Object Number |
E2914 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Provenience |
Egypt | Rifeh |
Period |
Middle Kingdom | Twelfth Dynasty |
Date Made |
1938-1759 BCE |
Section |
Egyptian |
Materials |
Hippopotamus Ivory |
Iconography |
Seth | Taweret | Lion | Frog | Gazelle? | Cat | Vulture | Knife | Jackal |
Description |
Wand carved from hippopotamus tusk. Decorated with a series of 9 magical figures (Seth, Taweret, Lion, Frog, Lion, Lion, gazelle(?), vulture, cat) each holding a knife. Each figure is seated atop the hieroglyph nb. At one end, there is a lion head at the other pointy end, a jackal head. |
Length |
38.1 cm |
Width |
20.3 cm |
Depth |
3.8 cm |
Credit Line |
Distribution from the British School of Archaeology; Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 1907 |
Other Number |
ES 2914 - Original Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
[Book] Thomas, Nancy. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt.. Los Angeles County Museum of Art and American Research Center in Egypt. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 20 |
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[Article] Rose, Charlotte. 2016. "Childbirth Magic". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 58. no. 3. pg. 38-45 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 45 |
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[Catalogue, Exhibition] Freeman, Michael, and Frame, Grant, and Ousterhout, Robert G. 2016. Magic in the Ancient World.. Philadelphia. pg. 32 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 9,12 |
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[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: 159/7.19 |
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[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: 234-35 |
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[Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 20/7 |
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[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. 77 |
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[Book] Petrie, William M. 1927. Objects of Daily Use.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 40 |
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[Book] Petrie, William M. 1907. Gizeh and Rifeh.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 13 |
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