Shrine fragment

Museum number:
6-8967
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Steatite carving of temple pillar, corner and column of temple(?); height: 11 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Room 310, Northern Kom (Northern Palace), Deir el-Ballas
Verbatim coll. place:
Der-el-ballas (Kom)
Culture or time period:
17th Dynasty of Egypt (ca. 1580–1550 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock) (stone, steatite)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Comment:
According to Victoria Jensen (2021-04-04), "Provenience is Room 310, North Palace"; and "Sketched and described ('piece of steatite shrine') in Green's field notes (D-9, p. 67)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Shrine fragment, accession number 6-8967, described as Steatite carving of temple pillar, corner and column of temple(?); height: 11 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Shrine fragment, accession number 6-8967, described as Steatite carving of temple pillar, corner and column of temple(?); height: 11 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Shrine fragment, accession number 6-8967, described as Steatite carving of temple pillar, corner and column of temple(?); height: 11 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Shrine fragment, accession number 6-8967, described as Steatite carving of temple pillar, corner and column of temple(?); height: 11 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shrine fragment, accession number 6-8967, described as Steatite carving of temple pillar, corner and column of temple(?); height: 11 cm.

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