Grape Cluster Inlay
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1402-1363 B.C.
Medium: Blue and black-glazed faience
Dimensions:
h. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); w. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); d. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number: 86.138.157
Inscribed: Two cartouches written right to left:
Left cartouche:
nb mAat ra
Neb-Ma’at-Ra
Right cartouche:
imn Htp HqA wAst
Amenhotep III, Ruler of Thebes
[trans. S. Schellinger, 2018]
Provenance: By purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986
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