Name of Object:

Beacon to a new world

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The British Museum

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Date of Object:

c. 1886

Inventory Number:

1886,0401.1382

Provenance:

Egypt

Description:

Flinders Petrie purchased this figurine in Giza. He was informed by the seller that it had been unearthed at a site in the western Nile Delta. Petrie recognised the Cypriot and Egyptian influences and headed to the region where the figurine was said to have been found. It is here that he found Naukratis.

Citation of this web page:

"Beacon to a new world" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;79;en

MWNF Working Number: UK 079