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| Item Number: |
8LMUL |
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| Category: |
Egyptian |
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| Period: |
Late Period |
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| Date: |
c. 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-332 B.C. |
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| Material: |
Terra Cotta |
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| Height: |
1 3/4" (4.5cm) |
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| Display Stand: |
Not Available |
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| Price: |
$ 350 (USD) |
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| Status: |
Available |
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| Description: |
Open mold for the manufacturing of faience amulets and jewelry, made of fired, iron-rich Nile clay. This shallow negative impression mold yields a standing figure of Hapi god of the Nile, wearing the headdress of Nile plants and tying together a lotus and a papyrus plant to show the unification of the Two Lands, with offerings in the background.
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| Provenance: |
Swedish Private Collection. Purchased in the 1950s at Viktoria Lindströms Antikhandel, Stockholm.
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| Condition: |
Intact
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| References: |
La Collection Égyptienne: La Glyptothèque Ny Carlsberg by Mogensen, Maria; Copenhague (1930) #A726-A727.
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| Keywords: |
Molds: Damp faience paste would have been pressed into a moistened mold and immediately removed to create amulets and jewelry.
Hapi: God of the inundation, normally represented as a pot-bellied bearded man with pendulous breasts, these attributes were designed to stress his fertility and fecundity.
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