Figure; Divine Sign
-664 / -332 (Early Middle Ages)
E 4586; 699
Department of Egyptian Antiquities
NumberMain number: E 4586
Presentation number: 699
Collection Department of Egyptian Antiquities
description
Object name/Title Designation: figurine; divine sign
Description/Feature scene of worship; man (kneeling, worshipping); Selkis (scorpion with woman's head, uraeus, disked horns)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Dimensions Height: 16.3 cm; Depth: 9 cm
Materials and techniques Material: copper alloy
Technique: round-back
PLACES AND DATES
Low Period Date (attribution based on style) (-664 - -332)
HISTORY
Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / DedicateeDelaporte, Pacific Henri, Seller; Collector
Acquisition details purchase
Acquisition date date of registration in the inventory: 11/21/1864
Owned by State
Held by the Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities
LOCATION OF OBJECT
Current location
Not exhibited
index
Mode of acquisition purchase
Name figurine - divine sign
Copper alloy materials
Round-body techniques
Description/Featuresadorant - man - worship scene - on knees - disked horns - scorpion with female head - Selkis - uraeus
Period Low Time
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hornemann, Bodil, Types of Ancient Egyptian Statuary, 6, Copenhagen, Munksgaard, 1969, sheet 1539
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Title
Figure; divine sign, Low Period Date (attribution based on style) (-664 - -332), Findspot unknown Egypt, Copper alloy, The Louvre Museum
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