Rosette from the Temple of Ramesses III

Arts of Africa

New Kingdom, Dynasty 20 (1186–1069 BCE)

Egyptian

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Rosette from the Temple of Ramesses III
Origin: Egypt
Date: 1186 BCE–1069 BCE
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 0.6 cm (1/4 in.); diam. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of William T. Baker
Reference Number: 1891.53
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Maspero, Gaston, L’archéologie égyptienne
(Maison Quantin, 1887), p. 257.
Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 85.

Excavated at the Temple of Ramesses III, Tell el-Yehudiyeh, Egypt, 1873 [Piot sale catalogue]. Eugène Piot (1812-1890), Paris; sold, Hôtel Drouot, May 27-30, 1890, lot 483, to the Art Institute of Chicago; price reimbursed by William T. Baker, 1891.

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