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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Standing Statue of Neith

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 26

Date664-525 BCE

MediumBronze, silver

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions8 1/8 x 1 11/16 x 2 11/16 in., 626 g (20.7 x 4.3 x 6.9 cm, 1 lb. 6 1/16 oz.)

Object number2018.010.785

Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 30.

Terms

statuettes (free-standing sculpture)

ProvenanceSaid to be ex Romanov Collection. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Roger Fernand Galliano, Paris, France.

InscribedLeft: "Neith the Great, Mother of the God, giver of life, health, lifetime(?)..."

Status

Not on view

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