Lot 35
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIEF FRAGMENT
EGYPT, NEW KINGDOM, C. 1550-1069 B.C.
Auction: 28 May 2026 from 13:00 BST
Description
carved limestone, finely carved in shallow relief with a trio of columns of inscription containing a ritual text, with traces of surviving pigment, raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
12cm high
Provenance
Albert Newall Collection, Cape Town, South Africa, exported to the UK during the 1970s
Thence by descent to his son, Peter Rae Newall (1946-2018)
Duke's Auctioneers, Dorchester, England, Coins, Antiquities, Tribal Art, Medals, 11 October 2018, Lot 52
Footnote
This finely carved fragment preserves three columns of carefully executed hieroglyphs set into limestone, each separated by incised grooves for clarity and definition. It would originally have formed part of a larger decorative and textual programme, likely accompanying painted or carved imagery on the walls of a temple or tomb.