figurine, Anubis / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1971.02.0141
Object Name: figurine, Anubis
Lot: BayView Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Figurines
Materials: Bronze; Copper
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

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1971.02.0141
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0141/dsc_4522.jpg

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Full citation: "figurine, Anubis; Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0141/dsc_4522.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.