lunes, 8 de febrero de 2016

Antelope shaped vase

Antelope shaped vase
Libation vase in the shape of a tied up antelope, whose legs are used as the handle. The vase's neck is the antelope's neck, the liquid pouring out from his mouth. On the back of its head there are two holes for inserting the horns, possibly worked in a different material. Coming from Abydos, it could be considered one of the Egyptian prototypes of the vases found by Reisner in Meroe, showing the same typology.
Present location MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONA...L [21/007] MADRID
Inventory number 1984/79/XIII/4
Dating 25TH DYNASTY AND CONTEMPORARIES
Archaeological Site ABYDOS
Category FIGURE VASE
Material CALCITE/ALABASTER
Technique HEWN; POLISHED
Height 18.3 cm
Width 8.5 cm

Bibliography•PEREZ-DIE, Mª C., Egipto. Guía didáctica del Museo Arqueológico Nacional I, 1985, P. 13.
•JARAMAGO, M; GUTIERREZ, J. A., The antilope shaped alabaster vase of Madrid, Beiträge zur Sudanforchung, 2, 1987, Pp. 146-154.
•VV.AA., De Gabinete a Museo. Tres siglos de Historia, Madrid, 1993. Exposición, P. 369 Nª 192.
•PEREZ DIE, Mª C., La Collection égyptienne du Musée Archéologique National de Madrid (Espagne). Acts. First International Congress of Egyptology. October 1976, Berlín, 1979, Pp. 515-518.
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