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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.271
Title
Base and Feet of Man Holding Osiris Shrine
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
4th-1st century BCE
Period
Ptolemaic period
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292573

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stone
Dimensions
11 x 8 x 15 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.271
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Fragmentary green stone base of a statue with inscription "For the ....... of the scribe Ptah_Irgi"

Verification Level

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