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Gilded wooden ba bird
Ba bird. The Ancient Egyptians believed that the human soul was made up of different elements. The Ba was closely connected to the personality and after death stayed close to the deceased. The different parts of the soul were reunited in the afterlife to allow the person to carry on 'living'. The ba bird is typically shown as a winged bird with a human head.
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Length: 8.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Ptolemaic Period
Circa
-0332
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Circa
-0030
Carved : Gilded
Accession number: E.95.1937
Primary reference Number: 53660
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Gilded wooden ba bird" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/53660 Accessed: 2024-11-22 07:38:48
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