Statue
| Object Number: | E14225 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Mit-Rahineh |
| Locus: | 140, Middle Stratum |
| Period: | Eighteenth Dynasty New Kingdom |
| Date Made: | 1539-1292 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1540 |
| Late Date: | -1291 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Egyptian Blue (uncertain) |
| Iconography: | Lioness Head |
| Height: | 7.8 cm |
| Width: | 7.7 cm |
| Depth: | 6.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915 |
| Other Number: | M3395 - Field No SF |
Description
Fragmentary head tentatively identified as Egyptian blue. Inlaid eyes now missing. Possibly a protome attached to a larger object.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. pg. 239 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 160/7.25 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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: 66-67 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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