Baked Clay Figurines and Votive Beds from Medinet Habu Leonor Pires Martins

Baked Clay Figurines and Votive Beds from Medinet Habu Leonor Pires MartinsThis catalog presents the entire corpus of 272 baked clay figurines and votive beds excavated at Medinet Habu by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago during their 1926 1933 campaign. Each object is fully described and illustrated and is accompanied by commentary on construction, symbolism, and function.

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