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Bronze Mount from a "Shawabty Bundle": Arm with Scribe's Palette

c. 1336–1256 BCE

Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Qubbanet el-Qirud, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasties 18–19

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Medium
bronze with traces of gilding
Measurements
Overall: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.554.2.b
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107 Egyptian
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A bronze sculpture depicts a fragmented arm holding a rectangular palette. The dark, weathered forearm stands vertically, terminating in a small protrusion jutting right. A hand grips the palette, which tilts right with recessed lines and pits. Splotches of gold leaf remain on the grainy surface where gilding has worn away. The sculpture contrasts angular edges with the irregular, textured form of the arm, highlighting the aged material.

Bronze Mount from a "Shawabty Bundle": Arm with Scribe's Palette

c. 1336–1256 BCE

Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Qubbanet el-Qirud, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasties 18–19

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