<em>Small Fragment of the Back of a Chair or Throne</em>. Basanite, 4 3/4 x 3 x 1 5/16 in. (12.1 x 7.6 x 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.741. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.36.741_view01.jpg)

Small Fragment of the Back of a Chair or Throne. Basanite, 4 3/4 x 3 x 1 5/16 in. (12.1 x 7.6 x 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.741. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.36.741_view01.jpg)

Small Fragment of the Back of a Chair or Throne. Basanite, 4 3/4 x 3 x 1 5/16 in. (12.1 x 7.6 x 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.741. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.741_view2.jpg)

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Small Fragment of the Back of a Chair or Throne

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Basanite

Place Made: Thebes, Egypt

DYNASTY Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 4 3/4 x 3 x 1 5/16 in. (12.1 x 7.6 x 3.3 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 36.741

CREDIT LINE Gift of Louis Herse

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small fragment of the back of a chair or throne on which two people originally sat. It is made of basanite. On the side of the chair there are 3 inscriptions. The right hand one ends thus "to seize his double every day for the double of". On the central pillar marking the middle of the group is "Royal House to the hieroglyph of a monkey" praised by the King standard bearer in the "Ship Kha-em" probably a famous ship of Amenhotep III.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Small Fragment of the Back of a Chair or Throne. Basanite, 4 3/4 x 3 x 1 5/16 in. (12.1 x 7.6 x 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.741. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.36.741_view01.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.36.741_view01.jpg., 2018

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