Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Goat Surrounded by Hieroglyphics
- Title:
- Goat Surrounded by Hieroglyphics
- Collection:
- Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
- Date:
- 19th century
- ID Number:
- GI_01_014
- Accession Number:
- 01_1_0014
- Winckelmann No.:
- 14
- File Name:
- GI_01_014.jpg
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- casting (process)
magnetite
- Subject:
- Inscriptions
Inscriptions, Egyptian
Pan (Greek deity)
Goats
- Description:
- The goat stands in the center of the impression, encircled by identical hieroglyphics. It is suspected that the goat represents the Egyptian god Djedet (called Mendes or Pan by the Greeks), who was often portrayed with the head of a goat.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Archival Collection:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Gems Collection (in part the White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying material, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2013 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Caitlin Barrett and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.
