Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Egyptian relief fragment of a Libyan, New Kingdom, likely 19th Dynasty, c.1292-1189 BC
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Egyptian relief fragment of a Libyan, New Kingdom, likely 19th Dynasty, c.1292-1189 BC
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Egyptian relief fragment of a Libyan, New Kingdom, likely 19th Dynasty, c.1292-1189 BC
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Egyptian relief fragment of a Libyan, New Kingdom, likely 19th Dynasty, c.1292-1189 BC
Egyptian relief fragment of a Libyan, New Kingdom, likely 19th Dynasty, c.1292-1189 BC
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Height: 10.6cm
11636 IVP
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This small yet well sculpted limestone fragment portrays the bowed head of a captive Libyan. Characterised by the almond-shaped eyes typical of the Amarna style, the prominent bulging lips and...

Provenance

Joseph Halle Schaffner (1897-1972), Chicago and Santa Barbara, USA
Elmer "Pete" Schlesinger (1919-1982), Chicago, USA; by descent from the above, his brother
Sumner Schlesinger, California, USA; by descent from the above, her father

Literature

Compare a procession of foreigners in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, Accession Number 1985.328.13. Also compare an example showing two foreign captives, one of whom has a pointed beard, in the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, inventory number APM08753
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