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Dog figurine
Roman, Egyptian
Imperial Period
1st–2nd century
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.428
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionSothic dog, ears erect above the face with curly tail. The face is elongated towards the muzzle. Wearing a collar with a bell shaped pendant bulla. Mould-made and hollow. Seems to be part of a figurine group, the rest of which is now lost.Traces of white coating and red paint. Micaceous red-brown Nile silt
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).