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48-34-1

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number 48-34-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Period New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1292-1190 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Stone
Iconography Hathor Head
Description

Black porous stone. Hathor head in place of normal beetle's head and clypeus. Underside inscribed with prenomen and nomen of Ramses II (poorly rendered, so may be a forgery). 19th dynasty?

Credit Line Gift of Jane McHugh, 1948

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