Painted wooden figure of Anubis figure, statuette

; Date(s): circa -1069 - circa -664; Classification(s): figure, statuette, carved; Acquisition: given by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major, 1943 [E.GA.4315.1943] Description: Anubis jackal. Anubis was shown in the form of a jackal. He was the god of embalming and cemeteries. On Theban tomb paintings a second jackal is often shown with Anubis, this is Wepwawet, who was the jackal god of Upper Egypt.

Collection

Fitzwilliam Museum

Inventory Number

1877752

Title

Painted wooden figure of Anubis figure, statuette

Object Type

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