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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000041

Page Title: Hippopotamus Goddess

Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection

Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.

Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 40)

Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn

Description: Scrapbook page including a photograph of a statue of the Egyptian goddess Thueris, annotated with information about the deity.

Subjects: Egyptian (ancient) statue Goddesses--Egypt

Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm

Annotations: Figure of Thueris in green serpentine from Thebes. This goddess was the guardian of departed souls and her forbidding appearance was supposed to drive away evil spirits.

Language: English, photograph titled in French

Rights: No known restrictions.

Coverage: Egypt

Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information.

Format: Scrapbooks

Technique: Photographs, Albumen prints

BPL Department: Print Department

Photo 1: Photographer: [unlabeled, probably G. Lékégian & Cie.]

Title: Déesse Thoueris [rest is cut off]

Caption: Hippopotamus goddess XXX Dynasty Nectanebus I B.C. 385

Date: ca. 1860-1890


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  • Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m
  • License: CC BY 2.0
  • User: Boston Public Library BPL
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December 21, 1892—March 8, 1893

  • Flickr upload date: 2008-05-01 17:13:45
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William Vaughn Tupper

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