Ichneumon Statuette

ca. 664-404 BCE (Late Period, 26th-27th dynasty)

4.6 cm 15.7 cm 5.1 cm

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Forepaws raised in adoration, this ichneumon (a type of mongoose) was a votive gift to the cobra-goddess Wadjet. The dedication to her of a snake-eating mongoose may seem ironic, but it is in keeping with Egyptian concepts of association. The inscription on the base names the...

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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संस्कृति
Egyptian
माध्यम
bronze

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