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Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

WHAT IS A TERM IN AAT

Patricia Harpring © 2019 J. Paul Getty Trust. For educational purposes only. Do not distribute.

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AAT term represents a single concept

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copper sculpture

is not

a bound term;

Horus figure

is not

a bound term.

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In which field do you place the term? Not always in

Work Type

.

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Title:

Horus Falcon Figure

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Work Type:

sculpture | figure

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Material:

copper alloy

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Specific Subjects: Horus (Egyptian deity) | falcon

Horus falcon figurePeriod: Late Period or Ptolemaic PeriodDate: 664–30 B.C.Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1898Medium: Copper alloyDimensions: H. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); W. 2.5 cm (1 in.); L. 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration FundAccession Number: O.C.380

unknown Late Period Egyptian. Horus Falcon Figure. sculpture; copper alloy; 664/630 BCE; Metropolitan Museum of Art

sculpture

copper

Our goal:

Do not distort the thesaurus

for isolated convenience, when it’s better to join unbound terms in local practice or use other fields

In retrieval, find all sculptures

where

subject =

Horus