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Source Description
This piece is a rectangular stone weight with rounded edges. The upper surface is rounded and incised. Color variations occur throughout the stone. There are concoidal fractures along the lower edge and the left side. The stone has a very high polish.This scale weight bears the name of King Sesostris I and identifies him as beloved of Wadjet (the Lower Egyptian cobra goddess) and Nekhbet (the Upper Egyptian vulture goddess). At center is the king's birth name in a cartouche. He is listed as son of the sun-god Re and beloved of the creator-god Ptah.
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Document identity
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18885
label
Stone Weight of Sesostris I
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object
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Source metadata
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18885
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object
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normalized
title
Stone Weight of Sesostris I
description
This piece is a rectangular stone weight with rounded edges. The upper surface is rounded and incised. Color variations occur throughout the stone. There are concoidal fractures along the lower edge and the left side. The stone has a very high polish.This scale weight bears the name of King Sesostris I and identifies him as beloved of Wadjet (the Lower Egyptian cobra goddess) and Nekhbet (the Upper Egyptian vulture goddess). At center is the king's birth name in a cartouche. He is listed as son of the sun-god Re and beloved of the creator-god Ptah.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1956-1910 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Stone
weights
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
11
height
8.3
depth
6.1
dimensionsRaw
4 5/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (11 x 8.3 x 6.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] Beloved of Wadjet of Dep; Son of Re
Senwosret (Sesotris I)
Beloved of Ptah; Beloved of Nekhbet of el Kab
dynasty
12th Dynasty
reign
Senostris I (1956-1911/10 BC)
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chert
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6182
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EGY
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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9866054a8a350b8e
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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69dfa97ce45f90cf
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no
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no