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Creative Commons License
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Horus Stele (Cippus)
4th-1st century BC (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
black steatite
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This piece is carved in salient relief.
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]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 x W: 5/8 x D: 3/8 in. (2.55 x 1.65 x 0.91 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931
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.
22.380