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Object Number:E14306
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom
Eighteenth Dynasty
Date Made: 1539 -1292 BCE
Early Date: -1540
Late Date: -1291
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Limestone
Pigment
Iconography:Lion
Credit Line:Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1925

Description

A stylized lion (seated). Painted. Traces of yellow on body & blue on beads attached to mane. Cartouche of Tuthmosis III on chest painted blue with red r' sign.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Upper Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1991) View Objects in Exhibition
Upper Egyptian Gallery (1996 - 2006) View Objects in Exhibition
Upper Egyptian Gallery (1991 - 1996) View Objects in Exhibition
Upper Egyptian Gallery (2006) 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: 161/7.30a,bView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 40, fig. 24View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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