Aegis
- Accession Number
- W292
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Religious or cult object, Aegis
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Limestone)
- Measurements
- Width: 130mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
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Limestone sculpture of a head and shoulders in the form of an aegis. It has two streamers widening from the back of the wig. Purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1934.
- Bibliography
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Anonymous. 1996. The face of Egypt: Swansea Festival exhibition: 5 October 1996–5 January 1997. Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. [Cat. 17] Ivanov, Sergej 2003. The Aegis in ancient Egyptian art: aspects of interpretation. In Hawass, Zahi and Lyla Pinch Brock (eds), Egyptology at the dawn of the twenty-first century: proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, Cairo, 2000 2, 332-339. Cairo; New York: American University in Cairo Press.
- Wellcome Number
- A243434
- Auction
- Sotheby & Co.: 22–23 Oct 1934, Lot 377
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 30 Jul 2020