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Lot 173^*

An Egyptian black grano-diorite seated statue fragment

Sold for £ 1,200 (US$ 1,481) inc. premium

26 Apr 2007, 10:30 BST

An Egyptian black grano-diorite seated statue fragment
Middle Kingdom, late 12th-13th Dynasty, circa 1850-1663 B.C.
The male figure wearing a long cloak, his hands resting on his thighs, seated on a low-backed block inscribed with two vertical columns of hieroglyphs on each side, the right with an offering formula asked of 'Ptah, that he give invocation offerings (bread, beer, flesh, fowl, alabaster and linen) for the priest Amenemhat', on the left with an offering formula asked of 'Sobek of Shepet, that he give invocation offerings (bread, beer, flesh, fowl...) for the priest Amenemhat', 61/8in (15.5cm) high, chipped, damaged

Footnotes

Provenance:
Ex Leighton Wilkie Collection. Acquired by Mr Leighton Wilkie from Cairo in 1969, for $300 and accompanied by a copy of the original photograph and letters dated, 26th February & March 24 1969, between Wilkie and the vendor, Kamel Abdallah Hammouda, a licenced Antiquities merchant.

Literature:
In reference to Sobek of Shepet, mentioned in the inscription on the left side, it is interesting to note that it was in Faiyum, the main cult site of the Middle Kingdom.

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