Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN SANDSTONNE RELIEF WITH A

EGYPTIAN SANDSTONNE RELIEF WITH A GODDESS (MUT?) - TRANSLATED - Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC. A fragmentary sandstone relief in sunk relief with the figure of a princess striding to the left, wearing a tripartite wig and a broad collar. To the right, vertical columns of hieroglyphs. Column on the left:”( As lord of the two Lands), as sovereign of joy, (may you have) the manifestations of Re, (May you be) firmly established. Column on the right:”...the deep darkness is placed at the four pillars of the Sky”. For similar see: G. Giovetti e D. Picchi, Egitto, Splendore Millenario, La collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Kira Editore, 2025, p. 293, V. 56. Size: 540mm x 430mm; Weight: 13.15kgProvenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California. Exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1996 to 2023, reference number EL01.194.1996; Published in ”Temple, Tomb, and Dwelling”, fig. 83. Published: Dr. Gerry D. Scott III. ”Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection.” University of California Press, 1992, fig. 83, pp. 135-136. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.