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E 8394
Département des Antiquités égyptiennes
Currently on display at the Musée du Louvre
Salle 336
Aile Sully, Niveau 0
Inventory number
Numéro principal : E 8394

Description

Object name/Title
Dénomination : figurine
Description/Features
crocodile ; Sobek (?)
Inscriptions
Écriture :
hiéroglyphique
Nature du texte :
nom
Names and titles
Nebdjefaou

Physical characteristics

Dimensions
Longueur : 10,7 cm ; Largeur : 3,7 cm
Materials and techniques
Matériau : pierre
Technique : gravure
Couleur : verdâtre

History

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee
Stier, G., Vendeur
Acquisition details
achat
Acquisition date
date de comité/commission : 31/03/1887
Owned by
Etat
Held by
Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes

Location of object

Current location
Sully, [AE] Salle 336 - Le Nil, Vitrine 2

Index

Mode d'acquisition
achat
Name
figurine
Materials
pierre
Techniques
gravure
Description/Features
Sobek - crocodile
Names and titles
Nebdjefaou
Nature of text
nom

  • Malek, Jaromir, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, 8.2, Objects of Provenance not known. Private Statues (Dynasty XVIII to the Roman Period). Statues of Deities, Oxford, Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1999, p. 1128, n° 802-100-290

Comparative literature

- Malek, Jaromir, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, 8.2, Objects of Provenance not known. Private Statues (Dynasty XVIII to the Roman Period). Statues of Deities, Oxford, Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1999, p. 1128

  • - L'éternité au temps des pharaons, Bordeaux (France), Musée d'Aquitaine, 01/06/1992 - 20/09/1992