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AR Tetradrachma

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Silver coin: Obv. head of Athena facing right wearing round earring and Attic helmet (crest mostly missing) adorned with flower and three olive leaves, eye not quite in profile (lips poorly done); Rev. [inscription], owl facing right with wings folded, olive branch and crescent in field, round depression to right of owl. [07-1-2]

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.826
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Coins
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room O = entrance corridor 3, S side in pottery jar)
  • Material
    Silver
  • Dimensions
    Diameter: 2.35 cm (15/16 in.)/ Weight: 16.60 grams
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Greco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic
  • Date of Register Entry
    305–30 B.C.
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
  • Remarks
    Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.

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Full Bibliography

  • D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 195-196, cat. 142.

    Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 13.