Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 289
An Egyptian limestone sarcophagus relief fragment
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,562.50 inc. premium
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Siobhan Quin
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An Egyptian limestone sarcophagus relief fragment
Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.
From the head end of a sarcophagus, carved in sunken relief with two main columns of text flanked by four figures: at the top left, the kneeling goddess, Isis, at the top right, the kneeling goddess, Nephthys, both with far arm raised, below left: a standing male mummiform figure holding a long stemmed lotus and another standing mummiform figure with baboon's head, presumably Imsety and Hapy, both columns of text begin with an address to the deceased, one concerning the night barque of the sun god, 42cm high, 34cm wide
Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.
From the head end of a sarcophagus, carved in sunken relief with two main columns of text flanked by four figures: at the top left, the kneeling goddess, Isis, at the top right, the kneeling goddess, Nephthys, both with far arm raised, below left: a standing male mummiform figure holding a long stemmed lotus and another standing mummiform figure with baboon's head, presumably Imsety and Hapy, both columns of text begin with an address to the deceased, one concerning the night barque of the sun god, 42cm high, 34cm wide
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 12 June 1979, lot 1176.
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.