relief

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Object Type
Museum number: EA1795
Description: Limestone relief: three-quarter length male figure within a recess.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 4thC-5thC (Badawy 1978)
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: British School of Archaeology, Egypt; Excavated by: Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1922, on behalf of BSAE)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Oxyrhynchus (city), Tomb 20
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 48.50 centimetres; Width: 30 centimetres
Curator's comments: Cf. Oxyrhynchos painted portrait sculpture in Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, depicted in Thomas 2000, fig. 68, dated 2nd-3rd century.
Bibliographic references: Petrie 1925b / Tombs of the courtiers and Oxyrhynkhos (pl.45.10); Badawy 1978 / Coptic art and archaeology (3.68, p.151); Beckwith 1963 / Coptic sculpture (no.57, (p.51, pl.57)) (dates late 4th or early 5th century)
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1922
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA1795
Registration number: 1922,1016.25

Free entry