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Ba-Bird Late PeriodAswan (Syene)

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 66.99.143. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 66.99.143
Find spot: Aswan (Syene), Southern Upper Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Date: ca. 712–343 B.C.
Date range: 712 BCE – 343 BCE
Materials: ['wood', 'paint']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Ba-Bird (66.99.143). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/59334

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Description

Late Period, ca. 712–343 B.C. Wood, paint. h. 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in); w. 7.6 cm (3 in). Possibly from: Aswan (Syene), Southern Upper Egypt. Credit: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and The Guide Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966.

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Found at Aswan

Materials Wood

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