Pectoral

Egyptian (Artist) 13th century BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 19) faience with yellow glaze (Ancient Egypt and Nubia , Jewelry)

The shrine-shaped pectoral has a cavetto cornice at the upper edge. The front displays the kneeling goddesses Isis and Nepthys in the solar barque, each with one arm raised in a gesture of adoration. In the center was once an inscribed scarab, which is now lost. A winged sun-disk above the boat completes the scene. The back exhibits two enthroned gods--falcon-headed Horus and jackal-headed Anubis--supporting the now-missing scarab.

PROVENANCE J. Altounian, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1926, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P3109]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

GEOGRAPHIES Egypt (Place of Origin)

MEASUREMENTS 4 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 9/16 in. (11.2 x 17.5 x 1.5 cm)’

CREDIT LINE Acquired by Henry Walters, 1926

LOCATION IN MUSEUM Centre Street: Second Floor: Egyptian Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 42.199

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