New Kingdom Limestone Relief Panel

Origin: Egypt Circa: New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, 1292 BC to 1069 BC Dimensions: 8.5" Height x 23" Width (21.7 cm x 58.2 cm) Medium: Limestone Carved in shallow sunken relief this long horizontal panel is crisply executed on a beautiful cream colored limestone. The fine modeling of the facial features, thin neck of the figure with an elongated head, and specific layout of the composition are all key indicators that our example is of late New Kingdom production. The scene depicts the bust of a man on the proper right in adoration before the royal epithets "Horus, Mighty Bull" and "Son of Ra," on the left. In the field above the figure and to the center, we find five columns of vertical hieroglyphic text.