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Description : Three Egyptian bronze plaque fragments New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Thutmose III, circa 1479-1425 B.C.Comprising a fragment representing the god Hapy in profile to the right, wearing a headdress of aquatic vegetation, broad collar and false beard, offering in front, with a column of hieroglyphs reading: '(Words spoken) [...] welcome to your desire', another fragment representing Hapy facing to the left, with a similar headdress, three columns of hieroglyphs in front reading: 'Words spoken (by) the lord of the countryside: I have brought you every flower of the countryside', and another depicting the Pharaoh Thutmose III, in the blue crown, holding offerings, two rows of text above reading '[King of Upper and Lower Egypt] Menkheperrê, Son of Re Thutmose', 8.3cm, 6cm and 14.7cm high respectively Provenance:Private collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1960s, and thence by descent until 2016.These bronze plaques were likely part of a hoard of similar bronze objects discovered in Memphis by locals and later excavated by A. Daninos in 1900-1901. While Daninos' findings were acquired by the Cairo Museum, other pieces had already been offered on the market. The hoard was predominantly composed of plaques representing offering-bearers or royal figures accompanied by cartouches with royal or divine names. Despite being found in Memphis, these pieces were originally from Thebes, were they were probably set in offering stands or similar temple furniture. According to G. Daressy, they were probably looted during the Persian invasion in 525 B.C. and stored in Memphis to be melted. For a discussion on these pieces, see G. Daressy, 'Une trouvaille de bronze à Mit Rahineh', in Annales du Service des Antiquités, no. 3, 1902, pp.139-150 and L. Coulon, 'Les Plaques de Bronze Trouvées à Memphis par Daninos', in Egypte, Afrique and Orient, 2009-2010, no.56, pp.53-64.
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