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This female figure has been carved in low relief. She is depicted standing and wears a hawk as a headdress. She holds a sceptre in her left hand and a symbol of life in her right. There is a border at the corner. The piece has a salt deposit and has been repaired.

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Document identity
localId
18082
label
Model of a Queen
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
18082
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Model of a Queen
description
This female figure has been carved in low relief. She is depicted standing and wears a hawk as a headdress. She holds a sceptre in her left hand and a symbol of life in her right. There is a border at the corner. The piece has a salt deposit and has been repaired.
provenance
S. Pozzi [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Pozzi Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 25-27 June 1919, p. 16, no. 298; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
664-525 BCE (?) (Late Period; Saite (?))
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
models (representations)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
26th Dynasty (?)
med
limestone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
a44ce22ba3f25a44