Wand
| Object Number: | E2914 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Rifeh |
| Period: | Middle Kingdom Twelfth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1938-1759 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1938 |
| Late Date: | -1759 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Hippopotamus Ivory |
| Iconography: | Seth Taweret Lion Frog Gazelle? Cat Vulture Knife Jackal |
| 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 |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Magic in the Ancient World (16 Apr 2016 - 30 Apr 2017) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Lower Egyptian Gallery (1996 - 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Lower Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 | 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: 234-35 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 20/7 | View 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. 77 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Petrie, William M. 1927. Objects of Daily Use.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 40 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Petrie, William M. 1907. Gizeh and Rifeh.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 13 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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