Category:Libation basin (Louvre E 25551)

**Libation basin**
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Instance of	sculpture;
Depicts	Crocodylidae, frog, bird, lion and flower
Made from material	limestone;
Location	Room 180, Denon Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Owned by	French State;
Collection	Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	E 25551 (Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	1st millennium (before 395, after 332 BC);
Width	37.3 cm;
Height	42 cm;
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	Q112288053; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010005843
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English: Libation basin. It reproduces the flooding of the Nile river on a small scale. In the center the crocodile whose female had the reputation of laying eggs where the flooding of the Nile would stop. And the frogs who are the first to announce the decline. Limestone. 2nd-3rd century AD. AD Mendes, Lower Egypt (today Tell-el Rub). Louvre museum (Paris, France).

Français : Bassin à libation. Il reproduit à petite échelle la crue du Nil. Au centre le crocodile dont la femelle avait la réputation de pondre là où s'arrêterait la crue du Nil. Et les grenouilles qui sont les premières à annoncer la décrue. Calcaire. 2e-3e siècle ap. J.-C. Mendes, Basse-Égypte (aujourd'hui Tell-el Rub). Musée du Louvre.

Libation basin (Louvre E 25551)

Libation basin

Artist

Unknown artist

Title

English: Libation basin. It reproduces the flooding of the Nile river on a small scale. In the center the crocodile whose female had the reputation of laying eggs where the flooding of the Nile would stop. And the frogs who are the first to announce the decline. Limestone. 2nd-3rd century AD. AD Mendes, Lower Egypt (today Tell-el Rub).

Français : Bassin à libation. Il reproduit à petite échelle la crue du Nil. Au centre le crocodile dont la femelle avait la réputation de pondre là où s'arrêterait la crue du Nil. Et les grenouilles qui sont les premières à annoncer la décrue. Calcaire. 2e-3e siècle ap. J.-C. Mendes, Basse-Égypte (aujourd'hui Tell-el Rub).

Object type

sculpture

Date

2^nd century-3^rd century AD

Medium

limestone

Dimensions

height: 42 cm (16.5 in)

; width: 37.3 cm (14.6 in)

; thickness: 7.8 cm (3 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

East Mediterranean in the Roman Empire antiquities in the Louvre - Room A
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).

Accession number

(E 25551

)

Object history

Place of discovery: Egypt.
1964: purchased

References

Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010005843

Authority file

: Q112288053
Louvre: 010005843

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