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Vulture   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Egypt)Unknown author
Title
Vulture
Description
English: A cast silver pendant in the shape of a vulture representing the goddess Mut or Nekhbet. Eyes and beak are indicated by incision. The lines marking the lower feathers are carelessly incised. The surface has deteriorated. The suspension loop on the shoulders has broken off.
Date between 664 and 332 BC (Late Period)
Medium cast silver
Dimensions height: 2.2 cm (0.8 in); width: 1.6 cm (0.6 in); depth: 0.9 cm (0.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,2.25U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,1.64U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,0.92U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
57.1427
Place of creation Egypt
Object history
  • Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be found at the pyramids in Egypt]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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