178 EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM LIMESTONE RELIEF OF IPI, FAN BEARER ON THE KING’S RIGHT HAND with offertory scene and twelve columns of hieroglyphic text. He is seated at left holding a fan. At right he is depicted as a Priest of Ptah with a tray of bread and ducks, an offering table with flowers in front of him. Late XVIIIth Dynasty, ca. 1380-1320 BC. H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.); W. 19 5/8 in. (50 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection, acquired in 1980; French private collection. Soon to be published by Dr. Stephane Pasquali, Université Paul Valéry, Montpelier, France. 179 EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SUNK RELIEF, Five columns of hieroglyphic text: Prayers to the Aten with cartouches of Nefertiti (l.) & Akenaten (r.); to r., cartouches of the princesses Meritaton, Meketaton, and Anchesenpaaton. (See full copy in Geschenk des Nils). Amarna Period, 1365-1353 BC. W. 20 7/8 in. (53.1 cm.); H: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) Ex R.B. collection, Darien, CT, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1991. Pub.: G. Roeder, Amarna-Reliefs aus Hermopolis, Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Hermopolis-Expedition in Hermopolis 1929-1939, vol. II, Hildesheim, 1969, 172, 176, pl. 201; Geschenk des Nils, 1978, no. 201.
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