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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
EA50698
Description
Wooden figure of a baboon on a rectangular base; overlaid with plastered(?) linen.
Cultures/periods
18th Dynasty
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Tomb of Thutmose III
(?)
Materials
wood
plaster
(?)
linen
Technique
plastered
(?)
Dimensions
Height:
31 centimetres
Height:
36 centimetres
Length:
29.50 centimetres
Width:
21 centimetres
Curator's comments
Reeves in Complete Valley of the Kings, 133, now ascribes these objects to the tomb of Horemheb.
Bibliographic references
Taylor 2010 / Journey through the afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
(no. 97)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2010 4th Nov-2011 6th March, Round Reading Room BM, Book of the Dead
Condition
fair (cartonnage chipped and one foot broken)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mohammed Mohassib
Acquisition date
1912
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA50698
Registration number
1912,0210.38
Conservation
Treatment
: 12 May 1999
Treatment
: 23 Sep 1998
Treatment
: 21 Sep 2010