Horus, Amun, Sakhmet and Ptah
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
Horus and Amun flank Sakhmet and Ptah who are seated.
Inscription
Provenance
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 Alexandria, Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; 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. |
2013-2014 | Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
9/17/1959 | Treatment | cleaned |
1/14/1965 | Treatment | cleaned |
Measurements
H: 4 7/8 x W: 4 1/8 x D: 1 7/8 in. (12.4 x 10.4 x 4.7 cm); H with base: 6 x W: 5 13/16 x D: 3 15/16 in. (15.3 x 14.8 x 10 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
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.
54.399