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LOT 0058

Egyptian Panel with Hieroglyphic Text for Iuraray and Hatia

NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1077 BC

15 3/4" (7.6 kg, 40cm).

A substantial sub-rectangular carved stone panel fragment with four columns of hieroglyphic text referring to the officials Iuraray and Hatia; the hieroglyphic text reads (columns from right to left):
(1) … of the Lord of the Two Lands, Iuraray, (justified);
(2) … of the Lord of the Two Lands, Hatia, justified;
(3) … of his Lord, Iuraray, justified;
(4) … Ra, the Lord, Hatia, (justified);
two sockets to the underside to accept mounting legs.

Provenance

Property of a Swiss gentleman; acquired from a London auction house; formerly in a private English collection since 1996; previously in an old UK private collection.

Published

Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.

Literature

See Ranke, H. Die ägyptischen Personennamen, Vol. 1, Glückstadt, 1935.

Footnotes

The names Iuraray and Hatia are both registered with Ranke: Iuraray (Jw.rA.rA.y), male, p. 18, no. 12. Hatia (HA.t.jA), male, p. 233, no. 1. Ranke dates both names to the New Kingdom, 1550-1077 BC.

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