A LIMESTONE RELIEF OF THE PHARAOH HOREMHEB
A LIMESTONE RELIEF OF THE PHARAOH HOREMHEB

DYNASTY XVIII, 1319-1307 B.C.

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A LIMESTONE RELIEF OF THE PHARAOH HOREMHEB
dynasty xviii, 1319-1307 b.c.
The head of the Pharaoh in profile to the left, the palms of his hands cradling a ewer with a single stream of water flowing upward to purify a now-missing deity, wearing an elaborately accessoried headdress, the uraeus springing forth from his brow, with a hieroglyphic inscription spelling the last parts of his prenomen and nomen enclosed in cartouches above the ewer accompanied by the phrase, "Given life like Re"
17 in. (45.1 cm.) wide

拍品專文

The Pharaoh Horemheb was the monarch who restored orthodoxy to Egypt after the Amarna Period.