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Object Label
Samuel Colman discovered the scenic beauty of the Mexican landscape for the first time in 1892—a moment when it was becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination for North Americans. This view depicts the canal and "Paseo [avenue] de la Viga" just outside of Mexico City, a site that suited Colman's particular interest in painting architectural forms set within sun-bleached equatorial settings. Writers of his own time often described these tonal works (using a limited range of color) as vague, dreamy, and poetic.
Caption
Nubian. Necklace Spacer, ca. 568–555 B.C.E.. Sheet gold, 1 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in. (4.6 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm) Weight: 0.07 oz. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 49.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 49.29_SL1.jpg)
Culture
Title
Necklace Spacer
Date
ca. 568–555 B.C.E.
Period
Napatan Period
Geography
Place excavated: Meroe, Sudan (ancient Nubia)
Medium
Sheet gold
Classification
Dimensions
1 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in. (4.6 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm) Weight: 0.07 oz.
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
49.29
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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Frequent Art Questions
Could you translate this for me, please?
Yes, the inscription is all in hieroglyphs and the king Arametelqo's name is located in the "cartouche" -- the oval with symbols inside of it on the left side of the object in the photo you sent me. We do have the inscription. One side reads, "Son of Re, the lord of diadems, Aramatelqo, living forever, beloved of Hathor, lady of Heliopolis, mistress of the gods, given/giver of life." And the other says, "The king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Wadjkare, living forever, beloved of Re-Horakhty, the great god, the lord of heaven, given/giver of life forever."
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