolemaic King's head. The face is well preserved, but there is breakage on the bottom of his headdress and neck. The backside is flat and shows a grid. This model retains pigment hastily applied on the nemes headdress (red) and around the eyes (black). Shows artist's divisions
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Moss, Rosalind L., and Porter, Bertha. 1981. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings III: Memphis, Part 2. Saqqara to Dahshur.. Oxford. Clarendon Press. ed. 2nd. Vol. III. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 859 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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