Reproduction
Object Category
frogs (figurines)
Description
Grey fossilferous limestone frog, crouched to spring forward. From Meroe (John Garstang's excavation Ex Wellcome collection)
Collection Place
Meroe
Collection Place Notes
Excavated by John Garstang and his Sudanese workforce from Meroe, Sudan
Collector
Publications
- Stevenson, Alice, The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections, p.97
- Al-Raddi, Al-Saddiq, He Tells Tales of Meroe: Poems for the Petrie Museum, 32-33
- Garnett, Anna, 'Gateway to the World of Egyptology': A New Entrance Gallery at the Petrie Museum, London, 31
Production Period
(precise) Meroitic Period - (precise) Meroitic Period
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height: 7 cms
length: 9.4 cms
width: 6.3 cms
diameter: cms
depth: cms
thickness: cms
Associated Person
Associated Period
Provenance
Previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC43984
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
