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Userhat Holding a Shrine of Amen

Creator Name

Egyptian

Cultural Context

Egyptian

Date

Creation: ca. 1250-1200 BCE (New Kingdom), late 19th Dynasty

About the Work

Walters Art Museum Object Description
Inscriptions indicate Userhat was an artisan with the title, Chief of the Bronze Workers. Steatite is a relatively soft stone and was often used by the Egyptians for small sculpture.For the latest information about this object, Userhat Holding a Shrine of Amen, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.

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Title

Userhat Holding a Shrine of Amen

Creator

Egyptian

Worktype

Sculpture; figurines; statuettes

Cultural Context

Egyptian

Material

white steatite

Dimensions

5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

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Date

Creation: ca. 1250-1200 BCE (New Kingdom), late 19th Dynasty

Provenance

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.; D. Fouquet, Cairo, by 1895, [mode of acquisition unknown; Burlington Fine Arts Club 1895, p. 43, no. 10, contributed by Dr. Fouquet]; D. Fouquet Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12-14 June 1922, p. 1, no. 4 [said to be from Thebes]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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[Inscription]

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