Female Ba-bird statue
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Female Ba-bird statue
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Published 2022-08-11T10:27:32+00:00
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A characteristic later Kushite (Meroitic) sculpture, this statue shows a part-human, part-bird figure. The creature embodied the Egyptian concept of the Ba, one of the forms of the soul of the deceased.
Often made of sandstone, such statues were set up outside the tombs of high-ranking individuals in Lower Nubia (southern Egypt and northern Sudan). This particular example presumably came from the tomb of a woman as it is in female form.
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| Date published | 11/08/2022 |
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| Title | Female Ba-bird statue |
| Date | 200 BC - AD 350 |
| Period | Egyptian |
| Medium | sandstone |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | British Museum |
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