Fayoum / figurine of figure on bird / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6585
Object Name: figurine of figure on bird
Lot: Ruthven, Peter
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Figurines
Materials: Ceramic
Width: 7.5
Height: 16.3
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Veiled figure perched on outspread wings of a cock. Cock twists neck to look up at figure, who also turns. The woman in diaphonous drapery, may be Sekhmet in guise of a dancer. She recalls female dancing figures from Tanagra. Protruding leonine snout discernible. Back roughly modelled, suggesting frontal display. Left arm broken off.
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fayoum
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Publication Title: The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period
Publication Author: Haeckl, A.E.; Spelman, K.C.
Publication Year: 1977
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.6585
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6585/0000_00_6585p02.tif

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Full citation: "Fayoum; figurine of figure on bird; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6585/0000_00_6585p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.