Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Offering Table of King Amasis
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This sunk relief table is for offerings. There is an inscription around the border of the entire table. The spout is broken off. King Amasis (570-526 BCE) is named in the inscription.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2013-2014 | Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Examined, cleaned. | |
| Treatment | Examined and cleaned in preparation for exhibition. | |
| 6/24/1971 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 8/31/1998 | Examination | survey |
Geographies
Egypt (Sais) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 17 5/8 x W: 27 3/16 x D: 5 1/4 in. (44.8 x 69 x 13.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.122