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Artist Anonymous (Egypt)

Title Chest with Writing

Description English: The front of this box shows a king making an offering to the crocodile-god Sobek. Above the scene is an inscription in demotic. The box may have been used in temple rituals.

Date ca. 1st century BC (Greco-Roman Egypt)

Medium wood Dimensions Height: 28.6 cm (11.3 in). Width: 29.9 cm (11.8 in). Depth: 35.6 cm (14 in). ; W at feet: 29.85 × 35.56 cm (11.8 × 14 in)

Current location

Walters Art Museum Link back to Institution infobox template wikidata:Q210081

Accession number 61.271

Place of creation Egypt

Object history

[From the Fayoum] Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] 1912: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore

   1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters

Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912

Inscriptions [Inscription] in demotic

Source Walters Art Museum: Nuvola filesystems folder Home page Information Info about artwork

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