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| Keywords: Egyptian - Base with Two Prostrate Figures - Walters 22373 - Top.jpg Two provincial governors are shown prostrate before a higher authority A third governor was once between them but both his figure and his name have been removed This unique sculpture must have been combined with the statue of a god or king It is possible that the work was once part of a larger group that may have shown all the provincial governors of Upper and Lower Egypt The removal of the middle figure may either have been a damnatio memoriae to destroy the commemoration of the depicted person or to replace his image by the figure of another person ca 1880 BC Middle Kingdom carved and incised red quartzite cm 27 5 28 11 accession number 22 373 5539 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters I Faraoni The Pharaohs Palazzo Grassi Venice 2002-2003 place of origin Dahshur Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ancient Egyptian art from Dashur | ||||
