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Plaque with Request for the Support of Re
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This symmetrical long-oval placque has a single sided, vertically arranged inscription with column writing requesting the special support of Re. The plaque is good and carefully made, but the inscription is roughly done. The style of the script signs and the content of the text are unusual and without parallel.
The excellent carving of the plaque and the sloppy layout of the inscription make it likely that the plaque was an original, and the inscription a modern addition.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1/4 x W: 9/16 x L: 13/16 in. (0.7 x 1.4 x 2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.78