Plaque: “Amun is in Luxor”

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of Africa

New Kingdom–Third Intermediate Period (?) Dynasties 18–25 (about 1550–664 BCE)

Egyptian

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Plaque: “Amun is in Luxor”
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date: 1550 BCE–664 BCE
Medium: Carnelian
Dimensions: 1.3 × 1.1 × 0.5 cm (1/2 × 7/16 × 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Reference Number: 1894.1343
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of The Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 151.

Chicago, Betty Rymer Gallery, At Home in the Museum, May 15 - June 24, 1998, no cat.

Reverend Chauncey Murch (1859-1907), Luxor, Egypt; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1894.

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