where to find

Storeroom

Furniture ornament in the shape of a horse head

Category:

Sculpture in the round, figurines / statuettes, animal / bird / mythical creature, horse

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period, 2nd to 1st cent. BCE

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Fayoum, Umm El-Brigat (Tebtonis/Tebtunis) (excavations of the Ifao and the University of Milan, 1994 season)

Material(s):

Organic material, wood

Height:

10.7 cm

where to find:

Storeroom

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

References

Claudio Gallazzi, “La ripresa degli scavi a Umm-el-Breigât (Tebtynis)”, Acme 48, no. 3 (1995): 23, fig. 9.
Claudio Gallazzi, “Lo scavo di una discarica a Umm-el-Breigât (Tebtynis), ovvero, le sorprese del pattume”, NAC 27 (1998): 196, tav. 2, fig. 5.
Claudio Gallazzi and Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou, Trésors inattendus: 30 ans de fouilles et de coopération à Tebtynis (Fayoum), Bibliothèque générale 57 (Cairo: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, 2019): 70, no. 5.

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