The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Baboon figurine

Baboon figurine

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Baboon figurine

Period:: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 12–13
Date:: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, MMA 1906–1907
Medium:: Blue faience
Dimensions:: h. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession Number:: 15.3.886

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds.
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What
Sculpture (24,342)

Faience (11,688)

Statues (4,251)

Figurines (3,398)
Where
Africa (33,408)

Egypt (29,748)

Mersa Matrûh (3,917)

Al Lisht (3,888)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,624)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,116)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.

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