Statue
| Object Number: | 29-75-515 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Mit-Rahineh |
| Locus: | Room 100E |
| Period: | Late Period |
| Date Made: | 1075 - 975 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1076 |
| Late Date: | -974 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Steatite |
| Iconography: | Snake Goddess Renenutet? |
| Inscription Language: | Hieroglyphic |
| Height: | 6.9 cm |
| Width: | 4.2 cm |
| Depth: | 3.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920 |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 54-55 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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