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Neith Seated
mid 8th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)
bronze
The goddess Neith is shown seated, though her original chair is lost. She wears the red crown of Lower Egypt and a long garment with an engraved collar, armlets, bracelts, and anklets.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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 Mit Rahina (Memphis), Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/30/1957 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 12/22/1960 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; cleaned |
| 1/14/1965 | Treatment | cleaned |
Measurements
Overall: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
54.1015