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Stone Weight of Sesostris I
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| Artist |
Anonymous (Egypt) |
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| Title |
Stone Weight of Sesostris I |
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| Description |
English: This piece is a rectangular stone weight with rounded edges. The upper surface is rounded and incised. Color variations occur throughout the stone. There are concoidal fractures along the lower edge and the left side. The stone has a very high polish.
This scale weight bears the name of King Sesostris I and identifies him as beloved of Wadjet (the Lower Egyptian cobra goddess) and Nekhbet (the Upper Egyptian vulture goddess). At center is the king's birth name in a cartouche. He is listed as son of the sun-god Re and beloved of the creator-god Ptah. |
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| Date | between 1956 and 1910 BC (Middle Kingdom of Egypt) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | chert | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 11 × 8.3 × 6.1 cm (4.3 × 3.2 × 2.4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
41.31 |
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| Place of creation | Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | [Translation] Beloved of Wadjet of Dep; Sone of Re, Senwosret (Sesotris I), Beloved of Ptah; Beloved of Nekhbet of el Kab | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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