Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Statuette of Seated Cynocephalus Ape (Baboon)

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Accession: 57.165.7
Find spot: Abydos, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 1 (probably)
Date: ca. 3100–2800 B.C.E.
Date range: 3100 BCE – 2800 BCE
Materials: ['Faience']
Height: 4.8 cm
Width: 3.6 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Statuette of Seated Cynocephalus Ape (Baboon) (57.165.7). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/38783

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Caption: Statuette of Seated Cynocephalus Ape (Baboon), ca. 3100–2800 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 7/8 x 1 7/16 in. (4.8 x 3.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 57.165.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Abydos

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BKM-Accession 57.165.7 tier-2
BKM-Object 73652 tier-2

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