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Statuette of bird

Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis

Medium/Technique Limestone
Dimensions Height: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.164
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionLimestone statue of a bird. The details are incised. It is crude work.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)