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New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.
Relief Figure
New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.
New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.

Relief Figure

Artist Unknown
CultureEgyptian | New Kingdom
DateNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 B.C.E.
MediumLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. (10.8 x 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.862
Collections
On View
On view
DescriptionRelief in the round of a man cut at chest height. He is turned left, and is presenting a loaf of bread in his right hand, a round jar with handles in the left one. He is wearing a shoulder-length wig, and a transparent tunic with broad sleeves to the elbows.

Label TextRelief Figure New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 B.C.E. Limestone Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 77.862 This fragment, depicting an offering scene, originally belonged to a larger tomb relief. The male figure-his fine, shoulder-length wig and clothes suggesting his elevated status-makes an offering to the deceased of bread (upheld in his right hand) and, most likely, beer (in the vessel he upholds in his left). Exhibition History"The Allure of Ancient Egypt," Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA, June 18 - August 17, 2013.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Shabti
Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1069-664 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Seated figure
No Date
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Wall fragment
Ptolemaic Period, 170-116 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
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Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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Thoth, God Of Wisdom, Learning & Scribes
Late Period, ca. 730-333 B.C.
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2016.
Unknown
Samuel Myers
ca. 1810
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
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Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, 1075-945 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Shabti Figure
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, 1075-945 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Shabti Figure
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, 1075-945 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Votive offering table
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Head and Torso of a Man
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
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