FIVE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PLAQUES
This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELIAS S. DAVID
FIVE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PLAQUES

LATE 19TH DYNASTY-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1188-30 B.C.

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FIVE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PLAQUES
LATE 19TH DYNASTY-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1188-30 B.C.
Including two wedjat-eyes, one green and one blue in color; a bright blue tabloid, dating to Queen Tausret (r. 1188-1186 B.C.), one side with the Sun god Re on the left facing the god Amun, part of a hieroglyphic inscription, reading: "Daughter of Re, beloved of Amun," the other side with a hieroglyphic inscription, reading: "Tausret chosen by Mut;" and two bright blue cylinders, the other with black, the larger with the prenomen of Thutmose I (r. 1504-1492 B.C.), with a rearing uraeus surmounted by a sun-disk
Longest: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm.) long
來源
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
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This lot is offered without reserve.

拍品專文

Queen Tausret was the last ruler of the 19th dynasty. While her independent reign dates have been the subject of debate, current scholarship believes she most likely ruled for two years between 1188-1186 B.C. Her memorial temple is currently being excavated at the site of Gournah.

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