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Lot 241*

An Egyptian limestone stele fragment

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian limestone stele fragment
Late Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
Carved in sunken relief with the owner standing on the right wearing a long kilt, in front of an offering table, his right arm raised holding an offering vessel in his hand, his left hand raised in adoration of the deities Osiris and Isis before him, columns of hieroglyphic text inscribed above the offerant and a column of text behind Isis, three lines of text below partially preserved reading, 'He says, Oh bright ones...may you grant victory to me, my soul being united with...'(?), 28.6cm x 27.9cm

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Provenance:
American private collection, Chicago, formed in the 1970s-90s.
Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 1980, lot 371.

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