Egypt
(Top) Appliqué: Head of a Lion
Date (Period): ca. 380-342 BC (Late Period)
Medium: faience with light blue glaze
Measurements: 1 13/16 x 1 11/16 x 7/8 in. (4.7 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm)
Item Description:
This plaque was used as an attachment for a piece of furniture or a box. The head of the lion is carefully molded, and the structure of the mane incised. Lions were connected to the king, and were also a manifestation of the horizon.
(Bottom) Sculptor's Model of a Lion
Date (Period): ca. 380-342 BC (Late Period)
Medium: limestone
Measurements: 5 1/16 x 8 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (12.8 x 22.5 x 10.4 cm)
Item Description:
This statuette of a resting lion was most probably used as a donation into a temple or shrine.
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WM-EG031 Falcon Sacred to Horus Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks Date (Period): ca. 380-150 BC (Late Period-early Greco-Roman) Medium: granodiorite Measurements: 15 7/16 x 6 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (39.2 x 15.8 x 32 cm) Item Description: The falcon was...
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WM-EG033 (Top) Sculptor Model for a Royal Bust (Bottom) Ostracon with a Royal Head Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks (Top) Sculptor Model for a Royal Bust Date (Period): ca. 200-150 BC (Greco-Roman) Medium: limestone Measurements: 7 3/8 x 6 5/16...
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WM-EG027 (Left) Head of King Amasis (Right) Head of Ptolemy II Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks (Left) Head of King Amasis Date (Period): ca. 560 BC (Late Period) Medium: red quartzite Measurements: 12 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (31.5 x 20 x 23.5...
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Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks WM-EG020 (Top) Relief Displaying the King Suckled by the Hathor-Cow Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian) Date (Period): ca. 1300-1200 BC (New Kingdom) Medium: limestone with paint Measurements: H: 8 7/16 x W: 13 in. (21.5...
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Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks for both the photo and the caption (Left) (No written description available) (Right) Head of a Queen, Perhaps Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian) Date (Period): ca. 140-120 BC (Greco-Roman)...
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WM-EG035
(Top) Appliqué: Head of a Lion
(Bottom) Sculptor's Model of a Lion
Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks
(Top) Appliqué: Head of a Lion
Date (Period): ca. 380-342 BC (Late Period)
Medium: faience with light blue glaze
Measurements: 1 13/16 x 1 11/16 x 7/8 in. (4.7 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm)
Item Description:
This plaque was used as an attachment for a piece of furniture or a box. The head of the lion is carefully molded, and the structure of the mane incised. Lions were connected to the king, and were also a manifestation of the horizon.
(Bottom) Sculptor's Model of a Lion
Date (Period): ca. 380-342 BC (Late Period)
Medium: limestone
Measurements: 5 1/16 x 8 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (12.8 x 22.5 x 10.4 cm)
Item Description:
This statuette of a resting lion was most probably used as a donation into a temple or shrine.
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WM-EG031 Falcon Sacred to Horus Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks Date (Period): ca. 380-150 BC (Late Period-early Greco-Roman) Medium: granodiorite Measurements: 15 7/16 x 6 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (39.2 x 15.8 x 32 cm) Item Description: The falcon was...
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WM-EG033 (Top) Sculptor Model for a Royal Bust (Bottom) Ostracon with a Royal Head Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks (Top) Sculptor Model for a Royal Bust Date (Period): ca. 200-150 BC (Greco-Roman) Medium: limestone Measurements: 7 3/8 x 6 5/16...
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WM-EG027 (Left) Head of King Amasis (Right) Head of Ptolemy II Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks (Left) Head of King Amasis Date (Period): ca. 560 BC (Late Period) Medium: red quartzite Measurements: 12 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (31.5 x 20 x 23.5...
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Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks WM-EG020 (Top) Relief Displaying the King Suckled by the Hathor-Cow Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian) Date (Period): ca. 1300-1200 BC (New Kingdom) Medium: limestone with paint Measurements: H: 8 7/16 x W: 13 in. (21.5...
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Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks for both the photo and the caption (Left) (No written description available) (Right) Head of a Queen, Perhaps Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian) Date (Period): ca. 140-120 BC (Greco-Roman)...