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Source Description
This thick conical piece has a dowel hole in the narrow end. Incised on the wide faces are "sacred trees" composed of tendrils and papyrus stalks. On the edges are lotus blossoms.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
17674
label
Knob with Incised Decoration
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
17674
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Knob with Incised Decoration
description
This thick conical piece has a dowel hole in the narrow end. Incised on the wide faces are "sacred trees" composed of tendrils and papyrus stalks. On the edges are lotus blossoms.
provenance
MacGregor Collection [lot 679]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
14th-13th century BCE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
finials
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2
height
1.7
depth
1.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 13/16 x W: 11/16 x D: 7/16 in. (2.01 x 1.7 x 1.11 cm)
Source extras
cul
Canaanite?
med
elephant ivory
creator_ids
15541
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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8193545873f4e2ed
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photo
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921eac6ae80b10cb
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no
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4
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photo
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c65c754809a6b34c
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no
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no