figure
- Description
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Egyptian terracotta figure of the god Ptah with snake across chest. Torso only. Hand-made and solid. Traces of red paint or slip. Dark red-brown Nile silt fabric with grey core. Abundant fine gold mica, quartz, organics and white inclusions.
- Production date
- 6thC BC-4thC BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 10.30 centimetres
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Thickness: 5.90 centimetres
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Width: 9.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
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Torso of overweight man (or more likely child?) Above the stomach is either a snake (common on Ptah figures) or a fold of skin, common on Late Period seated statues. Cypriot parallels in the British Museum from Naukratis (GR 1888,0601.100, and Rhodian example GR1886,0401.144) and Amathus 'Site D', Tomb 88 in Cyprus (GR 1894,1101.270) are dated from the 6th to the early 5th century BC. A crude 26th Dynasty Egyptian figure from Dafana is also similar in form (EA 1906,0301.6) as is Cambridge Musemu of Classical Archaeology (MCA), NA594 also from Naukratis.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: NA593 (Accession Number)