Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
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An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Sarcophagus Panel, 11th/12th Dynasty, 2081-1759 B.C.
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Various Properties
An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Sarcophagus Panel
11th/12th Dynasty, 2081-1759 B.C.
finely painted with Eyes of Horus, and lines and columns of inscription.
59 by 176 cm.
Angelo Macciolli, Sardinia between 1966 and 1972, acquired in 1968
Stewart Macciolli, by descent from the above
acquired by the present owner from the above at auction in 2022
The inscriptions translate :
Horizontal line:
“An offering which the king gives (to) Osiris, Lord of Djedu (Busiris), the Great [God], Lord of Abydos, that he may give invocation-offerings of bread and beer, oxen and fowl, alabaster vessels and clothing, incense and oil, every good thing [on which] a god lives.”
Vertical columns (right to left):
“Venerated/revered one with Imseti”
“Venerated/revered one with Duamutef”
“Venerated/revered one with Shu”
“Venerated/revered one with Nut”
Cf. Sue d’Auria et.al., Mummies & Magic; The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1988, cat, no. 45, pp. 118-119, front and back cover.