Mold for Making Benu Bird

305–30 B.C.E.

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Caption

Mold for Making Benu Bird, 305–30 B.C.E.. Limestone, 5 1/16 × 4 13/16 × 1 5/8 in. (12.8 × 12.3 × 4.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1536E.

Title

Mold for Making Benu Bird

Date

305–30 B.C.E.

Period

Ptolemaic Period

Geography

Reportedly from: Saqqara, Egypt

Medium

Limestone

Classification

Model

Dimensions

5 1/16 × 4 13/16 × 1 5/8 in. (12.8 × 12.3 × 4.2 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

37.1536E

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