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.
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Origins
Date of Creation Medium (class) Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectAnubis, the Egyptian god of embalming and the necropolis, shown in his canine form 1 Custody
Current LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 Current CustodianThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 Custody HistoryAdelaide Milton de Groot Fund, in memory of the de Groot and Hawley families, 1969 1 Attributions
TraditionAncient Egyptian religion 1 Physical Form
MediumLimestone, originally painted black 1 DimensionsL. 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 CopyrightThe 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
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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
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)
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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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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 Reader Challenges (0)
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