Block Statue of Nes-Min (Sminis)

Description Conservation Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This black granite sculpture depicts a squatting figure with nknees drawn up and arms folded on the knees.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/24/1971	Treatment	cleaned
6/23/1978	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Inscription]

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

946-736 BC (Third Intermediate Period)

Medium

black granite
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.158

Measurements

H: 14 7/16 in. (36.7 cm)

Geography

Egypt, Karnak, Karnak Cachette (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Not On View