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| Keywords: Cheik El Beled by Boston Public Library.jpg Scrapbook page containing a photograph of a wooden statue from the Egyptian 5th Dynasty known as Cheik el Beled annotated with quotes and information about the object Subjects Egyptian ancient statue Page size 33 x 38 1 cm Annotations IVe Dynastie- decouverte de Mariette à Saggarah Official Catalogue Maspero The figure was originally covered with a thin coating of plaster of Paris and painted Cheikh El Beled It is standing with a cane in its hand- the legs were missing and have been supplied of new wood The eyes are inserted as is the case with many egyptian statues They are formed of a piece of opaque white quartz set in bronze to represent the eyelid a piece of crystal serves for the pupil and a little silver nail placed under the crystal produces the luminous sparkle of the living eye By a strange chance the statue of this old egyptian could serve as an exact portrait of one of the cheikhs-el-beled ou maires of the village of Saggarah Our workmen quick to see the resemblances immediately called it the Cheikh El Beled and the name has stuck to it 'Ie Khâfri et le Cheik el Beled' are the best that most ancient art has bequeathed to the museum; only 'le scribe accroupi du Louvre' can compare with them Maspero Since above was written a scribe much like that of the Louvre has been found and added to the museum Viz Statue d'un Scribe IV ca 5 Dyn Trouvée à Saqqurah Jan 31- 1893 Language English and French 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 G Lékégian Cie Title Statue en bois de Cheik-el-Beled 5e Dyn No 203 Caption Wooden Statue Known as Cheik El Beled Date ca 1865-1895 Flickr data on 2011-08-03 Camera Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW Sinar m License CC BY 2 0 User Boston Public Library BPL Flickr http //flickr com/photos/24029425 N06/2468309803 Cheik El Beled December 21 1892 March 8 1893 Flickr upload date 2008-05-01 17 12 59 William Vaughn Tupper Flickr uploader http //www flickr com/people/24029425 N06 BPL User Flickr upload bot/upload 17 51 3 August 2011 UTC Fæ CC BY 2 0 PD-old-100 Ka-Aper CG34 Egyptian antiquities in the Isma'il Pasha palace G Lekegian Tupper Scrapbooks volume 26 Lower Egypt Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Egyptian sticks and canes | ||||
