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Source Description
This plaque originally functioned as a decorative element that may have covered the door or lower part of a wooden shrine. It displays an image of the Nile god Hapy with an offering table in his arms. Hapy represented the Nile River and its fertilizing inundation. Hapy wears a crown of papyrus buds and blossoms, a collar, a divine beard, armlets and a narrow girdle with three ends in front, the characteristic costume of this god. The offering table has two water jars and two lotus plants, with more lotuses hanging from Hapy's left arm. A royal cartouche crowned with plumes and a sun-disk is in front of the legs of the god, but it is empty and does not contain the name of a king.
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Document identity
localId
26826
label
The Nile God Hapy
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obj
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Source metadata
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26826
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object
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normalized
title
The Nile God Hapy
description
This plaque originally functioned as a decorative element that may have covered the door or lower part of a wooden shrine. It displays an image of the Nile god Hapy with an offering table in his arms. Hapy represented the Nile River and its fertilizing inundation. Hapy wears a crown of papyrus buds and blossoms, a collar, a divine beard, armlets and a narrow girdle with three ends in front, the characteristic costume of this god. The offering table has two water jars and two lotus plants, with more lotuses hanging from Hapy's left arm. A royal cartouche crowned with plumes and a sun-disk is in front of the legs of the god, but it is empty and does not contain the name of a king.
provenance
E. Hindamian, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1925, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2068]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 747-525 BCE (Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, 25th-26th dynasty)
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
sculpture (visual works)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
28.6
height
10.3
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 1/4 x W: 4 1/16 x D: 1/4 in. (28.58 x 10.32 x 0.64 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
dynasty
25th-26th Dynasty
med
copper alloy
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6182
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EGY
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2360
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3240
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1
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0
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photo
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