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Banner top with figure of a cow

Banner top with figure of Mehetweret reclining on a base resting on a lotiform capital. She has a solar disc between the horns, the upper part of the sun disc and horns are broken. The ears are protruding and connected to the horns by two thin bronze elements. The cow has a cloth with a plain central band on its back. The legs are folded under the body. The tail is curled around the right thigh. The figure rests on a base connected by four thin bronze elements to a lotiform capital. There is a crack running along the capital, from which a hard, greyish material is visible. The lower edge of the object is partially broken. Inside the object, there is a light-coloured wooden stick, which appears to be ancient. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for hollow casts.

Cat. 831
Metal / Bronze
712–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824
Museum / Floor 2A / Mezzanine / Cabinet 05 Metal / Shelf 04
Museo Egizio