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Sandstone Temple Relief Unknown

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Title/s	Sandstone Temple Relief
Maker/s	Unknown
Category	architecture
Name	relief
School/Style	Egyptian
Description	Fragment of a wall relief from a temple. The Emperor Domitian as a Pharaoh, facing and making an offering to the god Amun-Ra in the form of a Ram.
Production Notes	Dakhleh Oasis
Field Collection	Dakhleh Oasis
Dimensions	height 14.8 cm width 28.5 cm thickness 2.9 cm
Period	Roman
Date	circa A.D. 81 — A.D. 96
Provenance	bought: Charles Ede 2003 (Filtered for: Antiquities) Formerly part of the Van der Elst collection, Belgium. Acquired from Egypt before 1960. Purchased with money from the Greg Fund
Documentation	Ashton, S.A. (2004) Roman Egyptomania , London : Golden House Publications (2004) London: Golden House Publications [page: 30 & 31] (1982) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge (Cambs.) : Pevensey Press (2005) London: Scala [page: 198]
Material/s	sandstone
Accession Number	E.1.2003 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 93534; Input Date: 2003-05-29 / Last Edit: 2009-02-11)

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Sandstone Temple Relief

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