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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Egyptian
Title:Bound Palestinian Captives with Names Indicating Towns Captured by King Sheshonq I
Date Made:945-924 BCE (Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, Reign of Sheshong I)
Type:Cast
Materials:plaster
Place Made:Egypt; Karnak, temple of Amun-Re, Bubastite portal
Measurements:overall: 20 x 4 x 2 in.; 50.8 x 10.16 x 5.08 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1912.3.A.OIV
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Harris, 1912
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Figures with their arms bound behind their backs, while for bodies they have hieroglyphic place names ringed by fortified walls symbolizing "town"

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; reproductions; wars; war victims

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5 Related Subjects

Wars



War victims



archaeological objects



reproductions (derivative objects)



Civilization, Ancient



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