MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Chest with Writing - Walters 61271.jpg The front of this box shows a king making an offering to the crocodile-god Sobek Above the scene is an inscription in demotic The box may have been used in temple rituals ca 1st century BC ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Chest with Writing - Walters 61271.jpg The front of this box shows a king making an offering to the crocodile-god Sobek Above the scene is an inscription in demotic The box may have been used in temple rituals ca 1st century BC Greco-Roman Egypt wood cm 28 6 29 9 35 6 ; W at feet cm 29 85 35 56 accession number 61 271 4415 From the Fayoum Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Inscription in demotic place of origin Kiev Ukraine Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Crocodile on shrine hieroglyph Demotic inscriptions Works of Greco-Roman Egypt Shrine-shaped boxes
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