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Object Number:E14295
Current Location: Sphinx Gallery
Currently On Display
Provenience: Egypt
Thebes (uncertain) (Egypt)
Period: New Kingdom
Eighteenth Dynasty
Tutankhamun
Date Made: ca. 1351 BCE
Early Date: -1371
Late Date: -1331
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Bronze
Gold
Technique:Gilded
Iconography:King
Tutankhamun
Height: 23 cm
Width: 10 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Nicolas Tano, 1924

Description

Kneeling bronze figurine of a king wearing a nemes headdress and short kilt. Arms missing. Traces of gilding on torso and headdress. Note that at some point, this object was sampled for testing. A small vial with a sample is with the object. Found when Masca was cleaned out in 7/2010.

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
Spotlight Gallery: Tut 100 ( Dec 2022) View Objects in Exhibition
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display (23 Feb 2019) View Objects in Exhibition
Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) View Objects in Exhibition
Amarna: Ancient Egypt\'s Place in the Sun (12 Nov 2006) View Objects in Exhibition
Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science (27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W., and Silverman, David P. 2006. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 0View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 98, fig. 87View 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: 100-101View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Fishman, Bernard, and O'Connor, David B., and Silverman, David P., and Fleming, Stuart J. 1980. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 30View 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. 72View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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