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Ivory figurine of a man from Beersheba (Safadi)
- Material
- Hippopotamus ivory, carved ("ivoire d'hippopotame"; "sculpté")
- Dimensions
- Height 24.8 cm; length 4.7 cm; thickness 4.2 cm
- Date as given by the source
- 5th millennium BCE or 3500-3000 BCE (record conflicts)
- Record number
- AO 21406
- Held by
- Musée du Louvre
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Object · 5th millennium BCE or 3500-3000 BCE (record conflicts)
Ivory figurine of a man from Beersheba (Safadi)
A figurine of a nude man carved in hippopotamus ivory, found in 1958 in a cache in room 721 at Beersheba. The Louvre's record gives it two dates that do not agree, the 5th millennium BCE and 3500-3000 BCE, so it is not placed on the timeline.
- Region
- The Levant
- Material
- Hippopotamus ivory, carved ("ivoire d'hippopotame"; "sculpté")
- Held by
- Musée du Louvre