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The Nile God Hapy
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This plaque originally functioned as a decorative element that may have covered the door or lower part of a wooden shrine. It displays an image of the Nile god Hapy with an offering table in his arms. Hapy represented the Nile River and its fertilizing inundation.
Hapy wears a crown of papyrus buds and blossoms, a collar, a divine beard, armlets and a narrow girdle with three ends in front, the characteristic costume of this god. The offering table has two water jars and two lotus plants, with more lotuses hanging from Hapy's left arm. A royal cartouche crowned with plumes and a sun-disk is in front of the legs of the god, but it is empty and does not contain the name of a king.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
E. Hindamian, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1925, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2068]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2015 | Die Entstehung der Welt. Ägyptens letzter Schöpfungsmythos (The Origin of the World. Egypt’s Last Creation Myth). Roemer- und Pelizaeus- Museum, Hildesheim; Kunsthalle Leoben, Leoben. |
| 2013-2014 | Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2012 | Chefs-d'oeuvre des derniers pharaons. Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 12/17/1974 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 8/19/1998 | Examination | survey |
| 1/25/2012 | Examination | Examined for loan; examined for condition |
Geographies
Egypt, Memphis (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 1/4 x W: 4 1/16 x D: 1/4 in. (28.58 x 10.32 x 0.64 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1926
Location in Museum
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.
54.2135