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THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief, preserving a figure of the god Osiris to the left, with a wide band of hieroglyphic text at the top identifying him, reading "A gift which pharaoh offers to Osiris, foremost of the Westerners, the one who is perpetually happy, the lord of the necropolis, that he might give..," to the right, the deceased wearing a festive costume with flaring, pleated sleeves, his face with portrait-like features, raising his arms in adoration before Osiris, five columns of hieroglyphic text between the figures containing epithets of Osiris and a prayer for a goodly burial for the deceased whose partially preserved titles include, "overseer of the shrine..."
23 in. (58.4 cm) long
New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief, preserving a figure of the god Osiris to the left, with a wide band of hieroglyphic text at the top identifying him, reading "A gift which pharaoh offers to Osiris, foremost of the Westerners, the one who is perpetually happy, the lord of the necropolis, that he might give..," to the right, the deceased wearing a festive costume with flaring, pleated sleeves, his face with portrait-like features, raising his arms in adoration before Osiris, five columns of hieroglyphic text between the figures containing epithets of Osiris and a prayer for a goodly burial for the deceased whose partially preserved titles include, "overseer of the shrine..."
23 in. (58.4 cm) long
Provenance
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Japan, 1988