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PROPERTY FROM THE PLAISANT JOZEF NESTOR COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Originally from the front, mid-abdominal sector of an anthropoid sarcophagus, the fragment preserving three columns of neatly carved hieroglyphic text, an image of a goddess on a groundline above, kneeling to the right with her left knee raised, her arms outstretched above her spread wings
10¼ in. (26 cm) long
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Originally from the front, mid-abdominal sector of an anthropoid sarcophagus, the fragment preserving three columns of neatly carved hieroglyphic text, an image of a goddess on a groundline above, kneeling to the right with her left knee raised, her arms outstretched above her spread wings
10¼ in. (26 cm) long
Provenance
Plaisant Jozef Nestor, acquired 1910-1940