figurine, Anubis / Bronze / Copper
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1971.02.0141
- Object Name
- figurine, Anubis
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Weight
- 24g
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Figurine: Anubis. Bronze.
- Anubis amulet. This bronze jackal could have been used as a votive offering, but its small size and suspension loop make it more likely that it was worn as an amulet. Bronze (Death Dogs, Wilfong).
- Subjects
- Anubis
- Verbatim Date
- 332 - 30 BC
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Individual & Society in Ancient Egypt
- Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Richards, Janet
- Wilfong, Terry
- Exhibition Year
- 2015
- Publication Title
- Preserving eternity: modern goals, ancient intentions. Egyptian funerary artifacts in the Kelsey Museum of Archaelogy
- Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
- Publication Author
- Richards, Janet E. and Wilfong, Terry G.
- Wilfong, T.G.
- Publication Year
- 1995
- 2015
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 1971.02.0141
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0141/dsc_4093.jpg
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"figurine, Anubis; Bronze; Copper". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0141/dsc_4093.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 02, 2023.