Crocodile Head and Ibis
305-30 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
In the Old Kingdom (circa 2670–2195 B.C.) silver was more valuable than gold, but this gradually changed. By the New Kingdom gold was twice as valuable as silver, and by the Ptolemaic Period it was thirteen times as valuable. This, along with the corrosiveness of silver, may explain why many of the silver sculptures known from ancient Egypt are Ptolemaic in date.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Silver
- Medium
- silver
- Locations
- Reportedly from: Memphis, Egypt
- Dimensions
- 13/16 x 9/16 x 1 9/16 in. (2 x 1.5 x 3.9 cm)
- Accession Number
- 68.83.1
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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