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Source Description
This unusual faience pectoral has scenes carved on the front face, the back is blank. In the top register two worshippers in short kilts stand before a table of offerings set before the seated Osiris; in the bottom register, a man stands in a boat while another poles it along. Birds are perched on the papyrus blossoms at either end of the craft. The combination of the motifs, the style of the figures, and the unfunctional holes on the back indicate that this object was produced in the late 19th or early 20th century.
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Document identity
localId
32182
label
Shrine Shaped Plaque
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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6
Source metadata
id
32182
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Shrine Shaped Plaque
description
This unusual faience pectoral has scenes carved on the front face, the back is blank. In the top register two worshippers in short kilts stand before a table of offerings set before the seated Osiris; in the bottom register, a man stands in a boat while another poles it along. Birds are perched on the papyrus blossoms at either end of the craft. The combination of the motifs, the style of the figures, and the unfunctional holes on the back indicate that this object was produced in the late 19th or early 20th century.
provenance
Hadji Mohassab, Luxor, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 19th-20th century (modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
plaques (flat objects)
pectorals
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6
pageCount
6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8
height
5.7
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/8 x W: 2 1/4 x D: 3/16 in. (7.99 x 5.66 x 0.54 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
Egyptian faience with blue glaze
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6182
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EGY
JWL
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2513
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