IDENTIFIERS
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id:	53695
accession number:	E.18.1939

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 19 November 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Copper alloy bust of a female figure. The piece was cast by using a mould technique. The surface is pitted from the original casting. It appears as if the object as it survives is complete. It is possible that other parts were case seperately and were intended to be added together. The object exists in the form of head to lower chest and the arms are only shown to just above the elbows. The bottom is flat and the objects stands unaided. It seems unlikely that this object would have been used because it is incomplete and perhaps was only used as part of a manufacturing process that was abandoned (maybe due to the pitted surface appearance). The subject wears the usual short Nubian wig and has strong African features a wide flat face, strong nose and wide mouth. It is likely the piece dates to the Twenty-fifth dynasty when Egypt's rulers came from Sudan and were Black Africans. It is possible that the statue represents a priestess or a member of the royal court.
object type: Coppery alloy figure of a Nubian woman in the form of a bust.
title:	bust

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/53695





TECHNIQUES
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cast (process)

CATEGORIES
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category: figure

DATING
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creation date:	748 - 657
creation date earliest:	748
creation date latest:	657
culture:	25th Dynasty


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 7



IMAGES

surrogate: large
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant32/E_18_1939.jpg
height: 744 pixels
width: 760 pixels

surrogate: mid
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width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant32/E_18_1939.jpg
height: 744 pixels
width: 760 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant32/preview_E_18_1939.jpg
height: 245 pixels
width: 250 pixels