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LOT 0027
Egyptian Limestone Hieroglyphic Plaque
OLD KINGDOM, 2686-2181 BC
13 1/4" (6.8 kg, 34cm).
A rectangular limestone plaque with three vertical lines of hieroglyphic text, a segmented border to the right, the owner’s name appears in the first full column on the left, followed by the determinative of a seated man to indicate that it is a male name.
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman since 2015; previously with J. Cummings of Lincolnshire, UK; formerly in the private collection of K. Mannion, York, UK, since circa 2000; prior to that with J. Murphy of Cheshire; acquired on the European art market having been in an old European collection since the 1970s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.157637-10018.
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