Relief

Description

Relief fragment in quarzite sandstone depicting the figure of King Shoshenk I and his wife Karomama standing facing right offering linen and a wig with diadem to the goddess Wosret: Ancient Egyptian, Lower Egypt, Zagazig, Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, c.940-716 BC

Museum reference

A.1967.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Relief

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

3rd Intermediate Period
22nd Dynasty

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Collection place(s)

Zagazig, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: King Shoshenk
Depicted: Wosret

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Fazzini, R. A. 1988. Egypt Dynasty XXII-XXV. Leiden: Brill, p. 34; pl. 32 (1)

Jansen-Winkeln, K. 1994. Text und Sprache in der 3. Zwischenzeit. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 329-30

Jansen-Winkeln, K. 2007. 22.-24. Dynastie, pp. 26-7