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LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE NEITH
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
The goddess striding with her left leg advanced, wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and a tightly-fitted sheath, embellished with an incised beaded broad collar, arm bands and bracelets, her left arm extended forward, her fisted hand perforated to hold a now-missing staff, her right arm at her side, the hand also perforated for a now-missing attribute, the four sides of the integral rectangular plinth with a hieroglyphic inscription reading, "Good things(?): Padisokar, son of Kenankhet, justified, ... lord of Neith, ... [the gods?] (or ), of Heaven, birth-mother of the gods, who causes to live(?) ... (or gives life and health(?)...)"
9 7/16 in. (24 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
The goddess striding with her left leg advanced, wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and a tightly-fitted sheath, embellished with an incised beaded broad collar, arm bands and bracelets, her left arm extended forward, her fisted hand perforated to hold a now-missing staff, her right arm at her side, the hand also perforated for a now-missing attribute, the four sides of the integral rectangular plinth with a hieroglyphic inscription reading, "Good things(?): Padisokar, son of Kenankhet, justified, ... lord of
9 7/16 in. (24 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Joseph Chess, 1978.
Literature
R.S. Bianchi and J. McDonald, Exhibition catalogue, In the Tomb of Nefertari: Conservation of the Wall Paintings, Malibu, 1992, no. 37, pp. 78-79.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 32B, pp. 58 and 60.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 32B, pp. 58 and 60.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, periodically 1986-1991.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum, In the Tomb of Nefertari: Conservation of the Wall Paintings, 12 November 1992-21 February 1993.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum, In the Tomb of Nefertari: Conservation of the Wall Paintings, 12 November 1992-21 February 1993.