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Relief Fragment with a Squatting Male Figure and Two Female Figures
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This sunk relief fragment depicts a male figure squatting to the left holdinga rope of rigging to the ground. Another rope runs diagonally behind his head to a mast or sail. Two women wearing narrow garments stand at the left. The piece is of unusually poor workmanship.
Provenance
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]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 1/4 x L: 6 3/4 in. (10.8 x 17.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924
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.
22.95