Sculptor's Model of a King Slaying an Enemy

late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Ptolemaic) 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm) Citation Source image

The two-dimensional model, executed in a combination of sunk and raised relief, displays a king slaying a Libyan. The king's lion is accompanying him and bites into the left arm of the half-kneeling Libyan. To reinforce their power visually, Egyptian royal monuments often disp...

Sculpture

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16792
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sculpture
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normalized
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Khawam brothers, 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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