Decree Of Canopus (Cast of Cast)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Prof T C. Archer
notes: label: Notes
content: A COPY OF THE TANIS OR CANOPUS STONE, FROM THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM AT BOULAQ, WAS PRESENTED BY THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN 1874. THIS CAST IS INCLUDED AMONG OTHER CASTS OF EGYPTIAN STATUES, THE ORIGINALS OF WHICH ARE AT THE MUSEUM OF GIZA. ENTRY IN RECORD BOOK SHOWS THAT THESE ANTIQUITIES WERE RECEIVED AS A GIFT FROM PROF. T. C. ARCHER, EDINBURGH. CAT. NOS. 24296-300. NO ACC. NO. THREE CAST PLAQUES (3 UNITS - E PARTS EACH) OF THE DECREE OF CANOPUS. PRESENTED TO THE U.S.N.M. BY THE MUSEUM AT CAIRO. 2 BOXES CONTAINING CASTS OF HIEROGLYPHIC UNIT IN 4 PARTS. See p. 29 in Smithsonian Annual Report for the year 1874.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Tanis, Nile, Canopus Branch, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 76A00097
label: USNM Number
content: A24300-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cast
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 3.8 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 84 cm