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Source Description
Ram-headed Khnum stands with his right hand at his side holding an ankh symbol (broken off) and his left hand forward holding a long staff (partially broken).His atef crown is topped by the sun disc. He also wears a royal kilt, an engraved collar, and a long wig. His eyes are inlaid.
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Document identity
localId
13455
label
Khnum
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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13455
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Khnum
description
Ram-headed Khnum stands with his right hand at his side holding an ankh symbol (broken off) and his left hand forward holding a long staff (partially broken).His atef crown is topped by the sun disc. He also wears a royal kilt, an engraved collar, and a long wig. His eyes are inlaid.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 6869, said to be from Mit Rahina (Memphis), Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 300 BCE (?) (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
figurines
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[On the front of the base] Khnum
give life
health
and high age
a long and good age (to) Hor
son of Khnum-em-tenr (?)
med
cast bronze and gold
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
34
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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