Libyan Appliqué

Description The small precious appliqué was probably attached to an object related to the responsibility of the king to control/smite foreign enemies. Egyptians developed iconographical standards for the depiction of enemies from the surrounding countries. In this case, the bands crossed over the chest, the long hair (which originally had a side-lock), and the short beard identify the enemy as a Libyan.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/30/1957	Treatment	cleaned
5/18/1961	Examination	examined for other
12/06/1963	Examination	examined for technical study
4/06/1964	Treatment	examined for condition; cleaned
8/19/1998	Examination	survey

Exhibitions

• Pharao siegt immer: Krieg und Frieden im Alten Ägypten (Pharaoh is Always Winning: War and Peace in Ancient Egypt). Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm; Hamburger Museum for Archaeology, Helms Museum, Hamburg; Reiss-Engelhorn Museum, Mannheim, Mannheim. 2004-2005.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Lower Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909