Nes-Ptah Holding Shrine with Osiris
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This piece is sculpted in the round and has an inscription around the pedestal, on b oth sides of the shrine, over the shrine entrance, to the left side of the rear column and on the rear of the rear column.
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
2003-2004 | Secret Signs: Egyptian Writing. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
Treatment | Examined, cleaned. | |
Treatment | Examined and cleaned in preparation for loan. | |
8/4/1960 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
1/11/1999 | Examination | survey |
6/12/2003 | Treatment | technical study; cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 1/2 x W: 3 5/16 x D: 5 7/16 in. (31.7 x 8.4 x 13.8 cm); H with mount: 12 1/2 x W: 3 5/16 x D: 5 7/16 in. (31.7 x 8.4 x 13.8 cm); Mount H: 1 3/16 x W: 4 1/8 x D: 6 3/4 in. (3 x 10.5 x 17.1 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.
22.159