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Source Description
Inscriptions indicate Userhat was an artisan with the title, Chief of the Bronze Workers. Steatite is a relatively soft stone and was often used by the Egyptians for small sculpture.
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Document identity
localId
36712
label
Userhat Holding a Shrine of Amen
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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6
Source metadata
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36712
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Userhat Holding a Shrine of Amen
description
Inscriptions indicate Userhat was an artisan with the title, Chief of the Bronze Workers. Steatite is a relatively soft stone and was often used by the Egyptians for small sculpture.
provenance
D. Fouquet, Cairo, by 1895, [mode of acquisition unknown; Burlington Fine Arts Club 1895, p. 43, no. 10, contributed by Dr. Fouquet]; D. Fouquet Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12-14 June 1922, p. 1, no. 4 [said to be from Thebes]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1250-1200 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
statuettes
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6
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6
source
import
dimensionsRaw
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Inscription]
dynasty
late 19th Dynasty
med
white steatite
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6182
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EGY
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none
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