Plaque
E3621
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Egypt | Dendereh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E3621 |
Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
Provenience | Egypt | Dendereh |
Date Made | After 1550 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Steatite |
Description | Small rectangular plaque, tapering slightly toward the top. The top has twin triangular notches, creating a rectangular lug at the top. Pharaoh wearing nemes stands facing left, holding a khepesh sword in his left hand over his head. In his right he holds the hair of a bearded enemy, who kneels in front of the king also facing left. Smiting scene. Reverse is undecorated. |
Height | 7.2 cm |
Width | 4.2 cm |
Thickness | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Distribution from the American Exploration Society; Charles Rosher, 1898 |
Other Number | AES398 - Other Number |
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