Prophet of Sobk Standing Against a Pillar

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This statuette is broken off below the knees. The man depicted has a long kilt with a fold and tie at the waist. The piece is inscribed on the rear column and on both sides.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923 [mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Inscription]

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

Sculpture: 2119-1793 BC; Inscription: 946-736 BC (?) (Middle Kingdom)

Medium

gray peckled granite
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.202

Measurements

H: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View