Sunk Relief of a Man
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Object Label
Both of these figures wear priestly attire. One has his hands raised In a gesture of prayer or adoration, while the other—to judge from comparable images in New Kingdom Theban tombs—held either two curved-topped candles or a candle and an ointment jar. The style of both figures is a combination of the art of their own era and that of the New Kingdom.
Caption
Egyptian. Sunk Relief of a Man, ca. 670–650 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 6 5/8 x 7 in. (16.8 x 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.8. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Culture
Title
Sunk Relief of a Man
Date
ca. 670–650 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 25 to Dynasty 26
Period
Late Third Intermediate Period to early Late Period
Geography
Place found: Thebes, Egypt, Possible place collected: Thebes, Egypt, Place collected: Asasif, Egypt
Medium
Limestone, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
6 5/8 x 7 in. (16.8 x 17.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number
86.226.8
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