Figurine

Museum number:

5-169

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Alternate number:

187 (additional number, accession no.)

Accession number:

Acc.187

Object count:

1

Description:

Bronze statuette of Jackal deity

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Tebtunis, Faiyum region, Lower Egypt

Verbatim coll. place:

Egypt

Culture or time period:

Greco-Roman Egypt (332 BC–330 AD)

Collector:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection date:

July-October 1905

Materials:

Bronze (metal)

Person depicted:

Anubis (Egyptian deity)

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Figurines

Accession date:

1907

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

length 116 millimeters, length 20 millimeters, and width 61 millimeters

Comment:

Electrolysis treatment, Spring 1966: Washed in solution of Potassium Sodium Tartrate & Sodium Hydroxide. Thoroughly washed in running water & force dried. (See Plenderleith)

Loans:

S1978-1979 #54: California State University, Chico (March 27, 1979–February 22, 1980), S1987-1988 #44: SFO Museum (June 23, 1988–August 25, 1988), and S1988-1989 #7: SFO Museum (August 25, 1988–January 23, 1989)

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