Statuette / man

Description

Fired steatite head from a statuette of a man with a shaven head and prominent ears: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Abydos, possibly 13th Dynasty, c.1795 - 1650 BC

Museum reference

A.1903.331.7

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Statuette / man

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

13th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

13th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Steatite

Collection place(s)

Abydos, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Egypt Exploration Fund

Exhibitions

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

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

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

References

Connor, Simon (2020), Être et paraître, Statues royales et privées de la fin du Moyen Empire et de la Deuxième Période intermédiaire (1850-1550 av. J.-C.), 307.

On display

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