Base with Two Prostrate Figures

ca. 1880 BCE (Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty)

28 cm 27.5 cm 11 cm

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Two provincial governors are shown prostrate before a higher authority. A third governor was once between them, but both his figure and his name have been removed. This unique sculpture must have been combined with the statue of a god or king. It is possible that the work was...

Sculpture

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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