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Source Description
The king kneels with his torso inclined forward and his arms reaching to hold something that is now missing. He wears a striped royal head-cloth and uraeus. He wears a pleated kilt and a collar. Beneath his knees and feet are prongs for insertion into a base.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
1200
label
Kneeling King
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
1200
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kneeling King
description
The king kneels with his torso inclined forward and his arms reaching to hold something that is now missing. He wears a striped royal head-cloth and uraeus. He wears a pleated kilt and a collar. Beneath his knees and feet are prongs for insertion into a base.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to have been found at the pyramids]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 8th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
statuettes (statues)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
bronze
creator_ids
6182
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none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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0323d6d7456b03bc