Unistone Sphinx - Statue of Tutu
name: label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Ill. S.I. Ann. Rep. 1922, Casanowicz, pl. 25, 26 [after p. 466; and described in detail on p. 462 of Casanowicz.]. "Roman period" - H. Ranke, U. of Pa. Mus. 4/15/39. See Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period 700 B.C. - A.D. 100 (Brooklyn Museum, 1960) pp. 179-180. Dated c. 50 - 1 B.C.. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." From 1978 NMNH slide set caption: "Figure - stone, carved, sphinx, "Tutu", Greco-Egyptian." Actually this is a representation of the god Tutu, late period to Greco-Roman. [Tutu: son of Neith. Usually depicted as a walking sphinx, with a human head, a lion body, wings and a snake tail.] Received from the National Institute. Collector unknown.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Aug 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Roman Period
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: A8277-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Statue