Object Title
Cippus
Measurements
10.2 x 7.9 x 2.5 cm
Creation Date
664-589 BCE
Credit Line
Mohamed Farid Khamis/Oriental Weavers Fund
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12056/cippus?ctx=5e090c2b4e3f7d04e2d737a55a4ab86a496debde&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
With Christie's London, December 13, 1988, lot 275. Ex private collection, Netherlands, purchased from Sotheby's, early 1990s. With Antiqua, Ltd., Woodland Hills, California, 1995. Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - March 13, 2018;
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 4, 2018 - Present
Publication Information
Christie's London: Fine Antiquities (13 December 1988), 38, lot 275.;
Antiqua: Ancient Art & Numismatics, Catalogue II (1995), 24, 28-29, number 58.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Purchased by museum in 2004.