An Egyptian Painted Limestone Stele of Simut, Second Prophet of Amun
Sale 1035 - Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
May 26, 2022
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$8,000 -
12,000
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$11,875
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Painted Limestone Stele of Simut, Second Prophet of Amun
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Amenhotep III, 1391-1353 B.C.
Height 8 inches (20 cm).
Property from an Important Midwestern Scholar
Provenance:
Collection PL, Nancy, France, prior to 1980.
Acquired from Arteas Ltd., London, via Galerie Gilgamesh, Paris, 2009.
Published:
A Kozloff, Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, Cambridge, 2012, p. 243, fig. 49.
Exhibited:
Brussels Ancient Art Fair, Belgium, 2010.
Note:
A seated figure labeled with the partially missing but securely restorable name of a son of the famous vizier Ramose, reading: "[Si-m]ut son of [Ra-]mose." The vizier Ramose is well known today for his own beautiful tomb in the Theban Necropolis.
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