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Votive Plaque of King Tanyidamani
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
The fragment, discovered in the lion temple at Meroë, capital of the Meroitic Kingdom, was part of a commemorative monument to King Tanyidamani. One side depicts the ruler in royal costume with ram's-head earrings, an Egyptian crown, and a scepter in his hand. An image of the lion-headed war- and fertility-god Apedemak appears on the other side. The deity holds a bundle of sorghum and a scepter topped with a small seated lion. The inscriptions are in Meroitic script and name the king and the god.
Provenance
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Excavated by John Garstang, 1909-1910, in the Temple of Apedemak, Meroe; William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, no. 469; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1996 | Africa: The Art of a Continent. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. |
| 1996 | Egypt in Africa. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis. |
| 1978-1979 | Africa in Antiquity: The Arts of Ancient Nubia and the Sudan. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; The Hague Municipal Museum, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/1941 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 9/15/1976 | Treatment | technical study; cleaned; loss compensation; re-housed |
| 1/5/1980 | Treatment | examined for loan |
| 10/13/1992 | Examination | other |
| 5/10/1995 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 4/26/1996 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 1/2/1997 | Examination | condition |
| 10/20/1998 | Examination | survey |
| 11/23/1999 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
Geographies
Sudan, Meroë, Temple of Apedemak (Place of Origin)
Measurements
7 5/16 x 3 3/4 x 5/8 in. (18.5 x 9.5 x 1.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923
Location in Museum
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.
22.258