Copper alloy statue of Princess Takushit of Egypt, with electrum (silver-gold alloy) engravings, ~670 BCE

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PugJesus@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)
Whisp@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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PugJesus@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Google says 34.4cm, which is 13.5 freedom units

Whisp@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
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spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

How would one pronounce that name?

nrzzrn@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y


Photographed from the side (3300x4600px).

Source :

Statue of the princess-priestess Takushit, the Ethiopian. Bronze. Late period. Dynasty XXV (Nubian, ca 670 BC). From Lake Mareotis, south of Alexandria.
National Archaeological Museum. Egyptian Antiquities Collection, inv. no. 110. Room 40, Showcase 11.

https://www.namuseum.gr/en/monthly_artefact/13973/

IanAtCambio@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

It’s pronounced “take a shit”