Statuette of Sokar

Collection number	彫021-2397
Provenance	Egypt
Period	Late Period
Date	ca. 664-332 BCE
Material	Wood, Paint
Dimension	H. 8.6 cm
Comment	The wooden sculpture of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris is usually accompanied by a falcon on a small wooden coffin in front of it. This falcon, however, does not have any mortise on the bottom, which means that this falcon was a funerary object but not an accessory of the deity sculptures. A chemical analysis of the constituents of the blue paint on its back revealed that the paint was Egyptian Blue, the earliest artificial pigment.
Classification	sculpture
Keywords	Red, Blue, Black Pretty, Tiny North Africa, Egypt Iron Age, Late Period Wood Sculpture/Statue, Animal figurine, Deity figurine Religious or ritual object, Funerary Item Creature, Bird, Raptor, Falcon
資料ID	2276