Not currently on display at the V&A

Fragment

c. 1292 BC - c. 1077 BC
Artist/Maker
Unknown (made)
Place of origin
Egypt (made)
Abydos (found)

Blue glazed composition head of a dog figurine or amulet. The tip of the snout has chipped away to reveal the under-glaze body material.

The head has been mounted to a display board alongside 1052-1901.


Object details

Category
Africa
Object type
Fragment
Materials and techniques
Glazed composition
Brief description
Head of a dog figurine or amulet, blue-green glazed composition, Abydos, Egypt, New Kingdom
Physical description
Blue glazed composition head of a dog figurine or amulet. The tip of the snout has chipped away to reveal the under-glaze body material.

The head has been mounted to a display board alongside 1052-1901.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.5cm
  • Length: 2cm
Styles
Egyptian
New Kingdom
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Object history
Found at Abydos, tomb D.19, 1899-1900 excavation season. Other objects given to the museum from this tomb are a horse's head in red glass (1050-1901) and a monkey's head in faience (1052-1901).
Bibliographic reference
D. Randall-MacIver and A. C. Mace, El Amrah and Abydos 1899-1901 (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1902): 77, 98, Pl. 52.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1051-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O340631/fragment-unknown/
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