Uraeus

mid 8th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period) Overall: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm) Citation

This uraeus (cobra) is upright and has some red glass inlay on the front. The tail was likely a prong used for insertion into the head of a statue.

Artifact

id	id 32996
contentType	contentType object
stage	stage normalized
provenance	provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri	rightsUri CC0
language	language en
pageCount	pageCount 0
source	source import

Source image fields (2)

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sourceUrl	https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2124

Culture

Egyptian

Medium

bronze, red enamel inlay

Genre

statuettes (statues)

createdBy

Egyptian