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Source Description
This low relief tablet is carved with papyrus columns at each side. It has Isis and Ptah on the left and on the right, a king presents offerings to an Apis bull. Over the bull lis the sacred eye of Horus. In front of the king is Maat with the feather of truth in her hair. The piece has been repaired.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
22249
label
Rectangular Tablet with Temple Scene
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
22249
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Rectangular Tablet with Temple Scene
description
This low relief tablet is carved with papyrus columns at each side. It has Isis and Ptah on the left and on the right, a king presents offerings to an Apis bull. Over the bull lis the sacred eye of Horus. In front of the king is Maat with the feather of truth in her hair. The piece has been repaired.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 7th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
tablets
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
26th-30th Dynasty
med
limestone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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3e4ae616112c9945