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Unknown (Egyptian)
Ptah-Sokar with bird
date unknown
painted wood
Base: 2 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. (5.4 x 26.7 x 8.8 cm)
Overall: 21 3/4 in. (55.3 cm)
Anonymous gift
93.1.103
 
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Ptah-Sokar with bird

Before you read the information under the picture of this sculpture of the god Ptah-Sokar, roll your cursor over the photograph to magnify the image. Look closely at the artifact and consider these questions:

  • What colors of paint can you discern?
  • What tools and materials do you think the artist could have used to make this figure?
  • Do you see signs of its age? Where?
  • Can you decipher any of the hieroglyphs (writing)? Use this hieroglyph key to translate the hieroglyphs.

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