id:			94145
accession number:	1914.689
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.689
updated:		2025-02-08 22:09:29.924000

Benu-bird, 1000–500 BCE. Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22. Honey-colored wax with dark amber varnish; overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.689

title:				Benu-bird
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creation date:			1000–500 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1000
creation date latest:		-500
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22
technique:	honey-colored wax with dark amber varnish
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Third Intermediate
type:		Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Joseph Hassan Ahmed, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 380; Mentioned: p. 380
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	Kritsky, Gene. The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt. 2015.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 112; reproduced: p. 114, fig. 12.8
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