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| Keywords: Egyptian - Plaque with Sphinx and Duck - Walters 42982 - Side A.jpg This steatite amulet is incised with sunk relief designs on both the front and back The carvings on the front depict a sphinx while those on the back show a duck The figures fill most of the image field and empty spaces above the backs display floral elements Hatch and crossed line patterns define the inner structures The workmanship is slightly rough and the piece is simply made This amulet had divine kingship connotations and was originally mounted or threaded It could be a rotating element of a ring with two different focuses It should ensure magical protection as well as regeneration for its owner The representation of a duck with head bent back is typical for the early 18th Dynasty and double-sided decorated oval plaques for the reign of Thutmosis III 1479-1425 BC -Amenophis III 1388-1351/1350 BC However this plaque belongs not to the standard types Most of the duck representations are scaraboids and not incised figures on a plaque and the figure of the jumping/running hawk-headed sphinx is very unusual as are the attached elements The only comparison to the jumping/running posture one can find is in images of running lions between 1550 1390 BC New Kingdom; Thumoside light brown steatite cm 0 4 1 2 1 6 accession number 42 982 12193 Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York 1931 by inheritance Mrs Henry Walters Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1942 Walters Art Museum 1942 by purchase Museum purchase formerly part of the Walters Collection 1942 place of origin Palestine Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian plaques in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
