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Royal Offering Scene from a Temple
Royal Offering Scene from a Temple

Royal Offering Scene from a Temple

Artist Unknown
Date285–246 BCE
MediumGranite
DimensionsH. 29 in. (73.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the James G. Hanes Memorial Fund
Object numberG.72.2.3
On View
On view
ProvenanceProvenience (documented 1908 [1] and 1930 [2]), Sebennytos (Samannud), Egypt. Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868–1951), New York, 1944–1945. Avery Brundage (1887–1975), New York, before 1972 [3]. [Alan Brandt Gallery, Inc. New York, 1972]; sold to NCMA, 1972 [4].

[1] Ahmed bey Kamal, “Sebennytos et son temple,” in Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Égypte 7 (1906), 87–94 (see also 92, no. III).
[2] Edouard Naville, Détails relevés dans les ruines de quelques temples égyptiens (Paris, 1930), pl. 16, A 3–4 (see also Appendix on Samanood).
[3] In a letter dated to 6 November 1972, Alan Brandt indicates that the relief was previously in the collection of Avery Brundage, Olympic athlete and fifth president of the Olympic Committee (NCMA Curatorial file). Additional documentation has yet to substantiate this claim and it is currently unknown whether Brandt acquired the relief directly from the Brundage collection.
[4] The relief was purchased with funds donated to NCMA from the James G. Hanes Memorial Fund by Gordon Hanes. (Letter dated December 7, 1972 to NCMA from the Trustees of the Fund and letter dated December 7, 1972 from Moussa Domit to Gordon Hanes, NCMA Curatorial file).
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