figure
- Museum number
- EA8389
- Description
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Clay and beeswax figure of Imsety: human-headed and mummiform, with his hands crossed over his breast.
- Production date
- 1070BC-664BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 9.50 centimetres
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Width: 3.20 centimetres
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Depth: 2.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Beeswax was believed by the ancient Egyptians to hold magical properties, and the wax used for images such as this was deliberately coloured to add to its symbolic effectiveness.
Bibliography:
'Art and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt' Japan, 1999-2000 [exhibition catalogue] (Japan, 1999), [65];
for thses figures in general, see J. H. Taylor, 'Death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt' (London, 2001), pp. 72-73;
J.H. Taylor and N.C. Strudwick, Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt. Treasures from The British Museum, Santa Ana and London 2005, pp. 84-5, pl. on p. 84.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2005-2008, California, The Bowers Museum, Death and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
19th Nov 2011- 11 Mar 2012. Richmond , VA, Virginia museum of Fine Art. Mummy. The inside story.
Mar - Oct 2012. Brisbane, Queensland Museum South Bank. Mummy: The Inside Story
2012/3, Nov-Apr, Mumbai, CSMVS, Mummy: The Inside Story
2013, Apr-Nov, Singapore, ArtScience Museum, Mummy: The Inside Story
2014, 22/5/-30/11. London. BM. Ancient Lives.
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1839
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA8389
- Registration number
- .8389
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: BS.8389 (Birch Slip Number)
