Naos

Description

Fragment of a votive shrine (Naos) of metabasalt or metadolerite, probably for containing the statuette of a falcon: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 664 - 332 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.343

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Naos

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Late Period, Ancient Egypt

Style / Culture

Late Dynastic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Siltstone, Greywacke

Collection place(s)

Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: J. Quibell

Exhibitions

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

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

References

Adams, B. (1974) ANCIENT HIERAKONPOLIS (Supplement), Wilts: Aris & Phillips Ltd, pp.160,169

Murray, M. (1900) CATALOGUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, Edinburgh , p.52, cat. 974

On display

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