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An Egyptian Basalt Bust of Djed-Hor-Iuf-Ankh, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description
- An Egyptian Basalt Bust of Djed-Hor-Iuf-Ankh
- BASALT
- Height 28 cm.
from a kneeling figure, wearing a kilt with belt and rounded shoulder-length wig , his face with contoured eyebrows, the back pillar with two columns of inscription "A Royal Offering Formula (to) Osiris Foremost of the West(?), Lord of Abydos(?): Invocation-Offerings of...and milk...[Anubis, Lord of the] Sacred [Land (i.e. cemetery)], for(?) the Venerated One before...Djed-Hor-iuf-ankh son of(?) the wab-priest(?) of Neith...".
Provenance
Auktion 555, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 24-27 November 1976, lot 1946.
German private collection (Christie's, New York, June 5th, 2014, no. 14, illus.)
acquired by the current owner at the above sale
German private collection (Christie's, New York, June 5th, 2014, no. 14, illus.)
acquired by the current owner at the above sale