Statue Fragment (uncertain)
Canopic Jar Lid (uncertain)
| Object Number: | 29-75-441 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Mit-Rahineh |
| Locus: | South Portal Strip 100E |
| Period: | New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1292-1190 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1292 |
| Late Date: | -1190 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Calcite |
| Technique: | Inlaid |
| Iconography: | Male Head Youth |
| Height: | 12.7 cm |
| Width: | 15.2 cm |
| Depth: | 12.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920 |
| Other Number: | M2664 - Field No SF |
Description
Calcite head of a youth which may have served as the lid of a canopic jar. The figure has a sidelock of youth and almond shaped eyes which were originally inlaid, but are now lost.
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: 246-47 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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