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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE BLOCK STATUE
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Wearing a plain wig, with idealized facial features, the long cosmetic lines framing the eyes and extending to the sides, the hands depicted in shallow relief, inscribed with five lines of hieroglyphic text, the fifth line damaged, containing a funerary offering granted by pharaoh to Antj, Nekhbet, and Osiris that they might grant an array of beneficial offerings to the deceased
10¼ in. (26 cm) high
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Wearing a plain wig, with idealized facial features, the long cosmetic lines framing the eyes and extending to the sides, the hands depicted in shallow relief, inscribed with five lines of hieroglyphic text, the fifth line damaged, containing a funerary offering granted by pharaoh to Antj, Nekhbet, and Osiris that they might grant an array of beneficial offerings to the deceased
10¼ in. (26 cm) high
Provenance
Asian Collection, purchased between 1968-1972