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Antelope Head Late PeriodMemphis (Mit Rahina)

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 1992.55. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 1992.55
Find spot: Memphis (Mit Rahina), Memphite Region approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 27
Date: 525–404 B.C.
Date range: 525 BCE – 404 BCE
Materials: ['greywacke', 'travertine (egyptian alabaster)', 'agate']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Antelope Head (1992.55). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/277

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Head, antelope. Late Period, Dynasty 27, 525–404 B.C. Greywacke, travertine (Egyptian alabaster), agate. h. 9 cm (3 9/16 in); w. 15 cm (5 7/8 in). Probably from: Memphis (Mit Rahina), Memphite Region. Subject: Animals. Credit: Purchase, Rogers and Fletcher Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1992.

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Wikidata-Q Q29385756 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 1992.55 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 544070 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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