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| Keywords: Egyptian - Pectoral with Solar Boat - Walters 42378 - Back.jpg This steatite plaque was used as a small pectoral The front is carved in relief depicting the solar boat with two standing baboons in worshipping gesture flanking the winged scarab as well as the moon crescent and disk combination Incised on the back is a scene in which the god Re-Harakhte is seated as falcon-headed deity and as a solar falcon on the left and including the center; opposite of them is Atum the creator god between 1292 945 BC New Kingdom-Third Intermediate steatite cm 2 71 4 67 0 31 accession number 42 378 5288 Maurice Nahman Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Atum Ra-Horakhty Ancient Egyptian pectorals in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Heliopolis Egypt | ||||
