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| Keywords: Coptic - Plaque with Allegorical Relief - Walters 711113.jpg Carved from the widest part of a hippopotamus tooth this panel was originally attached to a box or a piece of furniture The figures have not been identified fully but may represent a river goddess in the center with to the left a male personification of a spring pouring water from his inverted vase To the right Helios the sun god drives his horse-drawn chariot and salutes another female deity century 5 6 Late Antique hippopotamus ivory 4 1/16 x 9 1/16 in 10 3 x 23 x 0 1 cm accession number 71 1113 16472 Jack Pierpont Morgan New York by purchase Sale Parke-Bernet New York March 22 1944 no 76 Joseph Brummer New York 1944 by purchase Walters Art Museum 1944 by purchase Museum purchase 1944 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Coptic art in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine art in Egypt Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
