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Descripción : AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT NEW KINGDOM, RAMESSIDE PERIOD, 20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1186-1070 B.C. Carved in sunken relief with on the left, the vulture goddess Nekhbet, wearing the atef crown and with the 'was' sceptre, standing beneath her name in hieroglyphs, before her the protective 'Shen' sign, below the 'neb' sign and part of a lily, a writing of Upper Egypt naming Nekhbet as 'Mistress of Upper Egypt', facing Horus, shown as a falcon on top of a serekh, (representing the gated façade of a palace and an alternative to the cartouche for a royal name), part of the Horus name, 'Mighty Bull' within the serekh, behind the falcon a sun disc wrapped around with the protective cobra and ankh signs, 43.2cm x 56.5cm
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Sobre el lote Lote N° 179
Título : An Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, 20Th, ÉPOCA : 1186
Procedencia : Provenance: Swiss private collection, acquired circa 1966. With Khawam Brothers, Cairo, Egypt, circa 1940. Literature: Nekhbet the vulture goddess was the patron of Upper Egypt, often in association with Horus as in this particular relief. The shen ring represented eternity and Nekhbet was the protector of the king, of royal children, and in later periods, of all young children and expectant mothers. For further discussion, see R.H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, London, 2003, pp. 213-5.
Bonhams 3, subastador, London, UK 🔓Sin tarjeta de crédito.
Título de venta : Antiquities
Fecha de la venta : 30/11/2016 🔓Sin tarjeta de crédito.
Referencia de la subasta : Live Sale

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