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Amun Seated on Throne
1550-1292 BCE (New Kingdom)
brownish speckled stone, gilt
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This carved figurine of Amun is seated in a low-backed chair. There is a stele behing the figure. He wears a cap with a hole at the center. His right hand is on his knee, holding the symbol of life; his left hand is open on his knee. He wears a false beard, a gilt collar, arm-bands, bracelets, and the symbol of life.
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 Luxor]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923
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.
22.70