Category:Duck-shaped box AO 14779

**Duck-shaped box AO 14779**
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Instance of	sculpture; physical container;
Depicts	duck
Made from material	hippopotamus ivory;
Location	Room 301, Sully Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Creator	unknown value;
Location of discovery	Minet el-Beida;
Owned by	French State;
Location of creation	Egypt;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	AO 14779 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	13th century BC;
Time of discovery or invention	1931;
Width	5.4 cm;
Length	14.5 cm;
Height	7.5 cm;
Authority file
	Q106690822; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010139618
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Duck-shaped box AO 14779

Artist

Unknown author

Title

Duck container, a toilette article designed to hold make-up. Hippopotamus tusk, 13th century BC. From Minet el-Beida, the harbour town for Ugarit, now Ras Shamra in Syria.

Object type

sculpture / physical container

Date

13^th century BC

Medium

ivory

Dimensions

length: 14.5 cm (5.7 in)

; height: 7.5 cm (2.9 in)

; width: 5.4 cm (2.1 in)

; thickness: 5.4 cm (2.1 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

Levant, room B: Syrie côtière, Ougarit et Byblos. Sully, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

AO 14779