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Uraeus (Rearing Cobra)
The collection record classifies this work as metalwork. It is dated 1307–1196 BCE. Recorded culture or place: Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 19.
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- Museum title
- Uraeus (Rearing Cobra)
- Date
- 1307–1196 BCE
- Culture / origin
- Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 19
- Materials and technique
- Silver-copper alloy with inlays (copper, feldspar, turquoise, obsidian?) and gilding
- Dimensions
- height: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 2023.102
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Made from a silver-copper alloy, this rearing cobra likely served as a uraeus, symbolizing royal or divine power in ancient Egypt. Its lowermost portion likely fit into the top of the head of a large sculpture, while its body and tail seem cut short, perhaps making room for a solar disk to rise up behind. The eyes are inlaid, and six cavities for additional inlay remain on the expanded hood, the lowermost still intact, the others likely once filled with brightly colored blue and red stone. Much of the remaining surface may once have been gilded, to judge from remaining traces of gold on the back.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Barbara S. Robinson and Family · CC0
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