An Egyptian Indurated Limestone Relief Fragment, 19th/20th Dynasty, 1292-1075 B.C.

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An Egyptian Indurated Limestone Relief Fragment

19th/20th Dynasty, 1292-1075 B.C.

carved in sunk relief with Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys facing left, each enveloped in a shroud and wearing a broad collar and characteristic crown, inscriptions in the field; traces of red pigment.

28.9 by 37.5 by 3.8 cm.

Elbert E. Farman, 1831-1911, American Ambassador to Egypt, 1876-1881
Darius Ogden Mills, 1825-1910
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, given by the above in 1904 (acc. no. 04.3.532)
acquired from the above in 1959 (144.S), then by descent