Figurine

Description

Statuette of a jackal in wood, painted black, with eyes and brows outlined in red, probably originally from the lid of a qrsw-coffin, excavated by A.H. Rhind in the tomb of Montsuef: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, 25th-26th Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period, c.747-525 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.181

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Figurine, Statuette

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Third Intermediate Period

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• The Tomb

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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