Title: Mold for Figure of Bird
Object type: Mold, bird, bennu
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
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)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata Factories  MMA excavations, 1911–12 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds