Statue

29-75-515

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-75-515
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Locus Room 100E
Period Late Period
Date Made 1075 - 975 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Steatite
Iconography Snake Goddess | Renenutet?
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Upper half of a small steatite statuette depicting a serpent-headed goddess, perhaps Renenutet. Rectangular socket on top of head for insertion of a headdress, now missing.

Height 6.9 cm
Width 4.2 cm
Depth 3.2 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920

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