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Statue of Jesus the Good Shepherd

Statue of Jesus the Good Shepherd
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Mounir

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number T0025

Inv.Inventory
 (Greco-Roman Museum) 22273

Statue of Jesus the Good Shepherd

Category:
Sculpture in the round, statues, human / gods and goddesses statues
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period (31 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Mersa Matruh
Material(s):
Rock, marble
Height:
125 cm
This artifact was temporarily displayed at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum from 2007 until it was returned to the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria on 16 August 2022.



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Evaristo Breccia, “Una Statuetta del Buon Pastore da Marsa Matrouh”, Bulletin de la Société d’Archéologie d’Alexandrie 26 (1931): 247-257, pl. XXIV.
  • Fekri Hassan et al., eds., Alexandria Graeco-Roman Museum: A Thematic Guide (Cairo: National Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage; The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 194.
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