THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 25TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 747-656 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 25TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 747-656 B.C.
15 in. (38 cm.) high

Provenance

with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano.
Mrs H. S. collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above prior to 1971.

Exhibited

On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971.

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Lot Essay

On the left, facing to the right, a striding figure of the god Amun, in characteristic short kilt with corselet, holding an Ankh in one hand and a was-sceptre in the other. The remains of text above his head reading '...all prosperity'. Facing him is a now headless figure, almost certainly a female, wearing a close fitting gown, offering a wedjat-eye. The text below reading "offering the wedjat-eye to Amun-Ra, that he might grant life'. The figure must be one of the Theban Divine Adoritrices. The features of Amun and the fact that a divine Adoritice is performing a ritual normally reserved for a Pharaoh, suggests the above relief is 25th Dynasty in date.

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