BPLDC no.: 08_04_000041
Page Title: Hippopotamus Goddess
Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection
Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.
Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 40)
Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn
Description: Scrapbook page including a photograph of a statue of the Egyptian goddess Thueris, annotated with information about the deity.
Subjects:
Egyptian (ancient)
statue
Goddesses--Egypt
Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm
Annotations: Figure of Thueris in green serpentine from Thebes. This goddess was the guardian of departed souls and her forbidding appearance was supposed to drive away evil spirits.
Language: English, photograph titled in French
Rights: No known restrictions.
Coverage: Egypt
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information.
Format: Scrapbooks
Technique: Photographs, Albumen prints
BPL Department: Print Department
Photo 1:
Photographer: [unlabeled, probably G. Lékégian & Cie.]
Title: Déesse Thoueris [rest is cut off]
Caption:
Hippopotamus goddess
XXX Dynasty
Nectanebus I B.C. 385
Date: ca. 1860-1890
Flickr data on 2011-08-03:
- Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m
- License: CC BY 2.0
- User: Boston Public Library BPL
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