A BRONZE AND ALABASTER IBIS FOR SA-AMUN
late period to ptolemaic period, 664-30 b.c.
Mounted on its original wood base inscribed for its owner Sa-Amun, the alabaster body with inlaid bronze tail, joined to separately cast legs and the naturalistically modelled head, the eyes rimmed in gold, the base of the neck with an inlaid gold collar
6.7/8 in. (75 cm) long
A BRONZE AND ALABASTER IBIS FOR SA-AMUN
late period to ptolemaic period, 664-30 b.c.
Mounted on its original wood base inscribed for its owner Sa-Amun, the alabaster body with inlaid bronze tail, joined to separately cast legs and the naturalistically modelled head, the eyes rimmed in gold, the base of the neck with an inlaid gold collar
6.7/8 in. (75 cm) long
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