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131 - An Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar
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An Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Thutmose III, 1479-1425 B.C. Height 29.8 cm (11 3/4 inches). Property from Gerald Gowitt, Georgia Provenance: Private Collection, France, 1960s. Antiquarium Ltd., New York, 2012 (Ancient Treasures, vol. X, p. 10). Pamela Keld, New York, acquired from the above, 20 September 2013. Hindman Auctions, Chicago, Antiquities & Ethnographic Art, 18 November 2021, Lot 131. This single canopic jar from the reign of Thutmose III is still intact with much of its original pigment. The inscription is for a scribe named Apis, reading in five lines: "Oh Selket, (you) have wrapped (your) two arms around. What is in (you) so that (you) may protect Quebehsenuef who is in you, and the one revered before Quebehsenuef, the Osiris, the Scribe, Apis, True of Voice."
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