Statues of cobras
- Accession Number
- EC454
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Religious or cult object, Shrine
- Material
- Wood
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Measurements
- length Peg board approx 13.2cm x 3.6cm,cobras 7.3/7.4 cm excluding bottom peg, surviving peg 1.6 cm
- Number of Elements
- 4 (board with one snake, and three loose snakes
- Animal
- Snake
Licensing details
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- Description
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Four cobras with discs on head. With peg board with seven holes. Possibly from a shrine. The cobras have traces of gesso covering them. One cobra retains its peg, the others are broken off at base, with the missing pegs in three holes in the board. Three missing pegs had been previously reattached by embedding metal spikes.
- Other Identity
- 71 (British Museum list) 70 (possible auction sticker)
- Previous Owners
- Egypt Exploration Society | The British Museum
- Last modified: 14 Dec 2020