IDNO

P.14494.GCLK

Description

Photomechanical reproduction of a illustrated statuette of a female figure - front and side views. [GB 12/07/2000]

Drawing of a woman figurine carved in hippopotamus ivory excavated at el-Badari cemetery, Upper Egypt, and dates to around 5000 BC. The object is held at the British Museum, reference AES EA 59648. [JD 16/9/2009]

Place

E Africa; Europe British Isles; Egypt; United Kingdom; Nile Valley; ed-Badari cemetary; England; London; British Museum

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Clark, Grahame

Date

Collection Name

Clark Collection

Source

Format

Photomechanical Print

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The print was found in an envelope now numbered C178/3/. This was found in a drawer now numbered C178/ by the transcriber.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "?Europe", but the scoop is from the ‘Nile Valley’, and held at the ‘British Museum’. (See associated print P.59084.GCLK) The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 16/9/2009]