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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Benu-bird

Benu-bird

1000–500 BCE
(1069–715 BCE)
honey-colored wax with dark amber varnish
Overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.689
Location: not on view
  • Purchased from Joseph Hassan Ahmed, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 380; Mentioned: p. 380
    Kritsky, Gene. The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt. 2015. Mentioned: p. 112; reproduced: p. 114, fig. 12.8
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