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Statue of Anubis as a Recumbent Canid (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 69.105)

Ancient Egyptian Art

A limestone statue of Anubis as a recumbent canid, originally painted black, Egyptian, end of Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 343 to 30 BCE. The Metropolitan Museum's own title and controlled-vocabulary tag both name the figure as Anubis. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 69.105, Egyptian Art department, Adelaide Milton de Groot Fund, 1969.

Facts
Origins
Creation
343 BCE to 30 BCE 1
Date of Creation
343-30 BCE 1
Country
Egypt 1
Region
Memphite Region 1
Classification
Object Type
Sculpture or Statuary 1
Medium (class)
Sculpture 1
Subject Matter
Depicted Subject
Anubis, the Egyptian god of embalming and the necropolis, shown in his canine form 1
Custody
Current Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1
Current Custodian
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1
Custody History
Adelaide Milton de Groot Fund, in memory of the de Groot and Hawley families, 1969 1
Attributions
Tradition
Ancient Egyptian religion 1
Physical Form
Medium
Limestone, originally painted black 1
Dimensions
L. 64 × W. 16.5 × H. 38.1 cm, 20 kg (25 3/16 × 6 1/2 × 15 in., 44 lb.) 1
Rights and Reproduction
Reproduction and Copyright
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has designated this work as being in the public domain and makes it available through its Open Access policy; no permission is required for reproduction. 1
Connections

Associated With

Anubis, Deities

This source names Anubis directly: "A limestone statue of Anubis as a recumbent canid, originally painted black, Egyptian, end of Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 343 to 30 BCE."

Source Statue of Anubis as a Recumbent Canid, accession 69.105 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Belongs to Tradition

Source Statue of Anubis as a Recumbent Canid, accession 69.105 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Depicts

Anubis, Figures

The Metropolitan Museum's own title, "Statue of Anubis as a recumbent canid," names the subject outright, and the museum's own Getty AAT and Wikidata linked tag confirms the identification.

Source Statue of Anubis as a Recumbent Canid, accession 69.105 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Originated In

Egypt, Regions
Source Statue of Anubis as a Recumbent Canid, accession 69.105 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
1. Statue of Anubis as a Recumbent Canid, accession 69.105 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • accession 69.105
  • catalogue record, medium/object-type description
    A limestone statue of Anubis as a recumbent canid, originally painted black, Egyptian, end of Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 343 to 30 BCE.
  • Originated In: Egypt, Stored country property on this entity, cited to this source: Egypt
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Duat (Wikipedia)
In Group: Egyptian Funerary and Afterlife Deities, the Metropolitan Museum of Art accession record identifies the statue's subject as Anubis, guardian of embalming and the deadView the Source
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