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Priest Holding a Statue of the Goddess Neith
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
The kneeling priest holds the base of the statue of the goddess Neight. The priest has short hair and a short pleated kilt. The goddess is represented with her knees drawn up and her hands placed on them; she wears the crown of Lower Egypt.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; 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. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/30/1957 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 3/4 x W: 1 5/16 x D: 2 1/16 in. (9.5 x 3.3 x 5.2 cm); H with base: 4 3/4 x W: 1 9/16 x d: 2 5/8 in. (12 x 4 x 6.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, by 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.
54.544