An Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment, late 25th/early 26th Dynasty, circa 670-650 B.C.

Property from an East Coast Private Collection
An Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment
late 25th/early 26th Dynasty, circa 670-650 B.C.

finely carved in shallow relief with a head of a woman facing left, and wearing a broad-collar and a tripartite wig, her face with full lips drilled at the corner, prominent straight nose, and large eye with contoured upper lid and tapering eyebrow and cosmetic line in shallow relief, the two columns of inscription above translating: ""[his wife? whom] he [loves], the Mistress of the house [... ...]-neb-bi(a)t, true of voice." traces of blue pigment remaining.
24.1 by 16.8 cm.

Condition Report:
Repaired from six fragments with losses as shown. Some pigment remaining on broad collar and on some glyphs. Minor areas of abrasion.

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Provenance:
Christos G. Bastis (1904-1999), New York (The Christos G. Bastis Collection; Sotheby’s, New York, December 9th, 1999, no 29, illus.)

Published

Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis, catalogue of the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987, no. 15, illus.