figure
- Museum number
- EA61283
- Description
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Wooden figure of a squatting deity with head turned and grasping beard in both hands; recess in back with cover now glue in place; gessoed and painted plinth; originally covered in resin.
- Dimensions
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Height: 51.50 centimetres
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Weight: 3.50 kilograms
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Width: 34 centimetres
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Depth: 13.90 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Published: Il Senso dell'arte nell'antico egitto, Milan 1990, pp.147-148 [97];
N. Strudwick, Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt, London 2006, p. 188.
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Originally entered in Merlin as from the tomb of Ramesses II
- Location
- On display (G63/dc10)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2009 2 Mar-29 Jun, Paris, Louvre Museum, Les Portes du Ciel
2010/11 Oct-Mar, Leiden, National Museum Of Antiquities, Egyptian Magic
2015-2016 27 May-10th Apr, Québec, Le Musée de la Civilisation, Egyptian Magic.
2018-2019 12 Oct-13 March, Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, The gods of Egypt
- Condition
- good (resin surface mostly gone, gesso chipped)
- Acquisition date
- 1823
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA61283
- Registration number
- .61283
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.1283 (Birch Slip Number)