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In spite of generalisation of forms caused by the hardness of stone, the statuette is an exact image of a frog. The eyes are goggled, on the back there are two rows of short incised lines perpendicular to the spine. The surface is carefully polished. Frog being an ancient chthonic deity, the statuette could have a ritual function.

In spite of generalisation of forms caused by the hardness of stone, the statuette is an exact image of a frog. The eyes are goggled, on the back there are two rows of short incised lines perpendicular to the spine. The surface is carefully polished. Frog being an ancient chthonic deity, the statuette could have a ritual function.

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Spring 1909 - Acquired by Turaev in Egypt, at the antiquarian Casira.
1920 - With the collection of Turaev acquired by the Hermitage.

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Turaev B.A., Farmakovsky B.V., Opis' kollektsii drevnostey, privezennykh iz Egipta vesnoy 1909 goda. ZKORAO 6 (1910), p.11, no.2, pl.I.
Lapis I.A., Matthieu M.E., Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha. Moscow, 1969, p. 40, cat.no.4, figl.13.

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