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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. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Religious Objects
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date Late New Kingdom, 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 None
Materials Plaster, Pigment--Paint
Manufacturing Processes Cast, Painting
Munsell Color Information Brownish Gray (10 YR 3/1) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

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

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Lorado Taft Collection
Reproduction yes
Reproduction Information 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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