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One of the Souls of Buto in the Pose of Rejoicing Late PeriodMemphis

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.420E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.420E
Find spot: Memphis, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26, or later
Date: ca. 664–525 B.C.E. or later
Date range: 664 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['Bronze']
Height: 16.0 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, One of the Souls of Buto in the Pose of Rejoicing (37.420E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18847

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Object Label: The bau of Buto were other-than-human powers believed to reside in that ancient and sacred northern Egyptian city; they were usually associated with bau of the sacred southern city of Hierakonpolis. Images of them in the round normally have the pose of this figure, a three-dimensional hieroglyphic writing of the verb "to praise" or "to acclaim." They were used to adorn cult objects, on which they served to praise the deity of the cult. Caption: One of the Souls of Buto in the Pose of Rejoicing, ca. 664–525 B.C.E. or later. Bronze, 6 5/16 x 4 7/16 x 4 5/16 in. (16 x 11.2 x 11 cm) mount (display dimensions): 8 1/2 x 5 x 5 in. (21.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.420E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Memphis

Deities Wadjet

Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.420E tier-2
BKM-Object 4037 tier-2

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