Pectoral with Solar Boat

1292-945 BCE (New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period)

4.7 cm 2.7 cm 0.3 cm

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This steatite plaque was used as a small pectoral. The front is carved in relief depicting the solar boat with two standing baboons in worshipping gesture flanking the winged scarab as well as the moon crescent and disk combination. Incised on the back is a scene in which the...

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5288
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Maurice Nahman, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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6
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