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THE PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE STELE FOR PA-BEK
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE STELE FOR PA-BEK
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Round topped, carved in sunk relief with the deceased lying atop a lion bier, flanked by Isis and Nephthys kneeling, their hands raised to their heads in mourning, each identified by a hieroglyphic symbol above her head, with three lines of Demotic text below, reading: "Before the Osiris, Wennefer, the great god, Pa-bek, son of Pa-khy Panebenweresh, the perfumer of the temple of Horus"
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Round topped, carved in sunk relief with the deceased lying atop a lion bier, flanked by Isis and Nephthys kneeling, their hands raised to their heads in mourning, each identified by a hieroglyphic symbol above her head, with three lines of Demotic text below, reading: "Before the Osiris, Wennefer, the great god, Pa-bek, son of Pa-khy Panebenweresh, the perfumer of the temple of Horus"
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Excavated by Flinders Petrie at Dendera in 1898, then donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (98.4.62), later deaccessed.
Property of Stan and Linda Kovics, New York; Sotheby's, New York, 8-9 February 1985, lot 241.
Property of Stan and Linda Kovics, New York; Sotheby's, New York, 8-9 February 1985, lot 241.
Literature
W.M.F. Petrie, Dendereh, London, 1900, p. 55, no. XIV, pl. XXVA.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 145, p. 196 and 198.
J. Moje, Demotische Epigraphik aus Dandara, die demotischer Grabstelen, Internet-Beiträge zur Ägyptologie und Sudanarchäologie IX, U.K., 2008, pp. 31-32.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 145, p. 196 and 198.
J. Moje, Demotische Epigraphik aus Dandara, die demotischer Grabstelen, Internet-Beiträge zur Ägyptologie und Sudanarchäologie IX, U.K., 2008, pp. 31-32.
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1904-1929.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985-1990.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January - 30 December 1992.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum, California State University, 1993-2000.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985-1990.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January - 30 December 1992.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum, California State University, 1993-2000.
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