Plaster Cast of Statue: Ramses-Nakht Scribe

1948.01.0004

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Plaster Cast of Statue: Ramses-Nakht Scribe   (1948.01.0004)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Ceremonial Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Religious Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Late New Kingdom
Date 1293 – 1070 BCE
Culture Egyptian
Location On Exhibitin the Mesopotamia exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 78.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 43.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 33.0 cm
Weight waived g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plaster, Pigment--Paint
Manufacturing Processes Cast, Painting

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Baines & Málek. Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Phaidon, 1980.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Lorado Taft Collection
Reproduction yes, Replica of a granite original found in the Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt, cast for the eastern Pavilion in the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress.

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