Property from a Belgian Private Collection

An Egyptian Greywacke Inscribed Statue Base, Late Period, 712-30 B.C

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December 7, 10:45 AM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Belgian Private Collection

An Egyptian Greywacke Inscribed Statue Base

Late Period, 712-30 B.C


for a striding figure, inscribed in sunk relief on the sides with two lines of inscription.

25 by 10 by 12.6 cm.

G.H. collection, Germany, acquired in Zurich in 1992
Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, November 19th, 2014, no. 88
Galerie Chenel, Paris
acquired by the present owner from the above in 2015
Olivier Perdu, "Un témoignage aussi direct qu'inattendu sur Ophellas de Cyrène", Ancient
Society, vol. 51, 2021, pp. 15-49
Based on compelling evidence, Olivier Perdu (op. cit.) identifies the owner of the statue with Ophellas of Cyrene, the Macedonian general whom Ptolemy I appointed as governor of Cyrene ca. 322 and whose misadventures were later chronicled by Diodorus of Sicily.
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