Lot Essay
Rat-Tawy was "the Sun Goddess of the Two Lands," the feminine form of Ra/Re. She was connected with the temple of Medamud. (See Wilkinson, Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, p. 164).
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SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUNDS OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
AN EGYPTIAN CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A MAN
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXII, 945-712 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A MAN
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXII, 945-712 B.C.
Depicted seated with his arms at his sides, originally wearing a kilt, the belt and tab preserved, and a broad striated wig or headcloth, the ears prominent, the eyes with extending cosmetic lines and conforming brows in shallow relief, the lips pursed into a smile, a hieroglyphic inscription on the back pillar, reading: "A Royal Offering (to) Rat-Tawy, Lady of [Heaven?]..."
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXII, 945-712 B.C.
Depicted seated with his arms at his sides, originally wearing a kilt, the belt and tab preserved, and a broad striated wig or headcloth, the ears prominent, the eyes with extending cosmetic lines and conforming brows in shallow relief, the lips pursed into a smile, a hieroglyphic inscription on the back pillar, reading: "A Royal Offering (to) Rat-Tawy, Lady of [Heaven?]..."
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith; lent to the MFA Boston in 1934; gifted in 1952.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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