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FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2134-1640 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRECCIA JAR FOR SEN-NEKHEN(I)
FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2134-1640 B.C.
Ovoid in form, on a rounded base, with a short flaring neck, the upper surface of the rim flat, the interior well-hollowed, the exterior with an incised hieroglyphic inscription, including two sections of four columns each and a circumvallating band above consisting of two sections, one reading right-to-left and the other left-to-right, meeting at the ends of the sections, one vertical section reading: "Beloved of Osiris, Sen-nekhen(i); Hereditary Noble, Great(?)* Lector Priest Sen-nekhen(i); Chief Lector Priest** Sen-nekhen(i); Controller of the Two Great Crafts(?)*** Sen-nekhen(i)," the other vertical section reading: "The Osiris, the Se(te)m-Priest Sen-nekhen(i); Praised/Favored of Osiris, Sen-nekhen(i); Hereditary Noble and Count Sen-nekhen(i); Overseer of Prophets/God's Servants* Sen-nekhen(i)," the left-to-right band reading: "Beloved of Osiris Sen-nekhen(i), Praised/Favored of Osiris Sen-nekhen(i), Hereditary Noble . . . (?)* Sen-nekhen(i)," the right-to-left band reading: "May he live! The Servant (?) of Osiris* Sen-nekhen(i), Chief Lector Priest** Sen-nekhen(i), Se(te)m-Priest Sen-nekhen(i), may he live forever!"
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2134-1640 B.C.
Ovoid in form, on a rounded base, with a short flaring neck, the upper surface of the rim flat, the interior well-hollowed, the exterior with an incised hieroglyphic inscription, including two sections of four columns each and a circumvallating band above consisting of two sections, one reading right-to-left and the other left-to-right, meeting at the ends of the sections, one vertical section reading: "Beloved of Osiris, Sen-nekhen(i); Hereditary Noble, Great(?)* Lector Priest Sen-nekhen(i); Chief Lector Priest** Sen-nekhen(i); Controller of the Two Great Crafts(?)*** Sen-nekhen(i)," the other vertical section reading: "The Osiris, the Se(te)m-Priest Sen-nekhen(i); Praised/Favored of Osiris, Sen-nekhen(i); Hereditary Noble and Count Sen-nekhen(i); Overseer of Prophets/God's Servants* Sen-nekhen(i)," the left-to-right band reading: "Beloved of Osiris Sen-nekhen(i), Praised/Favored of Osiris Sen-nekhen(i), Hereditary Noble . . . (?)* Sen-nekhen(i)," the right-to-left band reading: "May he live! The Servant (?) of Osiris* Sen-nekhen(i), Chief Lector Priest** Sen-nekhen(i), Se(te)m-Priest Sen-nekhen(i), may he live forever!"
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
Provenance
David David-Weill (1871-1952), Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Collection D. David-Weill, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1971, lot 6.
Collection D. David-Weill, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1971, lot 6.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, L'exposition Égypte-France, Musée des Arts decoratifs, Paris, 1949, no. 145.
Exhibited
Paris, Musée des Arts decoratifs, L'exposition Égypte-France, 1949.
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