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Object Number:E317
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Gurob
Period: Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Date Made: 1539-1292 BCE
Early Date: -1540
Late Date: -1291
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Limestone
Pigment
Iconography:Lion Head
Credit Line:Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890
Other Number:ES 317 - Original Number

Description

Lion's head. Limestone. Painted red and yellow. Probably part of balustrade or low wall terminal.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) View Objects in Exhibition
World\'s Columbian Exposition Exhibits: Objects from the Flinders Petrie and Egyptian Exploration Fund ( Jan 1893 - Dec 1893) 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: 162/7.33View 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. 46, fig. 28View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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