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Block Statue
664-525 BCE (?) (Late Period; Saite (?))
black granite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This block statue is carved in the round and depicts a seated man with a beard and wig. His nose and chin are damaged.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Lower Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.346