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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Cobra Head

AAT Object Form/Functionamulets

AAT Object Form/Functionsculpture (visual works)

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodNew Kingdom

Date1539-1077 BCE

MediumFaience

Credit LineMohamed Farid Khamis/Oriental Weavers Fund

Dimensions1 3/8 x 5/8 in. (3.5 x 1.6 cm)

Object number2004.051.004

Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, May 24, 2013 - March 30, 2015
Published ReferencesPharaoh's Creatures: Animals from Ancient Egypt (London: Rupert Wace Ancient Art Ltd., 2004), number 58.

ProvenanceEx private collection, United Kingdom. Purchased by MCCM from Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Ltd., London, England.

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