Statuette representing a heart

Classification

statuette ; votive offering

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height: 4.8 cm; base: 2.8 x 2.8 cm

Date

26th–30th dynasty (6th–4th century B.C.)

Period

26th (Saite) dynasty (664–525); 27th dynasty (525–404); 28th dynasty (404–399); 29th dynasty (399–380); 30th dynasty (380–343)

Material

faience

Iconography

pedestal ; vessel ; heart (ib)

Inscription

hieroglyphs

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Egyptian Art

Inventory

50.353

ID

Hyp-2776

References

Kóthay–Liptay, Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 130; Nagy, I., Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 62; Nagy, I., Egyptian Collection, 64; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyptian Artefacts, 126