| Object Number |
E2914 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt | Rifeh |
| Period |
Middle Kingdom | Twelfth Dynasty |
| Date Made |
1938-1759 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Hippopotamus Ivory |
| Iconography |
Seth | Taweret | Lion | Frog | Gazelle? | Cat | Vulture | Knife | Jackal |
| Description |
Wand carved from hippopotamus tusk. Decorated with a series of 9 magical figures (Seth, Taweret, Lion, Frog, Lion, Lion, gazelle(?), vulture, cat) each holding a knife. Each figure is seated atop the hieroglyph nb. At one end, there is a lion head at the other pointy end, a jackal head. |
| Length |
38.1 cm |
| Width |
20.3 cm |
| Depth |
3.8 cm |
| Credit Line |
Distribution from the British School of Archaeology; Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 1907 |
| Other Number |
ES 2914 - Original Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
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| Wegner, Josef W., and Jennifer H. Wegner. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. Page/Fig./Plate: 239 Page/Fig./Plate: 159/7.19 |
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| Horne, Lee C. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1985. Page/Fig./Plate: 20/7 |
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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. 77 |
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| Petrie, William M. Objects of Daily Use. 1927. Page/Fig./Plate: 40 |
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| Petrie, William M. Gizeh and Rifeh. 1907. Page/Fig./Plate: 13 |
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