Sunk Relief Fragment with Part of Offering Inscription and Wadjet Eye

Late Period, Saite

664–610 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

This varnished fragment is inscribed with the beginning of an offering inscription and the eyebrow and cosmetic line of a wadjet eye.

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Title: Sunk Relief Fragment with Part of Offering Inscription and Wadjet Eye
Period: Late Period, Saite
Dynasty: Dynasty 26
Reign: reign of Psamtik I
Date: 664–610 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Nespekashuty (TT 312, MMA 509), Lunette, 2nd chamber, MMA excavations, 1922–23
Medium: Limestone, varnish
Dimensions: H. 13.5 × W. 18.3 × D. 7.5 cm (5 5/16 × 7 3/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Object Number: 23.3.927
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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