Mold for Figure of Bird
Object type: Mold, bird, bennu
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: H. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in), w. 8 cm (3 1/8 in), th. 1.5 cm (9/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata
Locale: Factories
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911–12
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession year: 1912
Tags: Birds