Bronze Statuette Of Khnum and Stand
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Institution
notes: label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Bronze votive statue of Khnum, 400-100 B.C. This statue represents Khnum, the ram-headed god of the flowing waters of Elephantine in the south where Egyptians believed the Nile began. Khnum also related to fertility, both in terms of male potency and agricultural productivity.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty XXVI
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 260207
label: USNM Number
content: A440216-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Statuette