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Egyptian, From Abydos, excavated in 1895

Furniture Support in the Form of a Bull's Leg, ca. 2800 BCE

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Egyptian

Title

Furniture Support in the Form of a Bull's Leg

Year

ca. 2800 BCE

Medium

Hippopotamus ivory

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • hippo ivory

Dimensions

Height: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 inches)

Place

From Abydos, excavated in 1895

Type

  • Ivory

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1999.55.2

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ancient Egyptian Galleries

This rare object from Egypt's earliest dynasty was excavated from the royal cemetary at Abydos, in southern Egypt. This furniture support, made of hippopotamus ivory carved into a bull's leg with stylized veins, was originally equipped with a tenon, a projecting piece that fit into a rod above. Leather thongs were fastened through the holes at the top to further secure the leg to the rod. A complete set of four of these legs originally supported a chair, stool, bed, or gaming board of one of the First Dynasty kings.

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Furniture Support in the Form of a Bull's Leg with the accession number of 1999.55.2. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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