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Source Description
The king kneels with 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. There are slight traces of gilding.
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Document identity
localId
40621
label
Kneeling King
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
8
Source metadata
id
40621
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kneeling King
description
The king kneels with 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. There are slight traces of gilding.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [found at Pyramids]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 11th-mid 4th century BCE (Third Intermediate Period-Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
statuettes (statues)
imageCount
8
pageCount
8
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.3
height
5.3
depth
6.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 13/16 x W: 2 1/16 x D: 2 5/8 in. (12.3 x 5.3 x 6.7 cm); H with tang: 6 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 5/8 in. (15.4 x 5.3 x 6.7 cm); H with base: 7 15/16 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 3 1/16 in. (20.1 x 4 x 7.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
bronze; traces of gilding
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6182
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
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