| Object Number |
E14309 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt |
| Period |
Late Period | Twenty-Sixth Dynasty |
| Date Made |
664-525 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Gold | Bronze |
| Iconography |
Neith |
| Description |
Standing bronze statuette of Neith wearing a long, tight-fitting dress and the crown of Lower Egypt. The broad collar is inlaid with gold leaf. Currently attached to wooden base. |
| Height |
22 cm |
| Width |
4.8 cm |
| Depth |
8.6 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1925 |
| Other Number |
0302 - Cast Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
| Capel, Anne K., and Glen Markoe. Mistress of the House Mistress of the Heaven Women in Ancient Egypt. Hudson Hills Press, New York in association with Cincinnatti Art Museum, 1996. Page/Fig./Plate: 132-33/64a |
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| Kreamer, Christine M. African Cosmos: Stellar Arts. New York, NY: 2012. Page/Fig./Plate: 69/3.7 |
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| Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 74/17 |
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| Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 73, fig. 45 |
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