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Ipi and His Wife

Egyptian (Artist)

7th century BCE (Late Period; Saite)

limestone
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This seated figure has his knees drawn up and his arms on his knees. At his side is a kneeling figure with the upper part broken off. There are inscritions on the fronts of the garments and on the back.

Inscription

[On the man's kilt] An offering which the king gives (to) the great ennead in Opet (Luxor), that they may give everything which comes forth on their offering-table to the revered, the divine father (Ipi), the blessed, son of the divine father, P-she-Mut (Psemuthes), lord of reverence. [On the dress of the woman, her name] ...the revered, Pes-tew-(m)awy... [On the rear column, fragmentary] The divine father, Ipi, son of the divine father, P-she-Mut, son of Haty, son ... to make their names live...

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] [said to be from Upper Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
8/17/1998	Examination	survey

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Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 5 13/16 in. (14.7 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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22.76

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Ipi and His Wife

Inscription

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Ipi and His Wife

Inscription

Provenance Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Conservation

Geographies

Measurements

Credit Line

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.

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Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.