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| Keywords: Egyptian - Pectoral - Walters 42199.jpg The shrine-shaped pectoral has a cavetto cornice at the upper edge The front displays the kneeling goddesses Isis and Nepthys in the solar barque each with one arm raised in a gesture of adoration In the center was once an inscribed scarab which is now lost A winged sun-disk above the boat completes the scene The back exhibits two enthroned gods--falcon-headed Horus and jackal-headed Anubis--supporting the now-missing scarab ca 1300 1200 BC New Kingdom faience with yellow glaze cm 11 2 17 5 1 5 accession number 42 199 33000 Joseph Brummer Henry Walters Baltimore 1926 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian pectorals in the Walters Art Museum Isis and Nephthys Shrine-shaped pectorals | ||||
